I know most people won't be interested, but I wanted to post some of my favorite photos of Cobweb, with a bit of description, so that I can look back on this journal entry and remember her. There are several cute pictures, so I'll cut them to save your loading time.


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We have an appointment to take Cobweb in tomorrow morning, when our normal vet will be there. Today is consisting largely of watching her struggle physically and trying to figure out what small things might make her more comfortable or give her a bit of pleasure. She doesn't seem to be in pain -- or we would have taken her in today -- but she can't ( Read more... )

Cobweb had another very bad day. She has limped around a little bit, occasionally going from one room to another in search of food, but she always looks like she's about to fall over, and she certainly hasn't gone anywhere near the stairs. And the times when she has walked around were very few and very far between. Mostly, she has just lain still ( Read more... )

The Cobweb situation has taken a turn for the worse. Last night, she fell over when just walking into the family room, and couldn't right herself, and just lay there scrabbling on the floor until we helped her up ( Read more... )

Hmm. I seem to be falling down on the journal-writing job lately. I think I haven't written in almost a week. Let's see ... what's been up ( Read more... )

I've been trying to stay off my feet today, at least somewhat, more than usual anyway. My feet are still hurting (though not terribly, as they were after I walked a couple miles), but what I've read online seems to indicate that plantar fasciitis can be very slow to improve. I'm still not sure that's even what's going on, but I'm trying the home ( Read more... )

Well, first the big news: We've decided not to put Cobweb to sleep tomorrow. Instead, I am going to have a serious, pragmatic discussion with our vet about how to make that difficult and irreversible decision. The situation -- Cobweb's health and behavioral issues -- hasn't changed, but we didn't want to be hasty and regret it later. We want to ( Read more... )

After a lot of thought and a lot of tears, we've decided that it's time to say goodbye to Cobweb. Our usual vet is only in the office M-Th, and we definitely wouldn't want to see a different vet for this particular visit, and so we've made an appointment for Monday afternoon. This gives us a last few days to spend with our stripey cat before she's ( Read more... )

A day of minor frustrations.

1. ( The Cat Who Pees! )

Crossing the street in downtown Berkeley today, I passed a guy with a severely twisted leg. He was limping heavily, and his left boot had about 8" of platform beneath the sole to make both legs the same length. It was impressively massive. My immediate thought was that this guy should be a superhero, with a battle cry that includes intoning ( Read more... )