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Calico: RB
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art |
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"Art Shapiro" wrote in message
... It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art I'm truly sorry, Art. Jay |
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"Art Shapiro" wrote in message
... It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art It always hurts to lose one, and it hurts doubly when it's a special one. I'm so sorry! Joy |
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On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote: It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge. -- Hugs, CatNipped Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge" or "RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this mean, or what is the source? Thanks, Jay |
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On 7/30/2011 7:02 PM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message ... On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote: It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge. -- Hugs, CatNipped Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge" or "RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this mean, or what is the source? Thanks, Jay It's a story meant to give comfort to all people who lose a pet (not just a cat, but any pet). Here's one page that has it, almost every pet grief site has it. Most religions don't have a place in their heaven to allow animals to share in paradise with their companions. Most people here feel like it wouldn't really be heaven if our cats weren't there with us. http://rainbowbridge.com/ -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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On 7/30/2011 7:02 PM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message ... On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote: It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge. -- Hugs, CatNipped Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge" or "RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this mean, or what is the source? Thanks, Jay Sorry, I don't think that site had the actual story, try this one instead: http://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... On 7/30/2011 7:02 PM, J J Levin wrote: wrote in message ... On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote: It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge. -- Hugs, CatNipped Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge" or "RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this mean, or what is the source? Thanks, Jay It's a story meant to give comfort to all people who lose a pet (not just a cat, but any pet). Here's one page that has it, almost every pet grief site has it. Most religions don't have a place in their heaven to allow animals to share in paradise with their companions. Most people here feel like it wouldn't really be heaven if our cats weren't there with us. http://rainbowbridge.com/ -- Hugs, CatNipped Thanks! Jay |
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On 07/30/2011 05:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic, spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is the cat that couldn't be picked up. She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative yesterday. She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually running away. Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up - until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her life with us. It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's very sad. Art "....Rise up slowly, Angel...." It's hard to let you go. I wasn't expecting to be sending those words for Calico and you have my sincere sympathy. And now Watermelon Man seems to be getting ready to join the others. I hope he doesn't suffer in his decline. My TuTu is (as far as we know) 14 1/2 but so far she seems well. She sleeps a lot but seems to be OK otherwise. How is Emma adjusting to life at your home? Don't be such a stranger. As you no doubt know, RPCA needs more friends". "I have a brand new computer, so have lost all my old bookmarks and haven't got around to finding my old favorites again. Best wishes. MLB |
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On 7/30/2011 5:12 PM, MLB wrote:
I wasn't expecting to be sending those words for Calico and you have my sincere sympathy. And now Watermelon Man seems to be getting ready to join the others. I hope he doesn't suffer in his decline. Actually, while he looks discouragingly old - I think he might be older than the 16 we guess based on the vet's estimate of four when we got him in 1999 - he is eating like a horse, is still up around 18 pounds, and shows absolutely no significant ailments. He hasn't left the property in years, unlike his earlier days, and other than hating Giovanni (just like my wife and I do) is happy as could be. Emma has turned into a quite pleasant member of the household. She's perhaps a bit too much of an affection junkie, but otherwise is very content living here and isn't the slightest problem. She was found to have VERY high blood pressure and is on medicine twice a day. I have to mix it with her food, as I've never had a more difficult cat to dose. She still won't come in the bedroom, but anywhere else in the house she's ready to get affection. I still think it was crummy of folks to unload an eleven year old cat. I've made inquiries today about a Craiglist Russian Blue about 20 miles away. I've exchanged emails with the owner's roommate but not reached him yet. Apparently it's an allergy issue. The cat is only one year old. Art |
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