Purr request

I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last
year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny,
she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over
13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or leukemia.
Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is larger than the
other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill came to over $300, even
with the senior discount), and will let me know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's very
sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of the
time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning
and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My
next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but
I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone.

--
Joy

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary,
how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how
to combine them.
--Nathaniel Hawthorne

Joy wrote:
I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs.
Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur
is shiny, she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even
though she's over 13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or
leukemia. Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is
larger than the other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill
came to over $300, even with the senior discount), and will let me
know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe
she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she
purred most of the time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm
leaving early Monday morning and will be gone for nine months. It's
something I can't change. My next-door neighbors are good about
feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while
I'm gone.

Purrs on the way for this to be nothing more than Lindy getting a little
older. I trust your neighbors will have a way to reach you 24/7 if need be?
and that they have all the vet info and access to emergency care after
hours.

Jill

Joy wrote:
I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs.
Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur
is shiny, she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even
though she's over 13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or
leukemia. Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is
larger than the other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill
came to over $300, even with the senior discount), and will let me
know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe
she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she
purred most of the time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm
leaving early Monday morning and will be gone for nine months. It's
something I can't change. My next-door neighbors are good about
feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while
I'm gone.

Lots of purrs on the way for Lindy.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Joy wrote:
I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs.
Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur
is shiny, she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even
though she's over 13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or
leukemia. Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is
larger than the other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill
came to over $300, even with the senior discount), and will let me
know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe
she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she
purred most of the time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm
leaving early Monday morning and will be gone for nine months. It's
something I can't change. My next-door neighbors are good about
feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while
I'm gone.

Purrs on the way for this to be nothing more than Lindy getting a little
older. I trust your neighbors will have a way to reach you 24/7 if need
be?
and that they have all the vet info and access to emergency care after
hours.

Jill

Thanks, for the purrs. Yes, my neighbors have the phone number where I'll
be, as well as the numbers of my kids, who live within an hour's drive of
here. They have animals, so they have vet contacts. However, I'll give
them the information on my vet. I asked the doctor to email me the results
of the blood tests. If I don't hear from her by Tuesday, I'll email her.

Joy

"Adrian A" wrote in message
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Joy wrote:
I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs.
Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur
is shiny, she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even
though she's over 13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or
leukemia. Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is
larger than the other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill
came to over $300, even with the senior discount), and will let me
know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe
she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she
purred most of the time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm
leaving early Monday morning and will be gone for nine months. It's
something I can't change. My next-door neighbors are good about
feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while
I'm gone.

Lots of purrs on the way for Lindy.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Thanks, Adrian.

Joy

Joy wrote:
time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning
and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My
next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but
I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone.

Lots of purrs on the way.

Victor

"Joy" wrote:
I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last
year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny,
she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over
13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or leukemia.
Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is larger than the
other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill came to over $300, even
with the senior discount), and will let me know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's very
sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of the
time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning
and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My
next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but
I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone.

--
Joy

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary,
how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how
to combine them.
--Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sending purrs * 4.

Randy


http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:26:52 -0700, "Joy"
yodeled:

I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last
year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny,
she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over
13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or leukemia.
Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is larger than the
other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill came to over $300, even
with the senior discount), and will let me know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's very
sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of the
time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning
and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My
next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but
I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone.


Big purrs for Lindy and her tests-- she may be fine-- many cats just
lose some weight as they get older. Stinky is a bit skinnier than he
was a few years ago, but he is still in kicking health, knock wood.


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

Make Levees, Not War

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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Joy wrote:
time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday
morning and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change.
My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats,
but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone.

Lots of purrs on the way.

Victor

Thank you, Victor.

Joy

"Randy" wrote in message
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"Joy" wrote:
I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last
year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny,
she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's
over
13 years old.

The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the
weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or leukemia.
Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is larger than the
other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill came to over $300,
even
with the senior discount), and will let me know the results Monday.

This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's
very
sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of
the
time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday
morning
and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My
next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but
I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone.

--
Joy

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a
dictionary,
how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows
how
to combine them.
--Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sending purrs * 4.

Randy

Thanks, Randy.

Joy