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update on my little grey friend
My Muriel has been with me for 16 years (there are some photos on my
website, but she's hard to photograph - looks just like the cat on the bag of Somerfield Fuller's Earth cat litter, for UK readers - silver tabby shorthairs are popular with advertising photographers - except she has deeper green eyes and is a bit fluffier). She's got disseminated breast cancer - the primary was removed a year ago - and doesn't seem to have long to live, but it's very hard to tell. She hasn't lost much weight, but a few days ago developed a painful right ear which seemed to be oozing a bit, and some weird coughs and sneezes. I wondered if she had pneumonia and this was the end. But after sleeping on our pillow last night and keeping me awake a lot of the time with coughing fits, she came up to me today wanting to lie on my chest (her favourite place) with hardly any breathing troubles, and her ear trouble seems mostly gone too. She sat looking straight into my eyes from a few inches away and hypnotized us both to sleep. This kind of unpredictability is tough. When Ishmael had cancer, he just declined slowly and steadily, we could see exactly what was happening. But I really can't tell if Muriel's got days or months. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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update on my little grey friend
The poor girl! She might up and surprise you yet though... you both have
plenty of purrs coming your way! Blessed be, Baha Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: My Muriel has been with me for 16 years (there are some photos on my website, but she's hard to photograph - looks just like the cat on the bag of Somerfield Fuller's Earth cat litter, for UK readers - silver tabby shorthairs are popular with advertising photographers - except she has deeper green eyes and is a bit fluffier). -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...dotes/200709/1 |
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update on my little grey friend
On 24 Sep., 16:53, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote: My Muriel has been with me for 16 years (there are some photos on my website, but she's hard to photograph - looks just like the cat on the bag of Somerfield Fuller's Earth cat litter, for UK readers - silver tabby shorthairs are popular with advertising photographers - except she has deeper green eyes and is a bit fluffier). She's got disseminated breast cancer - the primary was removed a year ago - and doesn't seem to have long to live, but it's very hard to tell. She hasn't lost much weight, but a few days ago developed a painful right ear which seemed to be oozing a bit, and some weird coughs and sneezes. I wondered if she had pneumonia and this was the end. But after sleeping on our pillow last night and keeping me awake a lot of the time with coughing fits, she came up to me today wanting to lie on my chest (her favourite place) with hardly any breathing troubles, and her ear trouble seems mostly gone too. She sat looking straight into my eyes from a few inches away and hypnotized us both to sleep. This kind of unpredictability is tough. When Ishmael had cancer, he just declined slowly and steadily, we could see exactly what was happening. But I really can't tell if Muriel's got days or months. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 It is hard to not know how one of our loved ones feels. I know that. Hopefully Muriel feels good. Hopefully she accomplishes a miracle. Wish her the best. love Bettina |
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update on my little grey friend
On 2007-09-24 09:53:52 -0500, Jack Campin - bogus address
said: My Muriel has been with me for 16 years (there are some photos on my website, but she's hard to photograph - looks just like the cat on the bag of Somerfield Fuller's Earth cat litter, for UK readers - silver tabby shorthairs are popular with advertising photographers - except she has deeper green eyes and is a bit fluffier). She's got disseminated breast cancer - the primary was removed a year ago - and doesn't seem to have long to live, but it's very hard to tell. She hasn't lost much weight, but a few days ago developed a painful right ear which seemed to be oozing a bit, and some weird coughs and sneezes. I wondered if she had pneumonia and this was the end. But after sleeping on our pillow last night and keeping me awake a lot of the time with coughing fits, she came up to me today wanting to lie on my chest (her favourite place) with hardly any breathing troubles, and her ear trouble seems mostly gone too. She sat looking straight into my eyes from a few inches away and hypnotized us both to sleep. This kind of unpredictability is tough. When Ishmael had cancer, he just declined slowly and steadily, we could see exactly what was happening. But I really can't tell if Muriel's got days or months. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 Poor Muriel. I did not know she had cancer. Many purrs for you all. |
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update on my little grey friend
On Sep 24, 10:53 am, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote: My Muriel has been with me for 16 years (there are some photos on my website, but she's hard to photograph - looks just like the cat on the bag of Somerfield Fuller's Earth cat litter, for UK readers - silver tabby shorthairs are popular with advertising photographers - except she has deeper green eyes and is a bit fluffier). She's got disseminated breast cancer - the primary was removed a year ago - and doesn't seem to have long to live, but it's very hard to tell. She hasn't lost much weight, but a few days ago developed a painful right ear which seemed to be oozing a bit, and some weird coughs and sneezes. I wondered if she had pneumonia and this was the end. But after sleeping on our pillow last night and keeping me awake a lot of the time with coughing fits, she came up to me today wanting to lie on my chest (her favourite place) with hardly any breathing troubles, and her ear trouble seems mostly gone too. She sat looking straight into my eyes from a few inches away and hypnotized us both to sleep. This kind of unpredictability is tough. When Ishmael had cancer, he just declined slowly and steadily, we could see exactly what was happening. But I really can't tell if Muriel's got days or months. Purrs on the way that she has many more years of snuggling with you in bed and putting the two of you into restful sleep. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam, and Barnabus |
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update on my little grey friend
On Sep 24, 8:53 am, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote: My Muriel has been with me for 16 years (there are some photos on my She's got disseminated breast cancer - She hasn't lost much weight, but a few days ago developed a painful troubles, and her ear trouble seems mostly gone too. She sat looking straight into my eyes from a few inches away and hypnotized us both to sleep. This kind of unpredictability is tough. When Ishmael had cancer, he just declined slowly and steadily, we could see exactly what was happening. But I really can't tell if Muriel's got days or months. Oh, I'm sorry. I just got to your post catching up a bit. I've always thought silver tabbies were ever so striking. This is such a hard time and I'm sure you've got it covered. Just be there for her. Watch her to know she's not hurting. I said a little prayer. |
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update on my little grey friend
My Muriel has been with me for 16 years
She's got disseminated breast cancer - [and what seemed to be an acute infection] This kind of unpredictability is tough. When Ishmael had cancer, he just declined slowly and steadily, we could see exactly what was happening. But I really can't tell if Muriel's got days or months. Oh, I'm sorry. I just got to your post catching up a bit. I've always thought silver tabbies were ever so striking. This is such a hard time and I'm sure you've got it covered. Just be there for her. Watch her to know she's not hurting. I said a little prayer. She has now almost completely recovered - elbowing the other cats out of the way to get at the crunchies, jumping up on the pillow to tickle me in the eyes with her tail at 3am and generally being just her old self. So, she dodged the bullet this time. Scary though. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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update on my little grey friend
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
My Muriel has been with me for 16 years (there are some photos on my website, but she's hard to photograph - looks just like the cat on the bag of Somerfield Fuller's Earth cat litter, for UK readers - silver tabby shorthairs are popular with advertising photographers - except she has deeper green eyes and is a bit fluffier). She's got disseminated breast cancer - the primary was removed a year ago - and doesn't seem to have long to live, but it's very hard to tell. She hasn't lost much weight, but a few days ago developed a painful right ear which seemed to be oozing a bit, and some weird coughs and sneezes. I wondered if she had pneumonia and this was the end. But after sleeping on our pillow last night and keeping me awake a lot of the time with coughing fits, she came up to me today wanting to lie on my chest (her favourite place) with hardly any breathing troubles, and her ear trouble seems mostly gone too. She sat looking straight into my eyes from a few inches away and hypnotized us both to sleep. This kind of unpredictability is tough. When Ishmael had cancer, he just declined slowly and steadily, we could see exactly what was happening. But I really can't tell if Muriel's got days or months. Lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
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