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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 10:10 pm
{{{Nancy}}}
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 3:56 am
thank you--i think even without getting the 'official' word that its a tumor and spreading ..she didnt even want to come downstairs to eat this morning 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 3:58 am
I'm so sorry, Nancy. Thinking of you.... {{{Nancy}}}
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 4:38 am
Nancy I am so sorry. Thoughts are with you and Kitty today.
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Karuuna
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 7:17 am
Nancy, I am so very sorry. Will keep you and your little one in my thoughts and prayers today.
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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 9:18 am
(((((Nancy & Roo)))))
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 1:05 pm
{{{Nancy}}} I am so sorry. Punk had his 30-day follow-up on his Chronic Renal Failure. He had been on potassium gel (1/4 tsp 2x day) and Dennis (our vet) changed his food from the Iams to Feline Modified. Punk has gained 1.5 pounds, so, at 8.5 pounds is now only .5 pounds off from his usual summer weight. His fur is thick and glossy, and his attitude is back in full. Dennis prescribed continued potassium (tablets this time, as Punk thinks tht they are treats) and said that unless he starts looking ill, Dennis doesn't need to see Punk, and to just call in for prescription refills. I asked about the enlarged heart with an irregular beat and the leaking lungs that the ER had told us about, and Dennis said that his lungs are not leaking and the darkness on the xray was not an issue to worry about since 95% of all cats have the darkness there. Dennis also said that Punk's heartbeat was normal--unless he was terrified--and that the comparison xray he had taken did not show an enlarged, out-of-proportion heart. So, he doesn't know where they learned to take xrays, but he did notice that the xray the ER took was blurred since Punk was moving--his xrays were not. So, Punk is doing well, and our feline family is happy again.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 1:12 pm
i'm praying for little roo and nancy. i'm so sorry that roo is going through all this. glad for your good news lk! punk is getting back to his normal little punky self!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 1:45 pm
Nancy, I'm so sorry to hear about your sad situation with little Roo. You are in my thoughts. Lkunkel, thanks for sharing your good news about Punk!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 1:58 pm
Nancy and Roo have been on my mind all day. It is so good to hear that Punk is up and going strong. Gaining weight, too? That's incredible considering how ill he was just a short time ago. Snowy is sleeping nearly all day and all night now. She is probably only awake an hour a day. She still eats and is still interested in being held and loved, but she has to be carried up and down stairs and she is losing weight. Sigh... This saying goodbye business is tough stuff.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 2:07 pm
vee i so agree--roo is not moving much at all--although she did come downstairs earlier but she shies away from me mostly--now--i told my brother today i don't know when i'll know its time to let her go--she's been with me for 10 years and was just a kitten whem my mom died so roo is like a link to my mom as well 
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 2:17 pm
Vee--I'm so sorry you're going through this--I had no idea!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 2:37 pm
Aw, thanks, Bandit, this has been such a process that I don't talk about it every day. I hadn't realized how much it is affecting me until I do stop and talk about it. Anyway, we're in good shape for the shape we're in. Nancy, I don't know how to advise you, but I believe that you will know when it is the best time for the both of you. Take care!
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 5:07 pm
well right now roo is sitting purring by me--she is telling me not yet!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 6:45 pm
That sounds nice and cosy. I'm glad she's giving you the information you need, Nancy.

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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, August 27, 2004 - 10:04 am
Nancy & Vee: My sympathies to you both during this difficult time. Cherish the time you have with your furbabies and never give up hope.
Roo and Snowy Lkunkel: I'm glad to hear Punk is feeling friskier.
Punk
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Trini
Member
07-06-2004
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 6:31 pm
On Friday evening as I opened my apartment door I saw Sheba's favorite toy in an odd place next to my shoes. I looked at it and said how odd Sheba brought toy all the way to my shoes. This morning (Saturday) I am vacuuming; there is Sheba's toy again, I tuned on the light to vacuum and low and behold next to her toy is the biggest Hairball I have ever seen from her. My guess is she left the toy next to the Hairball so I would find it.

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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 8:55 am
well roo is holding her own--she is eating a little bit and drinking water--she still is a little skittish around me--(accept when she knows its sleep time) i think she thinks i'm going to either medicate her or take her to the vets--(which right now i'm doing neither)--but she is for sure moving around a little more now that she's eating(although dragging her left hind leg now and her right one is not stable--she seems to be not in pain tho so i can't yet say its time 
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Teddybear
Member
08-02-2001
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 7:04 am
I found out Saturday that my cat has Tonsillitis...anyone else ever heard of this or had a cat have it??
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 7:14 am
When I was 7 I got tonsillitis - from our cat and dog. Mom was babysitting my cousin's baby and one Monday my mom got a call that Chad had gotten sick over the weekend - tonsillitis. She said I could just go stay with my grandma. Dad would bring the dog and cat over for me to play with in the evenings when he came to visit. A few days later I got sick. Dad took me to the doctor, tonsillitis. Doc asked dad if I'd been exposed, Dad told him the story, Dock asked him if I'd been around the animals and how they seemed to feel. Dad told him they both were sleeping alot. I was allergic to penicillin so the vet wrote a prescription for "me" and told my dad how much to give the dog and cat, and gave him some samples of something else to give to me. Doc said alot of times in families with kids and animals it's more likely than not illness gets spread by the animals more than kid to kid, esp when parents separate the kids.
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Teddybear
Member
08-02-2001
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 7:18 am
Thanks Serate... I didnt even know she could spread it to me.. I also have two other cats in the apartment.. scary thought if we all got it!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 8:03 am
We have two new kitties in our home!! A male and a female, littermates, 10-12 weeks old. We adopted them from a local rescue organization on Saturday. First vet appointment is this afternoon.
WE NEED HELP WITH NAMES, PLEASE!!!
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 8:19 am
Oh, Babyruth, they are just adorable!!!!!! Very very very cute. I'll have to get thinking of names.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 8:21 am
. Nevermind...couldn't get the picture to post...
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, August 30, 2004 - 8:46 am
oh my goodness baby what cuties..my Roo is a tortoiseshell which i adore but yours are sooo precious.. I went home to check on roo and she came to the door(albeit draging her leg) but she did eat about 1.5 oz of food which is good considering she's eaten next to nothing since last wednesday..i got her some baby food chicken which i'll try tonight when i get home.. 
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