jtr1962
Storage? I am Storage!
Unfortunately, threads like this are getting to be a regular thing for me. 
Our cat Suzette passed away at 5:45 PM this past Thursday(July 24). She was a beautiful Persian with a sweet disposition, and she enjoyed the same type of special relationship with my mother that I did with Tiger. Three years ago the vet had practically said her condition was hopeless and everything was shutting down but we managed to keep her alive with tapazole(which Tiger had also taken for the four years before she died), some homeopathic medicines, yogurt, and cantaloupe(which she loved). Although she hadn't been able to jump very high for a few years she was otherwise alert and in relatively good health. The last two weeks she seemed to be gaining a bit of weight. It turns out this was likely fluid buildup. On the last day of her life she seemed very weak and could hardly walk. When we bought her to the vet to have her condition checked she had seizure of some sort in the waiting room and died. The vet said either her heart or liver failed, probably as a side effect of the medication and hyperthyroidism. Because she hadn't been in the best of health for a long time I eventually expected something like this. Nonetheless, I'm going to miss her quite a bit. She was 16 years and 3 months old. You develop quite a bond during that time.
Needless to say, I won't be my normal self for quite a while. It seems Suzy's death opened some old wounds for me. It was the same type of hot, miserable day as when Tiger died, and she passed right while I was holding her, just like Tiger. If I'm not around here much for the next few weeks I just wanted to let everyone here know why. I still haven't come to terms with Tiger's death, and now I'm back to square one.
Lucky, who was from the same litter as Tiger, is the last survivor. I hope I won't be posting another thread like this for a few years, although given that she'll be 16 in August that may not be realistic.
Our cat Suzette passed away at 5:45 PM this past Thursday(July 24). She was a beautiful Persian with a sweet disposition, and she enjoyed the same type of special relationship with my mother that I did with Tiger. Three years ago the vet had practically said her condition was hopeless and everything was shutting down but we managed to keep her alive with tapazole(which Tiger had also taken for the four years before she died), some homeopathic medicines, yogurt, and cantaloupe(which she loved). Although she hadn't been able to jump very high for a few years she was otherwise alert and in relatively good health. The last two weeks she seemed to be gaining a bit of weight. It turns out this was likely fluid buildup. On the last day of her life she seemed very weak and could hardly walk. When we bought her to the vet to have her condition checked she had seizure of some sort in the waiting room and died. The vet said either her heart or liver failed, probably as a side effect of the medication and hyperthyroidism. Because she hadn't been in the best of health for a long time I eventually expected something like this. Nonetheless, I'm going to miss her quite a bit. She was 16 years and 3 months old. You develop quite a bond during that time.Needless to say, I won't be my normal self for quite a while. It seems Suzy's death opened some old wounds for me. It was the same type of hot, miserable day as when Tiger died, and she passed right while I was holding her, just like Tiger. If I'm not around here much for the next few weeks I just wanted to let everyone here know why. I still haven't come to terms with Tiger's death, and now I'm back to square one.
Lucky, who was from the same litter as Tiger, is the last survivor. I hope I won't be posting another thread like this for a few years, although given that she'll be 16 in August that may not be realistic.
