Yes, I know it's been longer than 2 years but close enough. This has turned into a blog for me to look back on periodically so I guess it's good to show me the progress in my life. Lots of changes have happened since 2015.
Jaik had died in August of 2015 but i still had Jules, his brother. In June 2016, I took Jules to the vet because he was chewing on his toe on his back foot. I thought he had a stone or something caught in there. Turns out Jules had cancer and was euthanized the same day. Very traumatic for me after having cats for 9 - 10 years, then none.
Laura's ovarian cancer tumors returned with a vengeance in March of 2016 and grew so large that by June, they prevented her from eating/digesting food. She could keep a little water down but nothing more. She went into hospice care and a nurse came every week to check on her; I'm not going to go into details about hospice care but suffice it to say that I would NEVER agree to that again!! I moved into my daughter's house to look after her. On September 30th, she begged to be taken to the hospital to be "put to sleep" but she died there within hours of arriving. My poor baby! How she suffered and there was nothing I could do to help her. I have her ashes still on my mantel but intend soon to scatter them at the beach where she liked to walk her dogs. Honestly, I will never recover from watching her struggle in her last months of life.....I think of her every, single day.
Life goes on though....I adopted two kitties from our local rescue organization in January of 2017 and I get happiness from looking after them. They both have asthma and wheeze a lot. I'm not sure how long they'll be with me but they will be my last kitties. And at least they're not stuck in little cages which is where I found them. I did a good deed. Now they have my tiny apartment to roam around in and they get to go on the balcony to watch birds, which delights them.
I've been pretty depressed, not sure if it's because of the losses in my life or whether the incompetent and mean president is making me depressed. Seems like there's no good in the world any more. Hmmmph, well that's a terrible way to end this post but I'm still hopeful that something good will happen......
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Jaik had died in August of 2015 but i still had Jules, his brother. In June 2016, I took Jules to the vet because he was chewing on his toe on his back foot. I thought he had a stone or something caught in there. Turns out Jules had cancer and was euthanized the same day. Very traumatic for me after having cats for 9 - 10 years, then none.
Laura's ovarian cancer tumors returned with a vengeance in March of 2016 and grew so large that by June, they prevented her from eating/digesting food. She could keep a little water down but nothing more. She went into hospice care and a nurse came every week to check on her; I'm not going to go into details about hospice care but suffice it to say that I would NEVER agree to that again!! I moved into my daughter's house to look after her. On September 30th, she begged to be taken to the hospital to be "put to sleep" but she died there within hours of arriving. My poor baby! How she suffered and there was nothing I could do to help her. I have her ashes still on my mantel but intend soon to scatter them at the beach where she liked to walk her dogs. Honestly, I will never recover from watching her struggle in her last months of life.....I think of her every, single day.
Life goes on though....I adopted two kitties from our local rescue organization in January of 2017 and I get happiness from looking after them. They both have asthma and wheeze a lot. I'm not sure how long they'll be with me but they will be my last kitties. And at least they're not stuck in little cages which is where I found them. I did a good deed. Now they have my tiny apartment to roam around in and they get to go on the balcony to watch birds, which delights them.
I've been pretty depressed, not sure if it's because of the losses in my life or whether the incompetent and mean president is making me depressed. Seems like there's no good in the world any more. Hmmmph, well that's a terrible way to end this post but I'm still hopeful that something good will happen......
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