Quote Originally Posted by Lizzie
Oh, Jenn, what heartbreaking news! Tears are pouring down my face and dripping onto Cattulus as I write. Does he also have cataracts or does his blindness have something to do with the tumor also? Perhaps both. The deafness, I assume, has something to do with the cancer? I remember caring for a baby with a head injury (she had been abused) and how distressing it was to hear her constant high pitched crying. At least holding Alex does comfort him and he knows you are there. I hope someone else can help with caring for him. If I lived closer and didn't also have a job, I'd volunteer like a shot. I adore black cats and he looks like such a sweetheart. Cats, as you know, cope with pain better than humans so as long as he is eating and enjoying your company he is still enjoying his life. You must have so wanted to make up to him for what he's been through so far, you are just going to have to squeeze in some extra-special care and adoration into a shorter time than you expected.

Can we send you any little luxuries that he would enjoy? A "Tiger Dreams" blanket? A buttercup bed? Special food? How is his sense of smell?

Keep posting, please, even though it will be hard for you to write and hard for us to read.
Alex is a sweetheart, and I too love black cats... his personality was always great, and he just loved attention. He's really not himself at this point, which is sad, because at least now he's in a home. His sense of smell is actually really good, and he still scarfs down his fancy feast. He's lost about a 1lb. since a week and a half ago. Vet said because of the cancer he's not metabolizing properly. He just seems to want to be comfortable, and sleeps in a carrier with a lot of blankets in it. Either that, or he sleeps on me.