sad news about my mothers kitty...

[carole]

Mary how old was Puddy when she was diagnosed,? i do think the age has a lot to do with it, if they are younger, then perhaps the life span is longer, my vet told me to only expect one to two years with Ash, and we have hit the one year already yahoo., i think it would depend on the cat as well, as with humans every one is different.

[catmandu]

If theres a downside to having a Fur Companion its the fact that we will eventually in most cases outlive them.
All we can do is take the best care of them that we know how, and to get them good food and lots of qualuty time so that thier minds are active, and they get lots of exrecise.
We are praying for Dear Tessa, that she can be with you longer and enjoy a good qulity of life.
Tess is such a Beatiful Cat!!

[Laura's Babies]

What a lovely girl she is, prayers that the pills is all she needs!

[Catty1]

She is just STUNNING.

Prayers that the pills will help. I don't know if she eats wet food, but maybe your mum could mix just a bit of warm water in it to up her fluids.

Please keep us posted.

[kitten645]

Your fursis is lovely! Fingers crossed and good thoughts sent out to the universe that she is comfortable and will let your mom know when it's time to go. Blessings!

[carole]

Yes Mary my Ash has the same problems as your Puddy, with the heart, i think Puddy being quite a bit younger six years, probably makes a bit of difference, anyhow we shall just hope that Tessa has a while yet,my dad is real good friends with the vet, he is just not a customer, so will give them all the advice necessary, and i guess they will have to make the decisions regarding her, not me, it is their kitty after all, i just hope she has a little longer left with my parents,as mum especially will miss Tessa a whole lot.

Candace as with regards to her diet, they may have to slowly introduce wet foods, Tessa has been on dry food for many years,and the vet did say she would be better on wet now, so let us hope Tessa adjusts.

[krazyaboutkatz]

She sure is gorgeous. Hopefully her pills will help her with this disease. I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

[Medusa]

Mary how old was Puddy when she was diagnosed,?

I can't recall exactly but I think she was around 10 years old and she lived to be 14. Now Pidge is in CRF but she also has cardiomyopathy. Each situation is different, of course, but I can still hear Dr. Lee's voice when I took Puddy in once because she was having a particularly bad spell and I thought I'd have to help her to the Bridge, he said "Mary, you'll be selling Puddy short if you do. She's been through worse times than this". That's all I needed to hear. She lived for a couple of year after that but, Puddy too, had other problems such as anemia and senility.