Ash update...

[carole]

Thank you all for the kind words and support, he is still holding his own and seems to have perked up a bit again, i never can tell with him really,i know he cannot go on forever, but some days i think he will,and then he slides down again and i think it is nearly his time, a real rollercoaster ride and not a fun one either.

We will continue with his medication, a ton of love and lots of care and just hope for the best.

[Laura's Babies]

My neighbor is on this same roller coaster with her elderly Lucky boy. When I got home from the boat this last time, she called me crying, telling me how sick he was and saying Friday, they were going to have to put him to sleep so if I wanted to come say Good Bye to him, now was the time. I went over to bid him my farewells and love him while I could but I saw something in him she didn't.. I told her he wasn't ready to go to RB, he still had a lot of spark in his eyes... and he did! He hadn't eaten in days though and if he hadn't eaten by Friday he would be critical and there was probably nothing more they could do.

Thursday, she called me all excited, he had eaten a little. Friday he had eaten more and he is still eating. I don't know if you know what I mean when I talk about that "spark" in their eyes.. but it is something I can usually see. After my step Dad died, Mama lost the spark in her eyes for a long time but she eventually got it back. Just watch for the spark in his eyes, that will tell you when it is time to let him go.

Ash has good taste in chicken! KFC is the best chicken in the world! I'd come eat some with him if I could.. LOL!

[carole]

I hear what you are saying and that ole boy of mine has bounced right back again, he is eating rolled chicken slices from the Deli at the supermarket and loving it, anything chicken and that boy perks up,he is a fighter my ole Ash and believe me i won't give up on him easily.

I just am so concerned about his mouth, but there is nothing i can do,he is still eating and in fact he ate really well yesterday and quite well today.

Ash still has plenty of life in him yet, and it saddens me to think it might be the state of his mouth rather than the kidney disease that may require his departing, a catch 22 of course it is because of the kidney disease they are so bad now.

Oh i agree KFC is delicious, but my ticky stomach cannot tolerate it, so it is on the never eat list for me ,still Ash has not had any for years and i am sure he will devour it in no time,it will be his xmas treat, so he had better keep on going to then and then some.

Thanks again everyone the support here is amazing, the advice always good and such a positive place for me to visit daily.

[phesina]

Good wishes and prayers and a candle (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...ng&cid=9670620) for Ash and you, for good and comfortable time to continue.

Hugs and purrs,
Pat and cats

[cassiesmom]

Prayers and a candle for Ash, that he will get to Christmas and well beyond!
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...ng&cid=9670629

[katladyd]

Sending prayers that Ash makes it to Christmas and beyond comfortably.

[carole]

Ash continues to be up and down at the moment, he has gone downhill more so than before, but he is still eating well, he has begun picking his fur out. I suspected it as there was quite a lot of fur on the floor one morning ,but was not sure as they might have had a scrap between kitties, but caught him doing it twice today, any ideas about that?

He pongs really bad though, and my hyper sensitive nose is finding it hard, makes me want to puke ,apparently it is the urea build up,toxins in the body, he has been like that before but not as bad and ongoing as now, so that is why i suspect he may not have too long,but honestly i really cannot tell for sure, he continues to surprise me and prove me wrong , good ole boy.

He had his KFC, Melissa said she would drive down and get him some, and i thought yep why not, he will get some on xmas as well,he loved it.

Thanks all for the prayers, thoughts and candles, we appreciate it very much and hope they can help Ash to keep fighting, i am thinking of Slick and her Max right now too, as they appear to be going on the same rough ride right now, prayers and thoughts for them too.