I talked to my sister today about her cat Nick. She adopted him around 4 years ago from a local shelter, at the time they told her he was around 6 years old, after she took him to the vet for a check up they realized he was much older, closer to 13 years old! Of course my sister didn't mind, Nick was the perfect cat for her.

Nick is now around 17 years old and not doing very well. They have discovered he is diabetic and xrays showed a lump in his kidney. My sister has decided that due to his age she is not going to put him through treatment. He's on a prescription food because of his diabetes but other than that she has decided to let nature run its course.

She says he still acts normal is eating well and overall seems happy, however he has been losing weight. He's down to 6 lbs, but she didn't tell me what he weighed before so I don't really know how much he's lost.

Please keep him in your thoughts that his last moments with my sister are happy ones.