5 weeks ago yesterday, I adopted an elderly cat from a local rescue, we weren't sure of her age, but guessed at 12. She seemed to really enjoy having a home life after 15 months in a rescue, but i suspected some kind of health issues, her fur was similar to a previous cat I owned with liver issues, and she had such an appetite that i suspected a thyroid issue. After 2 weeks of being here, she had real poo issues, it went pale and she was pooing more often, so off we went to the vet, who wasn't very optimistic, she put her at 16 and also suspected multiple health issues - without bloods, she said at the very least it was dental and arthritis, so she gave her a couple of jabs and some meds. She got a bit worse after that though, so we went back 2 days later, and the results indicated intestinal lymphoma, but we couldnt do any more tests, it wouldn't have been fair on her. Vet gave her a steroid jab, and we had to see how she went over the weekend. I felt she was enjoying things enough to continue, so we had some tablets, but after the first week on them, things started to go downhill again, so we increased the dosage, but then she started being really picky with her food, so off we went to the vet again, who said that my only options were to let her go with dignity, or take her home and watch her die slowly, so I let her go. RIP little one, I so wished you could have had a long time here, but it wasn't meant to be - at least you did get a home environment, and your illness was picked up, things could have been so much worse for you.
At the rescue
First week here
Playing
LAst pic
At the rescue
First week here
Playing
LAst pic