....and I'm saying no way.
I'm sorry, but no.
Mom uses a walker. It takes her 10 minutes to get out the door to go any where. Since Dad's gone, she wants to try her scooter again....which scares me in itself.
She can't get down to clean the litterboxes anymore. I'd have to go up and clean them as her helpers are not allowed to clean up after pets. I'd be the one to pay for it to get spayed and take it for vet appts. And we'd probably have to buy the food and litter, too. That doesn't really bother me, but if anything happened to Mom, we'd probably end up with the kitty. And when you really can't care for a kitty, there might be behavioral issues, too. I'm very worried.
She said something to my BIL about a kitten and he said they could probably arrange it. And I was really adamant with him about no pets. I'm not trying to be cruel, but I do think it's a catastrophe waiting to happen. If the cat got out when Mom was trying to get out the front door, she'd be upset...and I'd never forgive myself. Or she'd run over the poor cat with her scooter (I've heard of things like that happening with wheelchairs and I could see my mother in a scooter....it's not pretty.). I just don't think it's a good idea.
I told her that I'd start bringing Mollipop to visit again. I had been doing that, but then when Dad's oxygen tubes were all over the place, I didn't think it was a good idea for a kitty to be underfoot. I'm just really worried about the possible consequences. Mom thinks I'm being mean. But she's almost 80 years old and I worry enough about her, without having to worry about the cat, too.
Am I wrong?
Mom uses a walker. It takes her 10 minutes to get out the door to go any where. Since Dad's gone, she wants to try her scooter again....which scares me in itself.
She can't get down to clean the litterboxes anymore. I'd have to go up and clean them as her helpers are not allowed to clean up after pets. I'd be the one to pay for it to get spayed and take it for vet appts. And we'd probably have to buy the food and litter, too. That doesn't really bother me, but if anything happened to Mom, we'd probably end up with the kitty. And when you really can't care for a kitty, there might be behavioral issues, too. I'm very worried.
She said something to my BIL about a kitten and he said they could probably arrange it. And I was really adamant with him about no pets. I'm not trying to be cruel, but I do think it's a catastrophe waiting to happen. If the cat got out when Mom was trying to get out the front door, she'd be upset...and I'd never forgive myself. Or she'd run over the poor cat with her scooter (I've heard of things like that happening with wheelchairs and I could see my mother in a scooter....it's not pretty.). I just don't think it's a good idea.
I told her that I'd start bringing Mollipop to visit again. I had been doing that, but then when Dad's oxygen tubes were all over the place, I didn't think it was a good idea for a kitty to be underfoot. I'm just really worried about the possible consequences. Mom thinks I'm being mean. But she's almost 80 years old and I worry enough about her, without having to worry about the cat, too.
Am I wrong?