Cats

[gr8whitetrukker]

This is Harley. We brought her home as a kitten when me and my wife graduated HS and got our first apartment together. That was 15 yrs ago. She was the runt of the litter. Recently she had a stroke and lost control over alot of her functions. At first she couldnt pick her head up and that slowly moved to a "sunken" spine stance. She now has most of that behind her and seems to be doing OK after the vet visit. Found out she has heart disease which likely caused the stroke. I dont know how much more time she has with us. But i hope a cpl yrs yet

 

[Seven]

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This is Harley. We brought her home as a kitten when me and my wife graduated HS and got our first apartment together. That was 15 yrs ago. She was the runt of the litter. Recently she had a stroke and lost control over alot of her functions. At first she couldnt pick her head up and that slowly moved to a "sunken" spine stance. She now has most of that behind her and seems to be doing OK after the vet visit. Found out she has heart disease which likely caused the stroke. I dont know how much more time she has with us. But i hope a cpl yrs yet

I never know what to say in situations like this. Just know I care.

 

[BBC3]

As you know... "runt" DOES NOT CORRELATE with Spirit and Soul..... At best it would appear to correlate POSITIVELY....

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This is Harley. We brought her home as a kitten when me and my wife graduated HS and got our first apartment together. That was 15 yrs ago. She was the runt of the litter. Recently she had a stroke and lost control over alot of her functions. At first she couldnt pick her head up and that slowly moved to a "sunken" spine stance. She now has most of that behind her and seems to be doing OK after the vet visit. Found out she has heart disease which likely caused the stroke. I dont know how much more time she has with us. But i hope a cpl yrs yet

 

[Troy22]

This cat is so lazy that when he eats "cat nip". He immediately takes a nap on the stuff. Haha

 

[Seven]

It's cancer. Chloe eats very little. One day at a time ...

@Michael Scally MD how is Chloe?

 

[Michael Scally MD]

@Michael Scally MD how is Chloe?

Thank you for asking. It is one day at a time ... There is no treatment. Most worrisome is she has no appetite. The vet thinks her age is ~19 years.

 

[Troy22]

Another rough day for the kidd !

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

[MaxVolume]

Where’s the rabbit thread?

 

[SuperSwede]

LMAO..

 

[SuperSwede]

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Best buddies.
Wonderful picture.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Well i put my companion of 14yrs down today. Looks like she survived the stroke. Kidney failure set in and finished her off. Stopped eating and drinking the last 3 days. Forceful breathing. Couldnt walk or stand. I realized the end of the road was near when she collapsed in her cat box and determined sleeping in her own shit was a better alternative than trying to force the energy to get up
I watched as the vet stopped her heart with a loaded syringe via IV in her front leg. Took all of 30 seconds. Held her lifeless body till she posthumously pissed all over me. Aint even mad.
Not just a cat. That was a friend. That was the most even keeled, social cat i have ever met or owned. Put up with both my kids bs and never clawed or bit. Wasnt scared of anything. A runt only by birth. A giant in life.

Harley

 

[Seven]

Well i put my companion of 14yrs down today. Looks like she survived the stroke. Kidney failure set in and finished her off. Stopped eating and drinking the last 3 days. Forceful breathing. Couldnt walk or stand. I realized the end of the road was near when she collapsed in her cat box and determined sleeping in her own shit was a better alternative than trying to force the energy to get up
I watched as the vet stopped her heart with a loaded syringe via IV in her front leg. Took all of 30 seconds. Held her lifeless body till she posthumously pissed all over me. Aint even mad.
Not just a cat. That was a friend. That was the most even keeled, social cat i have ever met or owned. Put up with both my kids bs and never clawed or bit. Wasnt scared of anything. A runt only by birth. A giant in life.

Harley
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Damn sorry to hear that buddy. I was nervous when I got an alert and reading it got me all teared up. She sounds like she was an amazing cat. I'm truly sorry.

 

[SuperSwede]

Sorry for your lost.
It’s very sad to lose a friend.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Well i put my companion of 14yrs down today. Looks like she survived the stroke. Kidney failure set in and finished her off. Stopped eating and drinking the last 3 days. Forceful breathing. Couldnt walk or stand. I realized the end of the road was near when she collapsed in her cat box and determined sleeping in her own shit was a better alternative than trying to force the energy to get up
I watched as the vet stopped her heart with a loaded syringe via IV in her front leg. Took all of 30 seconds. Held her lifeless body till she posthumously pissed all over me. Aint even mad.
Not just a cat. That was a friend. That was the most even keeled, social cat i have ever met or owned. Put up with both my kids bs and never clawed or bit. Wasnt scared of anything. A runt only by birth. A giant in life.

Harley
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Losing a beloved pet is often an emotionally devastating experience. Yet, as a society, we do not recognize how painful pet loss can be and how much it can impair our emotional and physical health. Symptoms of acute grief after the loss of a pet can last from one to two months with symptoms of grief persisting up to a full year (on average).

The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that a woman whose dog died experienced Broken Heart Syndrome—a condition in which a person’s response to grief and heartbreak is so severe, they exhibits symptoms that mimic a heart attack, including elevated hormone levels that can be thirty times greater than normal.

While grief over the loss of a cherished pet may be as intense and even as lengthy as when a significant person in our life dies, our process of mourning is quite different. Because pet loss is disenfranchised, many of the societal mechanisms of social and community support are absent when a cherished pet dies. ...

 

[Havah]

Losing a beloved pet is often an emotionally devastating experience. Yet, as a society, we do not recognize how painful pet loss can be and how much it can impair our emotional and physical health. Symptoms of acute grief after the loss of a pet can last from one to two months with symptoms of grief persisting up to a full year (on average).

The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that a woman whose dog died experienced Broken Heart Syndrome—a condition in which a person’s response to grief and heartbreak is so severe, they exhibits symptoms that mimic a heart attack, including elevated hormone levels that can be thirty times greater than normal.

While grief over the loss of a cherished pet may be as intense and even as lengthy as when a significant person in our life dies, our process of mourning is quite different. Because pet loss is disenfranchised, many of the societal mechanisms of social and community support are absent when a cherished pet dies. ...

Do you by any chance have a link to the said study?

Thanks !

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Do you by any chance have a link to the said study?

Thanks !

It is in the article [free].
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f5bb/6eb0265675251257ca8af9a4e76e3c6fcd66.pdf

 

[SuperSwede]

I have two cats now.
First cat i got 2012. Second 2014.
They made my life better.
I admire these creatures.

 

[Michael Scally MD]