Kira - who we are going to refer to as Lazarus - has had an interesting weekend. Saturday she drank the Felix soup, minus anything sold, quite well. She wouldn't touch the stuff I liquized for her (don't blame her mind) but unusually she spent most of the day rolled up in her blanket on our bed and she never came into the lounge at all Saturday night Sunday we had a different cat. She was so painfully quiet on Sunday. She didn't eat and she didn't drink all day, she stayed in bed and we weighed her and she has lost 11% of her body weight in 12 days. We felt it was hopeless and then in the evening she came and sat with me on my knee all evening but she kept getting off like she couldn't get comfortable.
Today she ate two soups for breakfast and has had two for tea just now! However we spoke to our wonderful vet and he said we should now try the gabapentin which will either do nothing, make her a little better or make her a zombie (it will be hard to tell to be honest) It is the last thing we can try and obviously she cannot continue like this. Either she has to start eating a little or we have to make that decision. We have an appointment Wednesday which is to say goodbye - although we know we cancel it if a miracle happens. However, I fear it won't and we cannot let her suffer like this any longer.
We put the lights on last night for her - the Christmas lights. They have always been her thing and we always say we have the lights on for her. She would sit and look at the through the window. We will put the tree up tomorrow so she can see it because heaven knows we wont feel like it after Wednesday.
So it is all a bit sad here really and not much of anything is getting done. But I can share the pages I made for my class at ATDML this weekend. I didn't make them this weekend - the class went live this weekend. It used the gorgeous Lily and Moss collection.
and I especially loved this one.
Today I am thankful for
- a vet who is so understanding
- 17 wonderful years with Kira - and still having hope.