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sick kitty
So, not much beyond work, stuff for Puddletown, and a very sick kitty have been happening her since we got home from convention.
The biggest thing right now is that Ariel is at the kitty hospital for an ultrasound. She has been battling Lymphosarcoma for a year and a half (the usual prognoses even with aggressive chemo is 3 months, so we have been very fortunate), and now it appears that either her kidney's are failing, or the cancer has moved into them. If the cancer has come back, we know what to do. She is so frail now that trying to get her into reemission a third time would just be cruel. No one has talked to us about what we do if the cancer is still under control but her kidneys are failing. I know they can live a long time with only partial function of the kidneys (Biff gets subcontanious(sp) fluids to support his since his are not operating at 100% either) but Ariel's are so bad I don't know what the plan of attack is, if there is one at all.
You would think I would be more prepared to let her go considering how long she has been sick, but I have had her since she was 8 weeks old, and 16 and a half years later she is a fixture in my life. I don't know what to feel or what to do. I hate the waiting.
And I hate when the waiting is over.
The biggest thing right now is that Ariel is at the kitty hospital for an ultrasound. She has been battling Lymphosarcoma for a year and a half (the usual prognoses even with aggressive chemo is 3 months, so we have been very fortunate), and now it appears that either her kidney's are failing, or the cancer has moved into them. If the cancer has come back, we know what to do. She is so frail now that trying to get her into reemission a third time would just be cruel. No one has talked to us about what we do if the cancer is still under control but her kidneys are failing. I know they can live a long time with only partial function of the kidneys (Biff gets subcontanious(sp) fluids to support his since his are not operating at 100% either) but Ariel's are so bad I don't know what the plan of attack is, if there is one at all.
You would think I would be more prepared to let her go considering how long she has been sick, but I have had her since she was 8 weeks old, and 16 and a half years later she is a fixture in my life. I don't know what to feel or what to do. I hate the waiting.
And I hate when the waiting is over.
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It's sad. I wish for you a more hopeful outcome.