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Sigh. Kitten. Help, please.
Feb. 13th, 2011 11:40 amSo, last night, Olive was having a bad night. She's been stumblier than usual lately. She's got about 30% functionality in her back legs with the steroids, and that comes with frequent daily nerve spasms. I mean, she's still getting around, and she still enthusiastically likes all of her favorite things-- laying in patches of sunshine, cuddling with us (she purrs SO HARD, and we have a bedtime routine with her that she really enjoys), and eating. For a 6lb cat, hoo boy, she can eat. Despite the stumbles, the bottom line is that she doesn't seem to think of herself as a sick cat, and she's pretty with it and communicative and I don't think she's telling me it's time yet. (And for those following along, her bout of anemia while she was dealing with her leg seems to be over, and for all the vet worrying about what her liver might react to, her eyes are clear and non-yellowed still. None of her fur has grown back, though.)
The important thing for me is to keep her happy and comfortable for as long as she's with us. This may not be a cat that will likely see three years old, but that doesn't mean that she shouldn't be here as long as long as she wants to be. And right now, she really, really, wants to be here.
But last night, she was also cranky and a bit tender to the touch on her belly. She's always had a soft little lump on her lower belly since she got spayed-- though Mim doesn't have it, I figured it's no biggy, as our vet (nor the emergency vet) ever mentioned it as something we should worry about, and it never bothered her before. Last night it was tender, and she didn't want us anywhere near her belly, which is pretty odd for a cat who LOVES to be kissed on her belly. It's not actually bothering her now-- whatever tenderness she was having seems to have passed.
Regardless, though, I have to admit that things are getting worse for her, even if it's not yet time to make The Decision. We do have to take her to the vet for another round of blood tests, and now whatever is on her belly will probably have to be biopsied. Money is pretty tight right now. We've spent somewhere in the neighborhood of ten grand on her in the last year and some odd months. But the jewelry biz slows down pretty significantly Jan - March, and so there's not a ton of wiggle room for unexpected vet bills.
So. It bugs me to ask, particularly since most of you are already being awesome and also experiencing your own trials, and I don't want to wear out my welcome.
But if you could please pass the link to my shop around to help me put a little bit more padding in the vet fund, I would be forever grateful.
I am working on commissions for the next few days, and then I'll be getting down to business on the next update, which will be smaller but more elaborate than the last, with a lot of wirework. There's some pretty stuff coming down the pike, but if you wanted a commission, that will be priority right now. Hire me, I will be your dancing monkey.
Now, to cull my BPALs and re-post a sales list. Any bit helps.
The important thing for me is to keep her happy and comfortable for as long as she's with us. This may not be a cat that will likely see three years old, but that doesn't mean that she shouldn't be here as long as long as she wants to be. And right now, she really, really, wants to be here.
But last night, she was also cranky and a bit tender to the touch on her belly. She's always had a soft little lump on her lower belly since she got spayed-- though Mim doesn't have it, I figured it's no biggy, as our vet (nor the emergency vet) ever mentioned it as something we should worry about, and it never bothered her before. Last night it was tender, and she didn't want us anywhere near her belly, which is pretty odd for a cat who LOVES to be kissed on her belly. It's not actually bothering her now-- whatever tenderness she was having seems to have passed.
Regardless, though, I have to admit that things are getting worse for her, even if it's not yet time to make The Decision. We do have to take her to the vet for another round of blood tests, and now whatever is on her belly will probably have to be biopsied. Money is pretty tight right now. We've spent somewhere in the neighborhood of ten grand on her in the last year and some odd months. But the jewelry biz slows down pretty significantly Jan - March, and so there's not a ton of wiggle room for unexpected vet bills.
So. It bugs me to ask, particularly since most of you are already being awesome and also experiencing your own trials, and I don't want to wear out my welcome.
But if you could please pass the link to my shop around to help me put a little bit more padding in the vet fund, I would be forever grateful.
I am working on commissions for the next few days, and then I'll be getting down to business on the next update, which will be smaller but more elaborate than the last, with a lot of wirework. There's some pretty stuff coming down the pike, but if you wanted a commission, that will be priority right now. Hire me, I will be your dancing monkey.
Now, to cull my BPALs and re-post a sales list. Any bit helps.
