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dear azahar,

I am sorry to read all this.
I am sending some postive, get well thoughts, and for you!

pheloxi
a catfriend

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azahar,
I have looking at your cat pictures. they are adorable. it seems their colour change a lot of the years. all different pretty browns.

hi pheloxi,

Thanks!

Yes, weren't the kittens so cute! All white to start out with and then slowly changing colour. You see, Lua has been with me every day for twelve years (I adopted her when she was two).

I kept one of those kittens (Sunny) and then rescued Azar (the black cat) from the street after someone had tried to kill him - he ended up with a permanently damaged front leg that now looks like a hockey stick.

They are my little cat family. I love them all so very much.

az

they look realy comfartable on picture. they are good boss for you!

I've just read through this thread through blurry, teary eyes and realised that I should have posted my comments made on the Weirdest Cat thread on here...so here they are (again)

I am empathising with you right now Az- I have just had to take my cat Jake to the vet because he very nearly collapsed and the vet has just told me that he has anaemia (count is less than 10 when it should be between 35-60.) Being Sunday evening he couldn't do any more tests so I have to take him back tomorrow to find out whether he has a tumour or if it's his bone marrow. Either way the prognosis is not good and is is very likely to be cancer.

He is my baby. He is only 6. I am devastated but I managed to hold it together in the surgery. I haven't stopped crying for an hour since I got back though.

I'm not doing very well either.

I hope everything turns out alright for you Az. I am not so optimistic for my Jake though. He is lying here next to me and I can't stop looking at him and wondering what it would be like without him here. Charlie - his litter brother - is acting up too. I think he knows there's something wrong.

Sorry...I can't write anymore

I am so sorry to hear about the poorly pusses, Sadie was put to sleep 18 months ago. She didn't come into our family until she was 7 years old, she had been badly treated and it took a very very long time before she trusted us. I can still remember the first time she let me her tummy, it was after she had been with us for 3 years!

She developed cancer under her tongue and it was too difficult for the vet to remove it. So she was put to sleep and we were all terribly upset at her death. But we knew that we had given her a good life and that she got over the maltreatment she had endured prior to coming to us.

I am sure you have both given your wonderful lives and although you will miss them dreadfully, you will have done the very best for them at the end.

lady in the tree ...

keeps on sending out positive and get well thoughts

Lady in a tree,

Yikes, I'm so sorry about Jake. Well, as you can imagine, I know exactly what you are feeling.

Oh honey!

It's really hell because these little beasts mean so much to us and often other people can't understand that. I cannot imagine not having Lua on my pillow when I wake up every morning. aaargh.

Well, stay in touch here about Jake, okay? Poor darling. The only thing you can do is exactly what you are doing. Giving him lots and lots of love.

Oh dear. Anyhow, write again anytime okay?

az

hi Caerwynn,

I keep telling Lua that if she had been the sort of cat that let me tickle her tummy - like both my male cats do - then I would have found this lump much sooner.

I do know that Lua has had a very good life with me and a much better and longer one than she might have had after her owners gave her away to some people living in the country. These other people told me they had this weirdo siamese cat that wouldn't come out of the box she arrived in, even to eat, after they had taken her in (she was too afraid) and so I finally said I would take her, even though I wasn't looking to have a cat at the time.

And then she turned out to be the crankiest thing on four paws! And I used to always tell her she was lucky to have me because nobody else would love such a cranky thing as her (though I always told her this while kissing her on the head).

Dammit. And now she is just so special to me. And now I can't imagine her not being here. So . . . anyhow.

Fingers crossed for Wednesday.

az

Hi az, your neighbours sound lovely!

azahar, I might not 100%, but I like you both I can feel with you.

Lua might be cranky, but she is your companion and bases for lots cute stories.

Kaz,

Yes, my neighbours turned out to be quite amazing, didn't they?


pheloxi,

It's true. Cranky old Lua has always made for good story-telling. The absolute best Lua story I can't tell right now, but maybe later.

az

When will I stop crying. I am hurting so much. Jake's still with us but I feel a death sentence is hanging over his head and every time I look at him I cry. I want it to not be happening. I am trying to be positive but it's not working. I have to take him to the vet tomorrow morning but it might be for the last time. I cant bear it. We have to keep him locked in tonight and I feel like I am jailing him. He has always had the freedom to come and go as he pleases. I went down to have something to eat earlier but couldnt face it. I kept thinking of him all alone in this room so I came back up to be with him. Oh my god it hurts so much. I am not on my own here, I have my boyfriend but whilst he is being very supportive he is also beiing very pragmatic. I have never before felt this grief. I havent had cats of my own before - just family ones. The last family one lived til she was 23 and then one day took herself off somewhere and never came back. I have never had to deal with an illness as serious as this. He might be OK - but I feel deep in my heart that I am losing him. He is so young and I havent had enough time with him. I love Charlie just as much but feel terrible when I think that if Jake goes at least we'll still have him. What a horrible thing to think. I am rambling on here, sorry. I will of course come back and let you know whats happening as soon as I know. Thanks for letting me share this with you. I am thinking of Lua too and hope that both our babies are OK.

hi Lady in a Tree,

Why does Jake have to be alone tonight?

I just got a beautiful message from my friend Jez who is a witch and she said this was a spell for Lua. That it wasn't important that I believed in the spell but just to do it anyhow. And it's just so beautifully written, so you can try it with Jake (change she/her for he/him, of course):


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I've been using the spell on Lua all evening. What the heck. I see you're not online now, but maybe you could try it in the morning. It actually feels really good to do it.

Meanwhile, the feeling deep in your heart that you are losing him is probably just fear - like how I feel about Lua now. It doesn't have to be true just because you feel it.

Anyhow, I'll be here in the morning. Let me know how it goes at the vet's. I'll be thinking about you both.

kisses,
az

Spell, or not, it is still a lovely way to picture your and I hope you are able to get some comfort from it.

F

Good Morning all

Jake is now at the vet and I am watching the telephone waiting anxiously for good news.

He spent the night in the office - in front of my computer...

The phone has just rung as I was in the middle of typing - they have found a cancerous growth on his spleen. They are going to operate to remove the spleen today but they don't know whether they can remove it all because they haven't opened him up yet to see how bad it is. I think we have to make a decision that I really don't want to make if they can't get it all. I had just stopped crying too. Now I can't seem to stop again. I couldn't go with to the vet - I said goodbye to him here at home. I hope I get to see him again.

sazahar and Lady in a tree