Sorry John . They are so much a part of our lives, and then they are gone, and it is hard.
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:57 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry to hear that, I'm not a cat person, but I've been acquainted with one > of them that I miss greatly. You have my condolences. > >> On 3/11/2019 7:57 PM, John wrote: >> https://flic.kr/p/xtqGRY >> >> https://flic.kr/p/HPPRDh >> >> I had to take Baxter to the vet tonight. She was 21 years old and was barely >> eating. I managed to coax a bit of food into her the last week by puréeing >> chicken breast & chicken broth in a blender. >> >> But today she wouldn't even eat that. >> >> Then when she jumped out of my lap this evening she couldn't walk, couldn't >> stand up. >> >> The vet said she had severe kidney failure and could probably live another >> week with three days of IV fluids and if I'd learn how to give her >> subcutaneous fluids at home. But even with that massive intervention, she >> wasn't going to last much longer. >> >> I was afraid she was going to suffer too much so I had her euthanized. It >> was time. I wasn't ready & I didn't want to, but it was the best thing for >> Baxter. >> >> > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
