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Dee, I can relate to your post. I was told my Jinga Belle more than likely had lymphoma after two masses were found in her abdomen along with some bad results from her blood work. We found this out two weeks ago and the recommendation from the start was euthanasia. She saw three vets in that...

Thank you so much. I had a dream last night she climbed up on me while I slept and was loudly purring like she was letting me know everything is okay. I hope she is happy wherever she is. 

We let Jinga go peacefully today. After speaking with the vet, our options were to have her remain on meds the rest of her life (with her diarrhea likely never going away) or having her put to sleep before things get too bad for her and while she still has her dignity. The sedative made her yell...

Our only other fur baby is our dog Dolly that we've had for about 6 years. She's good friends with Jinga. :) Jinga loves to rub up against her and groom what I refer to as "her puppy." All of this has made me really appreciate how healthy our pup has been.

Thank you. It's so hard to see her unwell. We've always just wanted her to be happy and healthy. 

Oh to answer the question about her litter box. We have two, one of which is in our bedroom. It seems like she's seeking out other places to defecate because she'll be near our bedroom but will pass it by and will go off down the hall into our son's bedroom instead to use the bathroom. When she...

Thank you everyone. She had blood in her stool again yesterday so to err on the side of caution, I called her vet to see what they wanted me to do. They had me come in right away to check her. Unfortunately after palpating her abdomen, the vet could tell the masses have grown since her last...

Thank you for all the support. :) Exploratory surgery just isn't option for us as we simply can't afford it. Even if money wasn't the issue, I wouldn't want to put her through it considering how frail she is. She's eating less canned food now and is back to mostly just licking the gravy off...

Thank you so much. At her appointment yesterday the vet found that her intestines are not as thickened and her belly is soft instead of hard like it was before. So the medications seem to be working. :) Whether it's IBD or lymphoma, her vet suggested she be on a high calorie, high protein, low...

Thank you for your kind words. Her name is Jinga Belle. :) Her regular vet wasn't there so we spoke with the one who was filling in. I let her go over all of the lab results, ultrasound report, etc and she gave me the same answer: that the prognosis is poor and is most likely cancer or FIP. I...

I have a 1.5 year old kitty that developed diarrhea over the summer. I took her to her vet when it first started but blood work and x-ray revealed nothing unusual. For awhile she had diarrhea on and off so I changed her food a few times in hopes it was just her food not agreeing with her. It...

She had no plants in the house and he was never allowed outside except on an enclosed patio so he would have had no access to any plants. I'm thinking he may have had something wrong with him associated with his dwarfism that we never knew about. I asked her if she wanted to do an autopsy but...

My mother's cat suddenly passed away this morning and am trying to figure out what could have happened. Her cat was only five years old, long-haired mixed breed, indoor only other than on an enclosed patio, profoundly deaf (congenital), and has always been small for his age but proportional so...

I see it!  I like to think our cats have their own way of saying goodbye. By the way, I'm partial to the name Minnie. I lost my cat Minnie of 16 years this past summer. It was incredibly heartbreaking but she was ready to go. 

Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so sorry for your loss.  FIP stands for Feline Infectious Peritonitis. It's caused by a mutation of the coronavirus which most cats have been exposed to but they're either able to fight it off or it never turns into FIP. It's a fatal disease and has a...

Thank you everyone. I opened the box Chai's ashes are in last night and it took everything in me to not start bawling. It's hard seeing her reduced to nothing but a small pile of ashes. I had a dream last night that she came to see me. She jumped up in my lap and purred while I cuddled her...