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I posted here a couple years ago about Apollo's brother Cosmo. They are brothers and we picked them both up from the Humane Society. Apollo was diagnosed with Cancer as well as having Hypothyroidism and a lot of other issues. Apollo has always been there for me. He has always been a love-bug. He just wants love and wants to give you love. He would always come lay with me and cross his feet or lay up against me. Not to get into my person stuff, but I separated from my wife around the beginning of April and Apollo stayed there with her along with another cat we got called Trina. She is a torti cat. I didn't want to uproot Apollo so even though I missed him, I decided it was best for him there. I just saw him toward the end of April and he was good. Skinny, but he was coming up to me being loving and I petted him. After I finished my business there, I got an escort to the door from Apollo. I petted him again and told him I loved. He looked back at me with tired eyes.
I got a text at 8:50 PM that Apollo was having a seizure. At 9:38 he had another. I also found out he had been blind for "a few weeks". She had called the vet and they pretty much told her to put him to sleep according to her. She was going to drop him off and let them do it and cremate him and the vet was going to keep the ashes. I told her no that I was going to come get him. Sorry but he's been a loving loyal companion for 15 years I'm not going to pass him off to a stranger to be put to sleep without even trying to help him. So I went yesterday morning and got him. Picked up all the supplies from the store I needed for him. I knew upon getting him it wasn't good. After getting him here to my place, he seemed to settle down. Even drank some water and licked to juice off some cat food. He walked around in circles bumping into things. He eventually settled down and laid in the a spot on the floor where the sun was hitting him. He always loved that. Then he got up and started moaning loudly looking for a place to hide. It got worse and worse. I called a 24/7 vet here close and took him there yesterday about 6PM they did the tests as we waited in the parking lot along with many other folks. The doctor called back and gave me a little hope saying he had Hyperthyroidism which seemed to cause most of what was going on and they would know more after the tests. The costs for the tests were pricey but I wanted to know I did everything I could for him. The vet called this morning and let us know he has 2 masses in his body and the blood-work showed cancer. After a long conversation she said there was nothing we could have done to prevent this. I still feel guilty like there is more we could have done. The decision was made to put him to sleep. Going today at 3PM. My daughter will be with me. She was there with me for his brother Cosmo. I want to be holding him and let him know how much I love him and will miss him. Please pray for us.
This is a picture of Cosmo and Apollo. Apollo has the white spot on his chest. He was always a healthy eater. The other picture shows you just how they were Apollo always loving on you. He liked to sleep on his back. He also like to cross his feet when he was sitting there.
I got a text at 8:50 PM that Apollo was having a seizure. At 9:38 he had another. I also found out he had been blind for "a few weeks". She had called the vet and they pretty much told her to put him to sleep according to her. She was going to drop him off and let them do it and cremate him and the vet was going to keep the ashes. I told her no that I was going to come get him. Sorry but he's been a loving loyal companion for 15 years I'm not going to pass him off to a stranger to be put to sleep without even trying to help him. So I went yesterday morning and got him. Picked up all the supplies from the store I needed for him. I knew upon getting him it wasn't good. After getting him here to my place, he seemed to settle down. Even drank some water and licked to juice off some cat food. He walked around in circles bumping into things. He eventually settled down and laid in the a spot on the floor where the sun was hitting him. He always loved that. Then he got up and started moaning loudly looking for a place to hide. It got worse and worse. I called a 24/7 vet here close and took him there yesterday about 6PM they did the tests as we waited in the parking lot along with many other folks. The doctor called back and gave me a little hope saying he had Hyperthyroidism which seemed to cause most of what was going on and they would know more after the tests. The costs for the tests were pricey but I wanted to know I did everything I could for him. The vet called this morning and let us know he has 2 masses in his body and the blood-work showed cancer. After a long conversation she said there was nothing we could have done to prevent this. I still feel guilty like there is more we could have done. The decision was made to put him to sleep. Going today at 3PM. My daughter will be with me. She was there with me for his brother Cosmo. I want to be holding him and let him know how much I love him and will miss him. Please pray for us.
This is a picture of Cosmo and Apollo. Apollo has the white spot on his chest. He was always a healthy eater. The other picture shows you just how they were Apollo always loving on you. He liked to sleep on his back. He also like to cross his feet when he was sitting there.
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