Remembering Krista

[daftcat75]

Nothing for Jan 6. Just picking a few from the Favorites.

 

[tarasgirl06]

Nothing for Jan 6. Just picking a few from the Favorites.
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You definitely wouldn't want to leave THIS face!!!

 

[Margot Lane]

Those eyes! That tongue! Little ears! Aw.

 

[daftcat75]

January 7, 2020:

 

[tarasgirl06]

January 7, 2020:
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Krista: *Dad. Not sure I feel 100%. Could sure use some gentle stroking and love.*

 

[daftcat75]

Krista: *Dad. Not sure I feel 100%. Could sure use some gentle stroking and love.*

Context: There's about eight other photos today of her sitting on my chest facing one way or the other. I'm feeling bashful this morning. This was the only one of the bunch that I'm not in. She was doing alright. All things considered. She just wanted to consult with me on a trade of affection for another meal.

 

[tarasgirl06]

Context: There's about eight other photos today of her sitting on my chest facing one way or the other. I'm feeling bashful this morning. This was the only one of the bunch that I'm not in. She was doing alright. All things considered. She just wanted to consult with me on a trade of affection for another meal.

*Hey, Dad. Like the old cliche goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Or, as we know all too well in this society, free affection. But you get a pretty good value for the food, I'd say.*

 

[daftcat75]

January 8, 2014 (!!):


2020:

 

[tarasgirl06]

January 8, 2014 (!!):
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2020:
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2014 looks like a very good year for Krista! And in 2020, still (and always) Queen of her castle

 

[daftcat75]

January 9, 2019:
Check-in time. Actually I think she checked in the day before. Because the videos from today are her nystagmus (eyes darting back and forth) from too much gabapentin. ‍

2020:
Brought home an angry poop cat (pooped her carrier at the vet’s) from yet another vet visit.

 

[tarasgirl06]

January 9, 2019:
Check-in time. Actually I think she checked in the day before. Because the videos from today are her nystagmus (eyes darting back and forth) from too much gabapentin. ‍
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2020:
Brought home an angry poop cat (pooped her carrier at the vet’s) from yet another vet visit.
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Just NOT a good day for Krista. Either year.

 

[daftcat75]

January 10, 2019:
She gets her feeding tube today.



2020:
Not feeling well this year either. Lymphoma I’m sure.

 

[tarasgirl06]

January 10, 2019:
She gets her feeding tube today.

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2020:
Not feeling well this year either. Lymphoma I’m sure.
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Our beloved angel Rojita got Mast cell lymphoma and even though we had an operation for her, she did not linger long after that. It should never happen to any cat!

 

[daftcat75]

January 11, 2019:
For the first few days she was hospitalized, she was looking more beat up each morning I checked on her. I believe this was the nadir. She should be looking better tomorrow.

Obviously this was scary and nerve wracking at the time. But this has become one of my favorite pictures of her. It shows her trust and her fight. This was my phone’s lock screen photo for awhile.

First food in days (besides what’s going down the tube now): fish flakes!

 

[tarasgirl06]

January 11, 2019:
For the first few days she was hospitalized, she was looking more beat up each morning I checked on her. I believe this was the nadir. She should be looking better tomorrow.

Obviously this was scary and nerve wracking at the time. But this has become one of my favorite pictures of her. It shows her trust and her fight. This was my phone’s lock screen photo for awhile.
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First food in days (besides what’s going down the tube now): fish flakes!
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Heartbreaking, but also, as you say, showing her strength, resolve, and love!

 

[daftcat75]

January 12, 2019:
Now that the painful teeth and root fragments have left her head and she’s getting food down her tube, she must be on the glide path to recovery. This morning, she just wanted lap time. I reduced our visits to just once a day so she would have more time to rest without being shuttled in and out of her “recovery suite.” (what I called her cage.)

I shudder to think how this would have gone down during the pandemic and how much scarier for the both of us it would have been if I couldn’t visit like I did.

 

[tarasgirl06]

January 12, 2019:
Now that the painful teeth and root fragments have left her head and she’s getting food down her tube, she must be on the glide path to recovery. This morning, she just wanted lap time. I reduced our visits to just once a day so she would have more time to rest without being shuttled in and out of her “recovery suite.” (what I called her cage.)

I shudder to think how this would have gone down during the pandemic and how much scarier for the both of us it would have been if I couldn’t visit like I did.
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Yeah, more and more, I see how things happen in their time, for reasons we don't know. Through every bad thing I've gone through in my life, I still come out and go forward! and it was the same for you two, then. Krista came through and went home with you and you had those times together, those experiences. *Priceless*! yes?
*Krista, green is definitely your color.*

 

[daftcat75]

January 13, 2019:


2020:

 

[tarasgirl06]

January 13, 2019:
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2020:
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*AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW* But then she looks comfortable on her bed.

 

[daftcat75]

January 14, 2019:


2020: