hi
i have two cats and cat sit my grandkitty often (he's here now, he is a sweetie and no trouble at all)
my Nell who is about 8, she is a sweetheart too and also no trouble at all.
although sometimes i feel like i am neglecting them.
but my old girl, Mickie, who is 18, my entire life revolves around her. and i dont mind, i love her to peices, she is a super cat!! but i am not getting hardly any sleep and i am getting grouchy with people and i hurt all over (from recent injuries that i am supposed to be in physical therapy for, but just do not have the time)
the Mickmeister, as i sometimes call her, is in renal failure and the vet thinks she may also have a cancer, probably intestinal lymphoma.
in spite of eating enough food (until very recently) for THREE cats, she is losing wt.
she may also have IBD, but only a biopsy would say for sure, and i wont put her thru that.
she has lost a lot of wt, and muscle and is just skin and bones now, very frail,
and she is getting the max safe dose of subQ fluids per day.
i know that she will not be with me a whole lot longer, so i try to spend as much time with her as i can.
because it upsets her to see me cry, i am holding back my tears for her sake but i have this constant lump in my throat that really hurts. sometimes i feel like i will explode if i cant just let some of this out.
my biggest fear is that *i* will be so tired and worn out, that i will project that onto her, and think that it is time for *her*, when its still too soon, and its just me who needs some sleep.
she wakes me up about once every hour all nite long. for awhile she had stopped doing that, so i went back to day time hours, but what had happened was that she was getting sicker and sleeping more
now that her fliuds have been increased, she seems to feel a bit better and has gone back to being awake all night, so i am in the process of switching my hours back so that i sleep during the day and i am at night (i am permanently disabled so at least i do not have to leave the house much)
i dont know what to do
i am sure there are others here with sick or elderly or needy cats (Mickie is all three of these, she has always required a LOT of attention)
how do you cope with the stress so that you can enjoy whatever time you have left with your baby??
althea the exhausted
i have two cats and cat sit my grandkitty often (he's here now, he is a sweetie and no trouble at all)
my Nell who is about 8, she is a sweetheart too and also no trouble at all.
although sometimes i feel like i am neglecting them.
but my old girl, Mickie, who is 18, my entire life revolves around her. and i dont mind, i love her to peices, she is a super cat!! but i am not getting hardly any sleep and i am getting grouchy with people and i hurt all over (from recent injuries that i am supposed to be in physical therapy for, but just do not have the time)
the Mickmeister, as i sometimes call her, is in renal failure and the vet thinks she may also have a cancer, probably intestinal lymphoma.
in spite of eating enough food (until very recently) for THREE cats, she is losing wt.
she may also have IBD, but only a biopsy would say for sure, and i wont put her thru that.
she has lost a lot of wt, and muscle and is just skin and bones now, very frail,
and she is getting the max safe dose of subQ fluids per day.
i know that she will not be with me a whole lot longer, so i try to spend as much time with her as i can.
because it upsets her to see me cry, i am holding back my tears for her sake but i have this constant lump in my throat that really hurts. sometimes i feel like i will explode if i cant just let some of this out.
my biggest fear is that *i* will be so tired and worn out, that i will project that onto her, and think that it is time for *her*, when its still too soon, and its just me who needs some sleep.
she wakes me up about once every hour all nite long. for awhile she had stopped doing that, so i went back to day time hours, but what had happened was that she was getting sicker and sleeping more
now that her fliuds have been increased, she seems to feel a bit better and has gone back to being awake all night, so i am in the process of switching my hours back so that i sleep during the day and i am at night (i am permanently disabled so at least i do not have to leave the house much)
i dont know what to do
i am sure there are others here with sick or elderly or needy cats (Mickie is all three of these, she has always required a LOT of attention)
how do you cope with the stress so that you can enjoy whatever time you have left with your baby??
althea the exhausted