Posted by 10derheart on May 14, 2013, at 23:24:39
In reply to Cancer, posted by Phil on May 14, 2013, at 13:58:21
Aw, dammit to h***. I hate it. It's often cancer or kidney failure at the elder ages, Is Jules 11, or did you get him when he was a few years old?
I had my buddy Oliver for 16 years, from a 12-week old kitten abandoned behind a shed at my daughter's elementary school. I lost him to chronic kidney failure in July 2008 and I still get choked up from time to time. He was the second best friend I had to....let go, for lack of any adequate words. The first one (girl, Shadow, had her 10 years) I was so chicken I couldn't go into the room with her (severe thyroid disease) and made my poor 18-year old daughter stay with her during the , well, you know....she says it's "okay" now but I was a bad mom. Oliver I held myself, by myself. Was way more peaceful than I had thought.
Anyway....you'll make it. And you know what, Phil (just ignore this as crapola right now but think of it way later...) we have unlimited capacity to love these animals, we really do. I waited 3 years to get another and now have had her two years (Willow, age 6 now) and love her exactly as much. Point is, you will love another furry child/buddy one day.
But boy does it hurt....
Wish I could meet Jules in person. Don't you think they get MI better than just about any human ever could?
Wish I could help....((Phil))
MDD (presently in complete remission); ADD-Inattentive type; mild anxiety (not fomally dx'd)
Meds: Strattera 80 mg q day
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