Long ago in a Pit thread that was one for the books, I mentioned that my GF considers her cats to be like children. No, she’s not crazy, so please don’t say that. She knows fully well that humans are to be valued more than pets. But in 12 or so years, she has gotten very attached to them, as most people would.
One of the cats, Tasha, has developed a thiroid problem, and will be going in for surgery in the next couple of weeks. That’s the healthy cat. Belle, the other one, has been throwing up almost every day. We’ve been hoping it was just a stubborn hairball, but the wieght loss is alarming. She went from 10 pounds to 7 in about a week. And she looked really depressed, and she was losing a lot of fur. As it turns out, she has lymphoma. The vet wants to start her on chemo, and thinks this might buy her about 2 months. There is an outside chance that she could live another 2 years, but that’s a very slim chance.
I feel so bad for all involved, humans and cats. GF lost her mother last year (in a very protracted and painfull illness). Even though the loss of a cat is orders of magnitude less traumatic, it’s too soon for her to be going through this again so soon.