rmd: (bonaparte)
rmd ([personal profile] rmd) wrote2014-01-29 07:34 pm

time does pass at one second per second

My old cats are getting old. Even my youngest cat (pictured in usericon) is pretty old, now.

In the end, entropy takes us all.

went to the vet with one of the older two this evening - she's fine, but may have thyroid issues and has lost a *whole* lot of weight. I knew she'd gotten skinny, but it was even more than I realized.

[identity profile] johnromkey.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's happening with ours, too. Poor frail old beast.

[identity profile] qbaz.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Amen to this. Funny, too, how having a 4-year-old in the house with our thinning 19-year-old cat is forcing me to articulate some thoughts about aging and death in very clear terms.

"Carlos's body is getting older, and he's having problems getting everything he needs out of his food. That means that some day, he's going to die. In the meantime, we tell him we love him every day. How do we do that, when a cat can't understand words? We pet him and hold him and offer him treats and listen for the things that make him purr. We try not to be too frustrated when he poops on the floor. We let him sleep nestled under our covers every night, even when we'd rather not have whiskers up our noses at 3 in the morning."

[identity profile] candle-light.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Marc talks about how cats age at a weird & not consistent rate. They don't age much at all after they turn 1 or 2. They stay pretty constant till about 10, and then age at an accelerated rate.

[identity profile] coffeekitty.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
i have three elderly cats in various stages of kidney failure.
i love them dearly. and our apartment is ensheathed in plastic and absorbent towels.

[identity profile] tamidon.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Haiku got thyroid problems and got really thin, but Dr. Karen recommended the radiation treatment and he lived another 5 years, but he was only 13 at the time

[identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Nikita (pictured) has been doing fine on daily pills for her thyroid issue. Hopefully her sister will do so as well, if needed.

[identity profile] tamidon.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
the pills never got Haiku back to where we hoped and the radiation did, but whatever works for your kitties, best to them both

[identity profile] lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com 2014-01-30 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Some days I really hate entropy :-(