time does pass at one second per second

[rmd]

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.

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[qbaz.livejournal.com]

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."