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In Friday’s blog, [Old Goals Fulfilled and Unfulfilled], I talked about my cat Mouse, who recently turned 18 and a half. I also mentioned his nerve issues and his slobbering. While the nerve issues are nothing serious, the slobbering is. It turns out that he has cancer on his tongue and it was preventing him from properly taking in food. He could still eat and drink, but doing so caused the slobbering due to his tongue becoming inflamed. He was put on a special watered-down canned food and was having an easier time eating that, but he still needed to go to the vet for surgery. The surgery was yesterday, and while they were able to remove some of the cancer, they couldn’t get all of it because it encompasses most of the left side and the entire back of his tongue. He was mostly unable to eat last night (save for a bite of tilapia that I gave him) and he’s been pacing around because of it. I’m guessing that his tongue is still in pain from the surgery and he should be able to eat with more frequency sometime soon. On the bright side, he still seems spry as he’s jumped up on to my bed without any issue and got down fine as well. His purr sounds better than it did before the surgery and he’s still receptive to affection (thus the purring). He’s also alert and I’m sure frustrated that he can’t eat, because he almost took my finger off when I gave him that bite of fish last night. Thankfully, he didn’t break the skin. Another bright point is that the vet said that the cancer hadn’t spread to any other part of his body, which will likely give him more time. That said, I know that it’s just a matter of time before he passes, but the vet has yet to give an estimate as to how much longer. He could make it to 19 and beyond, or he might not see the end of the month. That’s what makes it so hard, because before this happened, he was really getting up there in years, but he was still in good shape. This has been tough for me not only because I’ve had him since I was 11, but because he’s the most friendly and affable cat that I’ve ever encountered, and he’s been an outstanding companion for all of these years. I know he can’t stay around forever and I’ve got tons of great pictures, a few sound recordings, some short camera movies and lots of enjoyable memories that will live on with me, but not having him around to beg for bites of food, to sit on my lap, or to jump up on my bed and snuggle with me while I’m sleeping (like he did this morning) is going to be rather difficult to cope with for quite some time. However, he’s not gone yet, so I’m going to do everything I can to make the last part of his life as enjoyable as possible. I only hope I don’t have to write his farewell post for quite some time. Update: He’s already been to his bowl twice this morning to eat some of his canned food (which he did), so that’s definitely a good sign. Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on March 3rd, 2010. |
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[A Farewell to Mouse] [Old Goals Fulfilled and Unfulfilled] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part One] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Two] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Three] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Four] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Five] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Six] [The Chronicles of Mouse, Part Seven] |
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