• Smokey has gone deaf

    From Bill Stock@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 22 16:19:08 2021
    We're not too sure when it happened, probably about a week or two. At first we thought she was just ignoring us. 😁 I can walk up behind her and touch her and she is startled and Mrrrrs. We think she might be blind now too, as I can approach her from
    the front and she was startled as well. She's had cataracts for a while, so I'm not sure of the extent of this. She seemed to be having trouble with the box the last few days in the morning, so I have been picking her up and putting her in the box.

    She just had her head in the bowl and she pooped in the box a while ago. She has very bad arthritis and has been restricted to the upstairs for about two years. She's been eating fairly well, except for the last little while. She's also been losing
    muscle mass for a few weeks. I don't think she's in any pain, except for the arthritis. She has not been exhibiting any hiding behaviour. She's spending more time in bed, some days she's up about two hours and heads back to bed. She has to ring for the
    elevator to get back in bed, it's been like this for about a year. Not sure how she's navigating from bed to my office, other than she has to stop along the way.

    I was hoping that she was going to pass on her own, but it's not much of a life for her either. Still got her head in the bowl though. 😁 I just don't want to wait too long and have her get sick-er. She's approaching 20 now BTW.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Bill Stock on Sun Aug 22 21:02:18 2021
    On 8/22/2021 7:19 PM, Bill Stock wrote:
    We're not too sure when it happened, probably about a week or two. At first we thought she was just ignoring us. 😁 I can walk up behind her and touch her and she is startled and Mrrrrs. We think she might be blind now too, as I can approach her from
    the front and she was startled as well. She's had cataracts for a while, so I'm not sure of the extent of this. She seemed to be having trouble with the box the last few days in the morning, so I have been picking her up and putting her in the box.

    She just had her head in the bowl and she pooped in the box a while ago. She has very bad arthritis and has been restricted to the upstairs for about two years. She's been eating fairly well, except for the last little while. She's also been losing
    muscle mass for a few weeks. I don't think she's in any pain, except for the arthritis. She has not been exhibiting any hiding behaviour. She's spending more time in bed, some days she's up about two hours and heads back to bed. She has to ring for the
    elevator to get back in bed, it's been like this for about a year. Not sure how she's navigating from bed to my office, other than she has to stop along the way.

    I was hoping that she was going to pass on her own, but it's not much of a life for her either. Still got her head in the bowl though. 😁 I just don't want to wait too long and have her get sick-er. She's approaching 20 now BTW.

    I'm very sorry to hear this. I know the feeling and it's a struggle but
    I think you know the best thing to do for her.

    Jill

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  • From Bill Stock@21:1/5 to j_mc...@comcast.net on Sun Aug 22 20:24:26 2021
    On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 9:02:20 PM UTC-4, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
    On 8/22/2021 7:19 PM, Bill Stock wrote:
    We're not too sure when it happened, probably about a week or two. At first we thought she was just ignoring us. 😁 I can walk up behind her and touch her and she is startled and Mrrrrs. We think she might be blind now too, as I can approach her
    from the front and she was startled as well. She's had cataracts for a while, so I'm not sure of the extent of this. She seemed to be having trouble with the box the last few days in the morning, so I have been picking her up and putting her in the box.

    She just had her head in the bowl and she pooped in the box a while ago. She has very bad arthritis and has been restricted to the upstairs for about two years. She's been eating fairly well, except for the last little while. She's also been losing
    muscle mass for a few weeks. I don't think she's in any pain, except for the arthritis. She has not been exhibiting any hiding behaviour. She's spending more time in bed, some days she's up about two hours and heads back to bed. She has to ring for the
    elevator to get back in bed, it's been like this for about a year. Not sure how she's navigating from bed to my office, other than she has to stop along the way.

    I was hoping that she was going to pass on her own, but it's not much of a life for her either. Still got her head in the bowl though. 😁 I just don't want to wait too long and have her get sick-er. She's approaching 20 now BTW.

    I'm very sorry to hear this. I know the feeling and it's a struggle but
    I think you know the best thing to do for her.

    Jill
    Thanks 🤗

    Sorry to read about Buffy

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  • From Judith Latham@21:1/5 to Stock on Mon Aug 23 15:37:53 2021
    In article <8c951540-74cc-46f6-a1e0-1b2e71cfa471n@googlegroups.com>, Bill
    Stock <will_stock@yahoo.com> wrote:
    We're not too sure when it happened, probably about a week or two. At
    first we thought she was just ignoring us. # I can walk up behind her
    and touch her and she is startled and Mrrrrs. We think she might be
    blind now too, as I can approach her from the front and she was startled
    as well. She's had cataracts for a while, so I'm not sure of the extent
    of this. She seemed to be having trouble with the box the last few days
    in the morning, so I have been picking her up and putting her in the
    box.

    She just had her head in the bowl and she pooped in the box a while ago.
    She has very bad arthritis and has been restricted to the upstairs for
    about two years. She's been eating fairly well, except for the last
    little while. She's also been losing muscle mass for a few weeks. I
    don't think she's in any pain, except for the arthritis. She has not
    been exhibiting any hiding behaviour. She's spending more time in bed,
    some days she's up about two hours and heads back to bed. She has to
    ring for the elevator to get back in bed, it's been like this for about
    a year. Not sure how she's navigating from bed to my office, other than
    she has to stop along the way.

    I was hoping that she was going to pass on her own, but it's not much of
    a life for her either. Still got her head in the bowl though. # I just
    don't want to wait too long and have her get sick-er. She's approaching
    20 now BTW.

    I'm so sorry to hear this, it's a horrible decision to make. I'm sure she
    will show you when she's ready for the bridge. purrs for Smokey and for
    you too.

    Judith

    --
    Judith Latham
    Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Bill Stock on Mon Aug 23 17:22:37 2021
    On 8/22/2021 11:24 PM, Bill Stock wrote:
    On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 9:02:20 PM UTC-4, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
    On 8/22/2021 7:19 PM, Bill Stock wrote:
    We're not too sure when it happened, probably about a week or two. At first we thought she was just ignoring us. 😁 I can walk up behind her and touch her and she is startled and Mrrrrs. We think she might be blind now too, as I can approach her
    from the front and she was startled as well. She's had cataracts for a while, so I'm not sure of the extent of this. She seemed to be having trouble with the box the last few days in the morning, so I have been picking her up and putting her in the box.

    She just had her head in the bowl and she pooped in the box a while ago. She has very bad arthritis and has been restricted to the upstairs for about two years. She's been eating fairly well, except for the last little while. She's also been losing
    muscle mass for a few weeks. I don't think she's in any pain, except for the arthritis. She has not been exhibiting any hiding behaviour. She's spending more time in bed, some days she's up about two hours and heads back to bed. She has to ring for the
    elevator to get back in bed, it's been like this for about a year. Not sure how she's navigating from bed to my office, other than she has to stop along the way.

    I was hoping that she was going to pass on her own, but it's not much of a life for her either. Still got her head in the bowl though. 😁 I just don't want to wait too long and have her get sick-er. She's approaching 20 now BTW.

    I'm very sorry to hear this. I know the feeling and it's a struggle but
    I think you know the best thing to do for her.

    Jill
    Thanks 🤗

    Sorry to read about Buffy

    Thank you. I'm sorry to hear about Smokey's problems. :(

    Jill

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