Our Kitty

I opted not to blog about our dog dying back at Christmas. It was hard - much harder than I'd have imagined - and I just didn't want to share it here. One of these days I'm going to put the story up, with some pics, but today isn't that day.

Today, it's kitty news. Our cat Ricky (we have Ricky and Lucy) was diagnosed with kidney disease last week. He is 12 years old. We were told he might not live out the week, and this coming just 5 weeks after losing our dog, we were devastated, to say the least.

And yes, we are very "into" our pets. It doesn't just 'feel' like they're part of the family. They ARE family.

So the vet told us we could give our kitty fluid treatments (read that, home I.V.s) and change his diet. She didn't promise it would help, but we decided to try it.

Now, a week later, Ricky is back from the dead. He is back to his old tricks, but he is also smiling again (as much as a cat can smile). Once again he's purring, talking to us, and running to me when I call him. He is very indignant about the needle going into his back every other day, but he likes his new food and doesn't complain much.

We know his days are numbered, but as of now, we've been given a reprieve.

And we are so thankful.

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