This is a picture of my precious cat, Simon when he was doing better than he is today. Three days ago, he began showing strange signs of not feeling well.
Backing up, about a month ago, I noticed he began losing weight and was drinking a lot of water. I know this is a sign of "something" in a cat....not something good....especially in an older cat. Simon is now 15, so he is no spring chicken. We just kept loving on him, and he kept losing weight, but he was eating, playing and talking.
Finally, yesterday, I took him to the vet because he'd not eaten nor drunk a thing since Sunday afternoon. He'd lost 3.5 pounds over the last year, and was really looking thin as he stood on the table at the vet's office. We brought him home after they took blood and have been waiting for him to urinate to get that sample.....no luck. He's just gotten increasingly lethargic in the last 24 hours and is now camped out under our bed, the place he goes when he is scared during a storm. I've tried giving him water with an eye dropper, and while I've gotten a little in, he pulls away and is not interested at all.
My heart is breaking....I wept this morning, realizing this may be goodbye to my buddy of 15 years. This little guy has been through it all. He nearly died shortly after I hauled him and Toby to Hungary back in 2000. The vet there said it was a miracle that he lived, and he only had 1/2 of one kidney still functioning. After 9 years of living in Hungary, I carted them back to the U.S., and upon going to the vet learned that God had healed Simon's kidneys! The vet here said both of his kidneys were functioning 100%; praise God as I had asked God to heal them and He did!
In 2011, just 2 months before I got married, my other buddy, Toby, died suddenly and tragically after having a seizure. I was devastated.
Now I'm facing losing my other buddy. I told Paul this morning that he's been with me through a lot....and I'm so thankful to the Lord for his companionship these 15 years. I know he's not gone yet, but I will miss this little guy....I just pray he doesn't suffer. I've asked the Lord to have him fall asleep and not wake up....I pray this happens when it's his time.
