I Can't Believe We're Losing Another One Options

[PucksMom]

I am absolutely heartsick...

Yesterday when I was at my mom's house, Steve, the cat she sent home with me when I lost Puck, started breathing really funny. We thought maybe he caught a respiratory infection.
Mom just took him to the vet and he had a bunch of fluid which the vet drained, but that revealed he had cancer.
vet doesn't expect him to last more than a couple of days. Mom was going to have him put to sleep then, but she says he started purring in her arms and she couldn't do it. Vet sent her home with medication.

Please keep Steve and my mom in your thoughts and prayers. he's such a very good kitty.

We took him in as a starving to death stray tomcat- he was so thin that if you put your hand around his backbone, your fingers could actually touch together. He was scary at first, kind of untractable, but once he was neutered and his hormones settled in, he became just the coolest kitty. He has a huge purr, and loved to get right in your face and hug. He would rub up against you, and then playfully bite your chin or your nose.

This is just a fricking terrible month...
My aunt's horse died just into the new year (she lived to be 26 years old despite being chronically ill from a very young age) , I lost my baby on the 9th, my sister's little foster dog, who had found her forever home, was put to sleep due to kidney failure, and now Steve...

[ladywolf]

I am absolutely heartsick...

Yesterday when I was at my mom's house, Steve, the cat she sent home with me when I lost Puck, started breathing really funny. We thought maybe he caught a respiratory infection.
Mom just took him to the vet and he had a bunch of fluid which the vet drained, but that revealed he had cancer.
vet doesn't expect him to last more than a couple of days. Mom was going to have him put to sleep then, but she says he started purring in her arms and she couldn't do it. Vet sent her home with medication.

Please keep Steve and my mom in your thoughts and prayers. he's such a very good kitty.

We took him in as a starving to death stray tomcat- he was so thin that if you put your hand around his backbone, your fingers could actually touch together. He was scary at first, kind of untractable, but once he was neutered and his hormones settled in, he became just the coolest kitty. He has a huge purr, and loved to get right in your face and hug. He would rub up against you, and then playfully bite your chin or your nose.

This is just a fricking terrible month...
My aunt's horse died just into the new year (she lived to be 26 years old despite being chronically ill from a very young age) , I lost my baby on the 9th, my sister's little foster dog, who had found her forever home, was put to sleep due to kidney failure, and now Steve...

Oh, Puck's mom--this is just terrible! I am so SO sorry to hear your latest news--and of all the other things that have been happening too. It's often said that God doesn't give us anymore than we can handle, but sometimes, you just have to wonder.

I know the feeling, though not quite to the same degree. After Poppers died, I waited til after Christmas to get a diagnosis on Ladywolf. Ignorance WAS bliss for a little while, but as you know, it came back as the big "C"--cancer. Both dog and wolf were the same age, so it's not too surprising, but it's a big whallop to get all at once!

You lost your BABY? OMG. I don't know how you've been holding together as well as you apparently have. So much loss is just not fair!

I feel so badly for you--can only hope that Steve's passing is swift and graceful.

Big big hugs to you--

Margi and Ladywolf