Got some bad news today [View all]
God, I hate this.
First though, I'm relatively new as a DU member DU and been mostly lurking for a while now. My pets are my world so it seemed natural to join this group.
Our 19 year old cats (litter mates) are sick. One has a thyroid problem that is mostly under control for now, with meds. The other one, who has always been the hardier of the two, very healthy and strong, gave us a scare last week with dehydration and a (very) distended abdomen. There was too much fluid to see much on an X-ray so she went in for an ultrasound this morning. She has cancer.
At the moment we are numb but we know that at their age, we are very lucky.
I really hate this place we are in. We've been through pet loss before but these two have been with us for so long - it's unreal to me.
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