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In reply to the discussion: Fiona Apple's Heartbreakingly Beautiful Letter To Her Fans About Staying With Her Dying Dog [View all]Nonhlanhla
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I am so glad that you were able to give David a good old age after so much suffering. We lost our 17 year old ginger cat. Mr Freckles, from kidney failure a few months ago. He's had kidney issues for a long time, but we took care of him, giving him the right food, giving him saline solution through a drip (subcutaneous hydration), all in order to arrest the development of the kidney failure. He had a good life until the beginning of this year when the kidney failure really set in and he started to lose weight. I was ready to take him to the vet by April because it became clear to me that he was starting to lose quality of life, but DH was not ready until May when Mr Freckles started to be incontinent. I always called Mr. Freckles the "Other Person" in our marriage, because he and DH were so close.