As a few closer folks know and those who I have skyped/voiced with long term know I am a cat pet person. One said cat is Sheila, a very big mainecoon fluff ball, who has been a part of our family for a solid 13 years. A bout a month ago we noticed she was starting to loose weight but she was still eating regularly, drinking water well and still happily doing cat stuff so we prepared ourself for it possibly taking a turn since she was getting up there in age. Last Friday things took a sharp turn. Sheila the big fluffeh beast who at 13 years old could make jumps onto over anything in the household suddenly could barely get her back feet off the ground. couldn't hold herself up for longer than short walks which would require her to sit and rest. She immediately started to seclude herself away from us unless we came up there to her and she'd come crawl out and mewl and let us pet her. She'd only eat food offered to her and had stopped eating/drinking on her own. We were all pretty devastated as she'd had such a sharp turn around the corner. Finally after a lot of discussion today we finally took her to the vet whom said she had obvious signs of jaundice and that her kidneys had swollen up. After discussing treatment (minimum 48 hour treatment on iv as well as a food tube to insure she takes in neutrients.) and being informed that considering her age that the chances of a complete recovery, let alone the new at home care she would need would have been to much of a physical, monetary as well as emotional burden on all of us we made the decision that Sheila needed the time to rest and be at ease. She was surrounded by love, smiles and tears. and after the vet allowing us to take her outside and let her sun and feel the dirt one more time. We then petted and held her purring between heavy breathes the whole time the sedative solution was applied before she laid her head down and went to sleep.

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You were such a good cat and I'm going to miss you so much.