June 06, 2007
Squiggy update
We left Squiggy at the animal hospital yesterday, for what may be his last treatment. The past few days have been discouraging, watching the guy waste away to skin and bones as he slowly walked up to what had in earlier times been irresistible treats like fish and chicken, only to turn away, his appetite gone.
He suddenly found the quiet, dark spaces in the Kitty Condo appealing, where before he rarely ventured within -- preferring to laze about on top. Monday he took a turn for the worse, without the energy to greet me at the door when I arrived home from work.
I tracked him down, fearing the worst; I'd rushed home before my wife, just in case he'd succumbed to the cancer, so she wouldn't find him. He was in the garage, sleeping in my old jeep, too weak to climb down.
After a moment, he rose on unsteady legs and s-l-o-w-l-y made his way out of the jeep and into the house, where he settled on the rug near the front door, under the watchful gaze of the Kinagin man.
Squiggy stayed there all night; when we took him to the vet, we expected that we'd be putting an end to his ordeal.
But the soft-spoken doctor said that if he could make it through the night, he just might regain his appetite and begin recovery; the tumors in his gut had responded to the drugs and the prognosis was not as grim as we thought.
If he made it through the night.
We signed a "Do Not Resuscitate" order for the little guy, figuring it was time let him go if that was what was in the cards, and left him in the vet's care.
We'll know later today if Bogie'll have a chance to spend a little more time with his pal.
Posted by Mike Lief at June 6, 2007 12:24 AM
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Hope things turn out for the best. I know how it feels during the "Wait and see" times.
Posted by: Sean at June 9, 2007 12:39 PM