I thank you very much, sufi and danandlouie. Sometimes this cat sits on my lap and seems to look deep into my own eyes, and I have no idea what that might be about. But if my wife and I do decide to put her down, you can be sure that will be done quietly, quickly, "properly" and with tears.
Nothing she is doing or not doing now is really any different than before going to the vet, it is just happening more ... then last night it was almost as if she felt ashamed or embarrassed by what she had done, and she even resisted slightly when I brought her "out of hiding" in the back room and into where she usually begins her night. I could easily go on and on here, but I just again say, "I thank you."
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I began looking for someone like me when I was five ...
My search ended at 59 ... right here on WrongPlanet.
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