Hate bumping this thread but today we lost Sari rather suddenly today. She started not being herself on the weekend. Not eating, lethargic, not meowing, and appeared to have a distended abdomen. Took her to the hospital this morning and after an ultrasound the vet called with the news they found a number of masses in her and a large one in her spleen. The type of cancer is more common in dogs but can affect cats. By the time the symptoms are noticeable there is little that can be done.
This was doubly hard as my wife is in Paris having attended her grandmothers funeral last week. I was able to get in touch and we decided the best thing to do for Sari was to not wait two days for my wife to get back. It was a hard decision and I'm impressed with her for making it but it was the right decision. We needed to end her pain.
We got Sari when she was about 2 years old from The Meow Foundation almost exactly 12 years ago. The Flames were just on the cusp of making the playoffs for that magical 2004 run. Sari had many nicknames but the Flames related one was Kipperpuss as she'd stop almost any toy tossed at her.
Being in an empty house right now is weird. This plain old sucks but I keep reminding myself we saved her and gave her 12 quality years and she helped enrich our lives immensely.
Sleep well Meowpuss.
