We're continuing to plug away with Cassie and her health. Her 'dripping' is becoming more of an issue. We *rarely* have her alone for more than 3 hours, in fact it's rare for her to be alone at all.
Two nights ago when I got up in the middle of the night I saw her sleeping on the 'nest' Maxine puts down every night along her side of the bed. Earlier that evening Maxine had been in her office watching TV with the door closed. I got curious where Cassie was and found her patiently waiting, laying outside Maxine's door. That's one of the sweetest things about her, her loyalty. It seems to us that her biggest priority isn't eating, isn't other people, isn't amusing herself. It's watching out for us. And I'm going to miss that severely when she's gone.
We're not sure what they day to day symptoms mean. Lethargy. Leaking. Are they the drugs or age or something a result of the tumor. We don't know. And I'm pretty sure the answer from the vet would be (since there really isn't that much experience with this sort of thing), "could be, may be, might be". So, we don't bother to ask.
Last week (I don't know if I've already posted this), she woke us up at 6 having an extreme difficulty breathing. It went on for 2 minutes. If that's an example of a tumor symptom, I don't want her to go through too much of that. We'll both clean up after her and make sure she goes out to the bathroom, and pick her up to get her around, but neither Maxine or I want her to suffer...
It's Friday, the start of the nervous time. Our vet is open for a few hours Saturday morning, but other than that, we're on our own till Monday morning. Neither Maxine or I like that, the feeling of vulnerability.
But, I guess to end things on a good note, Cassie is STILL!!!! with us!!!! And we try very very hard to show her we love her, multiple times every day. I'm grateful that we're getting this time with her...
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