It's been 15 months since I first turned to this website for support after loosing my precious Buster.....now I am totally heartbroken to say that my kitty Max has just been diagnosed with Liver Cancer. He also has Chronic Renal Failure and has been on subq fluids for 16 months. I was sure that one day the kidney failure would take him but to find out that this little trooper of a kitty now has to suffer with liver cancer is just way too much to comprehend. I've read so many of your posts on here and I know so many of you are feeling what I am feeling right now. Right now I feel like I can't move and all I want to do is stay by Max's side. How can I carry on with my day to day activities just watching for the day when he starts to decline?? I want to give his last month, weeks, days, whatever he has left, nothing buy love and to spoil him to no end but I'm having a hard time just functioning. I know it's shock - it has to be that. I definitely don't want to go to work and have to leave him for 10 hours. I am fortunate that my husband can check in on him throughout that day though..

Thank you - all of you who have taken the time to read this. My heart goes out to all of you too for I know I'm not alone on here...

God Bless you all.....

Karen

Dear Karen,

I am so very sorry to hear that Max is now fighting two terrible illinesses and seems that he maybe meeting up with your precious Buster all to soon. I also lost a precious furbaby the end of September of last year and since then I have been keeping a close eye on my eldest fur child, as he will be 12 this December and is a large breed dog. I know as he gets older that I concider any time that the Lord grants us, as a blessing and I pray every night that he will give us several more years, but he only knows. To be honest I can't imagine being in your shoes right now, as I would be afraid of "shutting" down and having a hard time going forward, if I was in your shoes.. I admire your strenght and the strenght of your Max, as he has been very strong to survive CRF for 16 months and now this. That is what my poor old Smokey had and we did try the subq fluids, but my poor old boy just hated having the subq fluids administered and so we had to make the hard choice to let him go. After that he was with us for three very longs days, in some ways and very short in others, until we knew that he was ready to join my Jacob at the rainbow bridge. I will be keeping you and Max in my prayers and I hope that the Lord will give both you and Max the strenght you need to handle what maybe and the knowledge of knowing when it is time to say goodbye. Keep coming here and keep us up to date with your baby Max.

May the Lord bless you and your precious fur babies.
LouAnn Needham
Mother to: Jacob - doggy angel (17) 1982-1999, Smokey - kitty angel (17) 1987-2004, Ziggy - doggy (12), Quinton - doggy (7), Tyler - kitty (1 1/2), BobCat - kitty (1 1/4) & Phoenix - kitty (4)

Thank you LouAnn, and I am so sorry for your losses of Smokey and Jacob. I'm beginning to wonder about my strength in dealing with this. I feel like I'm shutting down at times. But coming on here with all of you wonderful, understanding caring people really does help a lot!

God Bless...

Karen

Karen,

Thank you for the kind thoughts for me and my precious angels that are waiting for me at rainbow bridge and I am so sorry that you are having a hard time with this, as would I. If you ever need to talk my email address is as follows: louneedham@yahoo.com, also I tend to be online with yahoo messenger, (id) louneedham and if you what to chat I would be more than willing to talk, as it can make it easier to share your heartaches with someone that does understand. I have been lucky that my husband understands my love for my fur babies and supports me as much as possible even to the point that he allows me to rescue more fur babies after we had loss both Jacob & Smokey, even though he was not ready yet.

Again if you ever just want to talk, please feel free to drop me a line. Try and enjoy the time that you have left with your precious baby Max and remember that no matter what happens, both Buster and Max will be with you forever in your heart and that one day you will all meet up once again. All I know is I will have a ton of fur babies waiting for me, as I could never imagine my life without the precious fur children that the Lord has been so good to let come into my life.

May the Lord bless you and your precious fur babies.
LouAnn Needham
Mother to: Jacob - doggy angel (17) 1982-1999, Smokey - kitty angel (17) 1987-2004, Ziggy - doggy (12), Quinton - doggy (7), Tyler - kitty (1 1/2), BobCat - kitty (1 1/4) & Phoenix - kitty (4)

Thank you so much LouAnn...I will most definitely be emailing you....

Karen