I hardly know how to say this. It’s all too sudden and I wasn’t ready for this. My dear cat, Marlow has just crossed the Rainbow Bridge. When I noticed that his body was getting thin and bony, but his stomach appeared bloated, I had thoughts about what might be wrong – maybe a belly full of tapeworms (that would have been the good scenario because it would be easier to treat) or a bad scenario would be a bowel obstruction and some very expensive surgery to unblock him. I called the vet this morning and once I described his symptoms, they squeezed us in their busy schedule. They thought it sounded too important to wait until tomorrow. He was weak and listless and was barely eating anything. He also appeared anemic. Well, an ultrasound showed a lot of fluid in the stomach and a rather large mass. Cancer. Stupid freaking CANCER! I had to do the humane thing. He was suffering and I had to end his suffering. This was all too sudden. I didn’t even consider cancer as a possibility. Marlow was 14 years old.
To make matters worse, I don’t have time to mourn right now. I need to leave for work in about 5 minutes.
I hardly know how to say this. It’s all too sudden and I wasn’t ready for this. My dear cat, Marlow has just crossed the Rainbow Bridge. When I noticed that his body was getting thin and bony, but his stomach appeared bloated, I had thoughts about what might be wrong – maybe a belly full of tapeworms (that would have been the good scenario because it would be easier to treat) or a bad scenario would be a bowel obstruction and some very expensive surgery to unblock him. I called the vet this morning and once I described his symptoms, they squeezed us in their busy schedule. They thought it sounded too important to wait until tomorrow. He was weak and listless and was barely eating anything. He also appeared anemic. Well, an ultrasound showed a lot of fluid in the stomach and a rather large mass. Cancer. Stupid freaking CANCER! I had to do the humane thing. He was suffering and I had to end his suffering. This was all too sudden. I didn’t even consider cancer as a possibility. Marlow was 14 years old.
To make matters worse, I don’t have time to mourn right now. I need to leave for work in about 5 minutes.