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I wrote this email to the lymphoma group and am forwarding it here, since I
have been sending updates on this list as well.
Michelle
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Sorry for the frequent updates, but I am on a rollercoaster and it is hard
to ride it alone. My partner is here, but can not handle the extremity of
my anxiety over what to do and every change. Anyway, Simon got up to use
the litter box and walked across the room to do it. He had been constipated and
straining earlier, which I think was exhausting for him, and I had given him
Lactulose. This time he was able to go. When he left the litterbox he laid back
down in a similar position but a little more comfortable looking, and then
looked at me with a less vacant look. So I pet him, which he has not wanted for
hours, and he started purring! Purring loudly. He is not able to move too
much, but purrs when I pet him and stops when I don't. He also seemed
interested in my opening some cat food cans and sniffed at them, but when I
offered them to him he got up and went behind a chair and laid back down. I
followed him and pet him lightly, and he started purring again. Though he
is still so weak and obviously unwell, and still jaundiced and paler than ever
with a probably very low hematocrit, I am glad that he at least gets comfort
from being pet again. I am wondering if his constipation was adding to his
nausea and discomfort so that now he feels a little better. I am still very
concerned and think that he may have entered the dying process, but I feel less
that I need to make some sort of decision at this point. If he can walk
across a room to use the litter box and is motivated to do so, and wants to be
pet and purrs, that to me is enough to show he still has some strength and
enjoyment ability left for now.
Thanks for listening,
Michelle
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