Maybe he will rally back completely!! This sounds pretty good to me.
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Simon has been alert and eating all day long. I have no idea how much he has
eaten total, as it has been a little at a time, but would guess it is the
equivalent of between a half and a whole large (6 oz) cat food can. He has also
gone back to eating catnip and to rolling on his back for belly rubs.
He is extremely weak, though. While he can go to the litter box on his own
again, he can onl y walk about 10 feet at a time and then has to lay down. And
he walks very slowly. I brought his friend Ginger in to see him, who is the
cat closest to him, and he was very interested in her but did not get up to see
her which he would have done if he had the energy. He is now stretched out
on his belly sleeping again. All day today he was lying in much more normal
cat positions, i.e. curled up, etc. So I think his rally may just be in terms of
eating, and perhaps eating has on its own made him a little less wobbly.
I think, despite myself, I allowed this rally to put a bit of hope back in my
heart, and now the grief of thinking of him passing is again so strong. I
can not bear it. He has lost so much weight and muscle mass just in the last few
days. He looked pretty normal on Friday, and now looks like a cat with
advanced cancer. I would not be surprised if he has lost 2 pounds or more since
Friday. It is very difficult.
While I was writing that last paragraph, he got up and walked a few feet to his cat bed and curled up normally in it. It is as if he knew what I was writing.
Thanks for being there and being part of this, Michelle
