Thank you all for your kind words, support and prayers. It's been rough; but I get through the day knowing that Blue is in a better place void of pain.
Blue was full of attitude and fire. She taught me that you could be a bitch and still have people eating out of the palm of your hand. Blue was special like that.
Blue has a distinctive look of disdain she would reserve for me and, every now and again, the dogs. When she used to give me that look, I would tell "Please! I'm not intimidated by your sour face." But secretly, I was. I'll admit it out loud now, Blue. That look did scare me. :-)
Ryan found an old video I took of Blue where she throws that distinctive look towards Bruno. In this video, Blue was recovering from having her pelvis shattered by a car. She walks kind of funny and you can see she has a slight shuffle in her back legs. But that still didn't stop her from reminding the dogs who exactly was the boss around the house, shattered pelvis be damned.
I wanted to share this video with all of you so you could see just how special Blue was to me. And just what a butthole she was towards the dogs. :-)
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Apr 9, 2009
Beautiful Blue Baby
We put Blue to rest on April 8, 2009.
My heart aches in ways I never knew it could.
Blue fought a battle she would never win when lymphoma decided to invade her body; but nonetheless, she still fought. That's my girl.
In the end, her body could no longer afford to keep up the fight. She was in so much pain and rapidly took a turn for the worst.
The wound of her departure is too fresh and raw for me to handle. I cannot come to terms with the fact that I will never hear her demanding meow, never see her looks of disdain thrown my way and never see her purring contently on Ryan's lap. It was difficult to wake up this morning and realize the finality that she is not here.
Although my heart is in pain, the pain will never overshadow the memories we have. The seven years we had together dominate the horrible, tragic day that ended Blue's presence. Blue may be gone, but I know her legend lives in my heart. And I know it lives in the hearts of all of you. Your thoughts, prayers and concern will help guide her over to a place where she is in pain no more. My evil girl is up there plotting something for us. I just know it.
Rest in peace my sweet angel.
We love you.
You'll be in our hearts until we meet again.
Apr 2, 2009
Just A Little Spoonful of Sugar
Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down...
In the most delightful way!
I was fortunate to receive a second opinion on the slide created from Blue's lymph node fluid. The diagnosis does seem to be developing lymphoma. She is currently on a 20 day treatment with a powerful antibiotic on the off chance this is something else. She seems to have good day and bad days. For now, I'm trying to not focus on the end. I'm trying to focus on the days we have with her instead. But there are days I do want to shout "Chuck You, Farley! My cat does not deserve this!" Oh well. It is what it is.
In the most delightful way!
I was fortunate to receive a second opinion on the slide created from Blue's lymph node fluid. The diagnosis does seem to be developing lymphoma. She is currently on a 20 day treatment with a powerful antibiotic on the off chance this is something else. She seems to have good day and bad days. For now, I'm trying to not focus on the end. I'm trying to focus on the days we have with her instead. But there are days I do want to shout "Chuck You, Farley! My cat does not deserve this!" Oh well. It is what it is.
Mar 17, 2009
Why So Blue?
About three weeks ago, I found Blue doing an impression of a puffer fish.
The diagnosis at the time was an allergic reaction to a bug bite. But the swelling never quite went away. Somedays her face was normal and other days she would get a really swollen neck. There was one day where it is obvious that it was her lymph nodes that were causing the swelling and you could clearly feel them.
Unsatisfied with the previous explanation, I took her in last week to a clinic that specializes only in cats. The diagnosis is possible lymphoma. Yup, cancer.
I say possible because the results from her tests are inconclusive. It's not a clear diagnosis of lymphoma, but there's a chance it might be. The vet aspirated fluid from her most swollen lymph nodes and sent them off the be analyzed.
The results came back that it could be lymphoma in the beginning stages but it could possibly be something else. What that something else might be is the million dollar question. Answering this question would mean a barrage of tests, most of which are really invasive.
So for now, we're taking the conservative route. She's on a round of a powerful antibiotic in case it is a systemic infection caused be bacteria.
We ask for your prayers, juju, good thoughts and vibes so that we can kick this thing on its nasty ass. She kicked Fatty Livers disease flat on its ass and I am hoping she does the same to whatever is causing her discomfort currently. Blue has survived too much to leave us so soon.
Besides, who else would continuously plot my death? :-)
The diagnosis at the time was an allergic reaction to a bug bite. But the swelling never quite went away. Somedays her face was normal and other days she would get a really swollen neck. There was one day where it is obvious that it was her lymph nodes that were causing the swelling and you could clearly feel them.
"Seriously, your days are numbered.
You do not post unflattering pictures
of me on the internets. EVER."
You do not post unflattering pictures
of me on the internets. EVER."
Unsatisfied with the previous explanation, I took her in last week to a clinic that specializes only in cats. The diagnosis is possible lymphoma. Yup, cancer.
I say possible because the results from her tests are inconclusive. It's not a clear diagnosis of lymphoma, but there's a chance it might be. The vet aspirated fluid from her most swollen lymph nodes and sent them off the be analyzed.
The results came back that it could be lymphoma in the beginning stages but it could possibly be something else. What that something else might be is the million dollar question. Answering this question would mean a barrage of tests, most of which are really invasive.
So for now, we're taking the conservative route. She's on a round of a powerful antibiotic in case it is a systemic infection caused be bacteria.
We ask for your prayers, juju, good thoughts and vibes so that we can kick this thing on its nasty ass. She kicked Fatty Livers disease flat on its ass and I am hoping she does the same to whatever is causing her discomfort currently. Blue has survived too much to leave us so soon.
Besides, who else would continuously plot my death? :-)
Feb 5, 2009
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