Day 71

my old man has been going through a bunch in the past couple days. He started out with a pus pocket on his back that i had to lance and squeeze out (disgusting), thought i got it all, but i didn't. Ended up having another one just below the original, so we had to take him to the vet.

I've been dreading this for a long while now, he's 17 and a half (this picture is probably 5 years old). He ended up stressing out the first day we took him in, they had to give him oxygen, but he was fine. we brought him back this morning to finish the testing he needed and the dr informed us that hes got fluid in his lungs and his heart is a tad enlarged and his intestines are "thick" (ew?), but apparently all of these could be associated with hyperthyroidism (which would be a pill daily). She said that these signs (on an old cat) happen quickly (usually) and apparently his has been like this for a while (she said he's adjusted to the breathing with %50 less lung capacity). If its not that, it could be that he's just old and this is his body shutting down. He's got blood work results in the morning and im praying they say he just needs pills.

He's the last of my babies. I had his mother from the time i was around 8, she died a couple years ago. I watched him be born, i've raised him and tried to keep him happy into his old age. I won't let him suffer, but i don't think im ready if tomorrow's it...