Posting in Chat for traffic. Sorry if this thread turns into a long-winded pouring of my heart out, just feeling extremely overwhelmed!
I have an 18-year-old with several health problems including kidney disease, incontinence, arthritis and neuropathy, and it's becoming an absolute nightmare to look after him. 80% of the day is taken up trying to get him to eat, medicating him 3x a day, changing litter trays, cleaning up accidents on the carpet of my rented house 😔, changing out leaked-on puppy pads (which are covering most of the house at this point), laundering beds and showering him because he's pooed and fallen in it (is it classed as TMI if it's a cat?!). The other 20% I spend cleaning and feeding myself and doing the rest of the housework, and I barely have a second to breathe in between.
He's the love of my life, medicated as I mentioned, not in pain and otherwise happy - so happy, in fact, that he still plays games - so getting rid or having him put to sleep are not an option, but I'm getting to my wit's end with it all and don't know what to do to make the situation more manageable.
I suppose this is mostly just a rant and a cry for sympathy, since I'm already taking all the precautions (I think?!) I possibly can, but if anyone has any pearls of wisdom I'm all ears!
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SwampyArmpits · 12/01/2021 20:08
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