This morning she was coughing and has also had a sloppy bowel accident outside. She wasn't interested in breakfast even though I didn't come down until after 9 and she wasn't about when DH left at 7. He normally feeds her before he goes. I had to put the plate under her nose to get her to come and ear.
Her back legs are a bit wobbly and I will take her for a jab on Monday to hopefully get some relief. She didn't wee over night so that is postiive but when I was comforting her when she was coughing it really hit me that she is very old and isn't my baby anymore 
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She has lasted for DD's birthday but I am not sure she will make her own .
I have just put a towel on the sofa for her to sit on, just in case, but she wasn't impressed and has jumped down on to the floor.
My cat is getting to the end of her life and I am not sure I will ever get over it 
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She means the world to me, is the only thing in the world that is 100% mine, and I will miss her so much.
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JustFabulous · 03/08/2012 13:11
FFS why will DS2 not leave her alone? She bit him. No sympathy for him. She would have warned him. He said he was only stroking her.
I was looking forward to telling the vet how well she has been doing - she has been upstairs twice this past week - but this morning she appears to have peed on the towel left in an upturned basket.
She ate breakfast though 
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Back from vet, with FABCat .
Vet quite happy to give her another jab and then another in a month. She appears to be sticking around for her 18th .
She has put on 0.3kg in a week which is not good so I have to cut her food down even more .
Her cancer is the same size, if not a little smaller, so that is positive.
She has kidney disease, not in failure.
Thank you 
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SHe growled twice at the vet when he was examining her. It sounds so wrong coming from a cat!
Ah JustFab, my heart goes out to you. Our gorgeous red headed monster of a cat used to bark at the vet!
I agree you will know, it will be hard, but you will be able to do what needs doing as you love Fabcat.
Our redhead passed away a few months ago. He was a humongous gent of a cat, who was quite simply adored by all around. He had cancer, we had him treated by the vet and regularly asked her if it was time . She always said we would know.
He plodded along, eating having cuddles and most importantly he had a good quality of life with no pain.
The pain started suddenly one morning and the vet was called out. He passed away quietly before the vet arrived, in our hallway at the top of the stairs on his own terms. He lived with 4 other cats and 2 dogs. The 4 cats sat respectfully on the stairs with him as he passed away. That is the only way I can describe it - in fact it was very moving and touching the way the other cats would not leave his side.
Our DD2 still often cries for him as he was her best friend. We miss him, but we get great comfort in the fact we did the right thing.
I am sorry for your loss
.FABCat hs just gone to finish her breakfast. We have to give her half a sachet now for breakfast as she is putting too much weight on!
Awwwwwwww at a new kitten coming .
I think we are going to get FABCat cremated and bring home her ashes. This is not our forever house so I can't bury her in the garden and then have to leave her. The kids want to stuff her though 
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Awww - a young relative coming to visit for a while. What a neat notion!
JustFabulous
Stuffed?
It is the older 2 talking like that and they are 9 and 11.
I know they love her and it is just their way but I have told them to pack it in.
DS1 has been writing a song for when she dies 
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She has ripped up a load of paper today .
Oh, Littlebluetoo, I am so sorry .
LBTCat sounds very loved and I am sure he knows how much you love him.
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Littlebluetoo I am so so sorry, the big reds are total softies
I will think of you tomorrow as you do what is best for your boy. You are doing the right thing, the most loving thing but also one of the hardest....
FAB, our guys (aged 15 to 5) also developed a rather warped sense of humour around the death of ginger man.... It was a way of talking about it whilst protecting to some extent their feelings. They cried so much, but I am so glad they each spent time with him afterwards. A very sad but necessary lesson in life. My youngest has often asked if she can dig him up to see what he looks like now! Eer, NO. A future archeologist perhaps!
We always plant a tree over each animal we bury, and the children get to pick the tree they think mirrors the animal In some way - his tree will turn a lovely shade of red in autumn, always reminding us of his glorious shaggy tabby messy coat.
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