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I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over 13 years old. The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or leukemia. Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is larger than the other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill came to over $300, even with the senior discount), and will let me know the results Monday. This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of the time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone.  SignatureJoy Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. --Nathaniel Hawthorne > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. > Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while > I'm gone. Purrs on the way for this to be nothing more than Lindy getting a little older. I trust your neighbors will have a way to reach you 24/7 if need be? and that they have all the vet info and access to emergency care after hours. Jill >> I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. >> Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jill Thanks, for the purrs. Yes, my neighbors have the phone number where I'll be, as well as the numbers of my kids, who live within an hour's drive of here. They have animals, so they have vet contacts. However, I'll give them the information on my vet. I asked the doctor to email me the results of the blood tests. If I don't hear from her by Tuesday, I'll email her. Joy > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. > Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while > I'm gone. Lots of purrs on the way for Lindy. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. >> Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Lots of purrs on the way for Lindy. Thanks, Adrian. Joy > time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning > and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My > next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but > I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Lots of purrs on the way. Victor >> time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday >> morning and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Victor Thank you, Victor. Joy >I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but >I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Sending purrs * 4. Randy http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1 >>I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >>year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Randy Thanks, Randy. Joy >I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but >I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Big purrs for Lindy and her tests-- she may be fine-- many cats just lose some weight as they get older. Stinky is a bit skinnier than he was a few years ago, but he is still in kicking health, knock wood. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >>year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Thank you, Theresa. I'm going to hold that thought. She seems so healthy I don't see how she could have something serious wrong. Joy > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last > year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, > she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over > 13 years old. ...> Joy Goodness, I hope it is nothing and Lindy is fine. We are sending purrs for Lindy and calming purrs for your nerves. Annie >> I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. >> Last [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Annie Thank you, Annie. Joy >I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >year she weighted 7.6 lbs. Purrs from us lot that it's only the mildest of drops in kidney efficiency & nothing more serious. Gordon, Bandit, Snowball, Claudius. And yips from Raki the d-thing. Purrs on the way. Ann Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos >I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my > cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Thanks, Ann. SignatureJoy Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. --Nathaniel Hawthorne > Purrs on the way. > Ann [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with >> my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Purrs and prayers that Lindy is ok. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. >I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my > cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Thank you, Irulan. SignatureJoy Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. --Nathaniel Hawthorne > Purrs and prayers that Lindy is ok. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with >> my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Multi-purrs for Lindy coming from my gang! Please keep us posted. Joyce > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last > year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, > she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over > 13 years old. > The vet said that there are three possible things that could cause the > weight loss while she still seemed healthy - thyroid, kidneys or leukemia. > Her thyroid doesn't seem to be enlarged, but one kidney is larger than the > other. Anyway, she ran blood tests (the total bill came to over $300, even > with the senior discount), and will let me know the results Monday. > This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's very > sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of the > time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning > and will be gone for nine months. It's something I can't change. My > next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but > I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. > Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, > how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how > to combine them. > --Nathaniel Hawthorne > SignatureTo reply privately, take the X's out of my user ID. > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last > year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, > she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over > 13 years old. Many purrs for Lindy. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. > Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I can't change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and > playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. That is very hard. I can't imagine being gone that long!!! Purrs for Lindy and for you. > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last > year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > to combine them. > --Nathaniel Hawthorne Purrs and gentle headbutts (x4) for you and Lindy. I know you'll be very worried until you learn the results of the tests and being out of town won't help. Let us know, if you can, what the tests results show. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus Purrs in route I got the pack singing loud >I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my > cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Purrs in route I got the pack singing loud >I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last >year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > change. My next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my > cats, but I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Many purrs for Lindy, I hope her tests all come back ok. But you are leaving for 9 months?!? Why can't you just take them with you? Are they staying at the neighbour's house or are the neighbours just coming to check on them for the whole time? SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. > Last year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > feeding and playing with my cats, but I'll be extra concerned while > I'm gone. > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last > year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, > she has a good appetite, and even has playful spells, even though she's over > 13 years old. Some cats do get skinnier as they get older, Isis (RB) dropped a pound or so when she was 13 but all the tests came back clear and the vet said sometimes older cats can't metabolise fats as well (or something like that- at the time, having gritted my teeth for bad news I was too busy feeling immense relief) .One of my cat books suggests mixing a teaspoonful of lard into meals if an older cat is excessively bony but only on occasions as it interferes with metabolism of certain vitamins Yet another example of feline superiority- Hoomins put weight on as they get older and cats lose it! Purrs for Lindy to be okay Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last > year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but > I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Purrs on the way, Joy. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > I took Lindy in for her annual shots today. She is down to 6.9 lbs. Last > year she weighted 7.6 lbs. I knew she seemed thin, but her fur is shiny, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but > I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. Absolutely, Joy. Purrs for you and Lindy. Hope the blood tests aren't anything remarkably bad, and that the weight loss may even be a normal part of aging for her. Ginger-lyn \ > This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's very > sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of the > time we were in the vet's office. However, I'm leaving early Monday morning > and will be gone for ***nine months***. It's something I can't change. My > next-door neighbors are good about feeding and playing with my cats, but > I'll be extra concerned while I'm gone. (I stuck in the asterisks, for emphasis.) OK, it's clear now that you meant to say nine *days*. But when I first read this, I just assumed that you were going on an extended visit up there. Although I have to say that it seemed rather sudden that you were doing this, considering all the planning you would have to do. And I did wonder why you weren't bringing your cats, but I also just assumed that there was some reason you couldn't. I'm reposting this mostly because I'm happy that my reading skills aren't as bad as I feared they were. :) Now, my *thinking* skills are another matter. Why on earth did I take this literally? I guess I was just focusing on other things and didn't take the time to question my rather absurd conclusion. In any case, I hope you had a good trip up there and that Lindy is glad to see you now that you're home! Joyce, who probably needs more sleep >> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe >> she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Joyce, who probably needs more sleep I noticed the 9 month trip too and actually questioned it in my reply. But I never got a response. So I was wondering why no one else was worried about this huge long 9 month trip. Then I started to assume that it must be 9 days instead and everyone else hadn't clued in. Oh well. SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson >> OK, it's clear now that you meant to say nine *days*. > I noticed the 9 month trip too and actually questioned it in my reply. > But I never got a response. So I was wondering why no one else was > worried about this huge long 9 month trip. Then I started to assume > that it must be 9 days instead and everyone else hadn't clued in. LOL, when in fact, it was you and I who were not clued in. :) Speaking of many-month projects, how's it going with the house? It must be getting close to completion by now. Joyce >>> OK, it's clear now that you meant to say nine *days*. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Joyce The house is going ok, but frustratingly little has been done in the last month. The roof is complete and the windows should be going in early next week, then the drywall. Which leaves me to do all the interior painting while Dennis is away and we will do the tiling together in August. Should be finished sometime in October. SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson >>> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe >>> she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > about this huge long 9 month trip. Then I started to assume that it must > be 9 days instead and everyone else hadn't clued in. Oh well. I responded to somebody with the correction. I was cutting down on time spent on line, getting ready for my trip, and didn't think I needed to respond to everybody who noticed my dumb error. Joy >>>> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe >>>> she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Joy Sorry, I never saw your response. Funny, usually news.individual.net is pretty good about getting all the posts but I guess it never gets 100%. SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson >>>>> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe >>>>> she's very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Sorry, I never saw your response. Funny, usually news.individual.net is > pretty good about getting all the posts but I guess it never gets 100%. I know what you mean. Every once in a while I'll see a response to a post I never saw. Joy > "badwilson" <badSPAMwilson@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> Sorry, I never saw your response. Funny, usually news.individual.net is >> pretty good about getting all the posts but I guess it never gets 100%. > I know what you mean. Every once in a while I'll see a response to a post I > never saw. Like mine? I'm puzzled because for some reason it seems like you haven't been getting my posts. Joyce > > This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's very > > sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred most of the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >Joyce, who probably needs more sleep I was wondering why on EARTH a catlover would be willing to leave their animals alone in a house for the best part of year... but I figured that it was something utterly unavoidable and urgent and she was doing her best for them under the circumstances. Nine days is more like it! >>> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's >>> very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > was doing her best for them under the circumstances. Nine days is more > like it! Oh my gosh. I wondered what she was going to DO for nine months. I seriously had thoughts of scientific exploration or some such. This makes much more sense now. >>>> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's >>>> very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > seriously had thoughts of scientific exploration or some such. This makes > much more sense now. The longest I've ever left my cats is four weeks, and I can do that only because my next door neighbors take care of them. My son also checks on them when I'm gone that long. I'm sure he'll do that when I go to Australia for three weeks in October. I had a commitment - my sister's son was getting married, and I had promised to take care of her two Golden Retrievers while she and her husband went to the wedding and associated festivities. Not only had I committed to do that, but she had paid for my ticket to fly from Southern California to Alaska. If I had just been going on a nine-day vacation, I'd have rescheduled it until I was sure Lindy would be okay. Joy >>>>> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's >>>>> very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > Joy So you weren't searching for new species of Alaskan wolves through the offices of a hard won environmental grant? :D Seriously, I was imagining something like that when I saw 9 months! >>>>>> This would be worrying enough, although I find it hard to believe she's >>>>>> very sick, because she certainly doesn't act it. In fact, she purred [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > offices of a hard won environmental grant? :D Seriously, I was > imagining something like that when I saw 9 months! Which was kind of exciting. I live vicariously through others :D >> I was wondering why on EARTH a catlover would be willing to leave >> their animals alone in a house for the best part of year... but I >> figured that it was something utterly unavoidable and urgent and she >> was doing her best for them under the circumstances. Nine days is more >> like it! > Oh my gosh. I wondered what she was going to DO for nine months. I > seriously had thoughts of scientific exploration or some such. This > makes much more sense now. OK, I'm glad I'm not the only one who failed to identify a minor error! :) Joyce
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