I've posted a little recently about my oldest cat Spam.  He was
diagnosed with early CRT and cardiomyopathy.  He's on a renal food diet
for the renal failure and atenolol for the heart.  
 The reason I took him to the vet in the first place was because he was
peeing on the floor instead of in the pans.  He's right next to the
pans, though, just not *in* them.   The vet has ruled out arthritis and
is afraid that Spam is senile and forgetting to go in the pans.
 We've ordered some low-entrance pans and hopefully that will work.
But the peeing problem is really difficult.  The other cats sometimes
can't get to the pans because of the urine in the way (if we're not home
to clean it up).  Spam sometimes sits in the urine and gets pee
everywhere.
 The cats all hiss at Spam and attack him because he's sick.  Between
defending Spam when he's being attacked and the cat pan problem I feel
like we can't leave home.
 Spam hates the renal diet and taking pills.  He is losing weight and
he hardly moves except to eat and use the pans.  He doesn't play and he
doesn't groom himself anymore.  We're always having to cut mats out of
his fur and he gets mad at us when we brush him.
 The vet visits stress Spam out so much he poops all over himself in
his carrier.  We've spent thousands on tests and meds for him in the
last few weeks.
 The vet doesn't think he's in pain but I'm sure he's not happy.  He
doesn't purr or want to be pet anymore.  I just don't know what to do.
I'll talk to the vet when we go in for another checkup next week, but I
don't know at what point we should just say enough's enough.  I *never*
want to say that but it's getting really difficult.
 Guess I just wanted to rant a little.

Stacia