Nipsy

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Mon 9 Jun 2003

Nipsy’s gone…

Posted by Chris under Cats, Nipsy
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It’s been quite some time since we worked on the site at all. Nipsy’s health had been declining and this past Friday we finally had to let her go. We are trying to move on but she was such a big part of our lives the house feels terribly empty without her.

 

Wed 14 May 2003

Simon’s surgery

Posted by Chris under Cats, Dogs, Lilly, Nipsy, Simon
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See what I meant about the ’sporadic and haphazard’ updates? Anyway…Simon had his surgery last Friday and came home Saturday, he is doing very well and walking better on the leg that had surgery than the one that was previously operated on. Nipsy continues to do well. Lilly and Simon are going to the vet’s Saturday, him for a recheck and suture removal and her for another Adequan injection. We hope things quiet down for a while with critter catastrophes.

 

Mon 5 May 2003

Lazy Sunday, insomnia, and a Nipsy update

Posted by Chris under Cats, Nipsy
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Today (or should I say yesterday) we did very little except get the cars washed and do laundry. We didn’t feel like cooking and I ordered Chinese food for dinner, which arrived very late and was hungrily scarfed down along with a bottle of red wine. Now I am up at 1:00 AM working on the website because I have indigestion too bad to sleep and will probably go to work fuzzy and incoherent tomorrow. File this one under “it seemed like a good idea at the time…”

Nipsy has been in very good spirits the past few days…we don’t know why she has improved but we are grateful for whatever extra time we have with her.

 

Mon 28 Apr 2003

Very bad news about Nipsy…

Posted by Chris under Cats, Nipsy
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Nipsy had an ultrasound on her chest today and they found a mass on her heart. Based on her symptoms, the two most likely causes had been heart disease or cancer — we never expected BOTH :-(

We had the vet drain more fluid off her chest (90cc this time!) and took her home to keep her as happy and comfortable as possible for however long she has left.

 

Sat 26 Apr 2003

Nipsy’s trip to the emergency clinic

Posted by Chris under Cats, Nipsy
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Tonight we had to rush our cat Nipsy to the Veterinary Emergency Clinic with breathing problems. They drew off 70cc of milky white fluid from her chest, which is called a chylothorax. This almost always means cancer. We are devastated.