and After...
head tucked in to the right, spot of missing leg is obvious, and
adhesive pain patch on her back
As the title indicates, her condition stabilized; to the point where we were able to bring her home today. We will keep her on a medication called Lasix which is intended to keep fluid out of her heart and lungs. In talking with a number of folks over the past day, there's few people out there who have not had their lives touched in some way by someone (human, that is) who has suffered congential heart failure. In addition to putting things in perspective (dearly though we love our cat), it also confirmed-if there are to be assumed any similarities between human & feline cases-what the vet has been telling us, which is that the success of this type of treatment varies wildly.
What I stated in my last post is what we're going to hold to, here. We simply want her be relaxed and comfortable, regardless of whether she has two weeks or two years (less than two years and it would be real, real hard to find a silver lining). As you can see in the second photo, she is relaxed and comfortable. So far so good.
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Have you and your wife ever discuss the idea of turning your backyard into a bird sanctuary? You could have all kinds of feeders and still leave a section for Sharon's garden.
Is this related in some way to my post, or are you just asking?
We've discussed a number of possibilities for less lawn, ranging from a sport court (my leaning), to an expanded garden (more Sharon's idea), to a green "corridor" that would expand our bird feeder area and make the whole thing a garden-like natural space.
Issues with expanding our natural area are threefold:
1) feeding birds isn't as cheap as you may think. We go through a surprising amount of food with our existing seven feeders
2) any sort of plantings this would entail would take an initial investment (not the biggest issue) but also would require a fair amount of work to maintain. Maybe that's work Sharon & Lucy could share as Lucy grows-I know I don't have the time
3) Having some regular yard space for Lucy to run around would be nice
We're a couple of blocks from a creek and some ponds, which is nice, but there's no direct "green corridor" linking us to anything. We'd get the birds and the canopy travelers (e.g. squirrels), but not a ton of other little varmits. Not a reason not to do it, but it'd be real cool if we abutted a natural area so we could get mammals.
We may have discussed this before but my mind is not recalling anything about it. I am curious if you are going to get more pets in the near future, or would you like to attract more wildlife to your yard? That is why I made the bird posting.
Ah-I see. Well, we've not thought out that far yet, really. The Squeak is still with us for the time being, and we're not sure for how long.
I love, love, LOVE my pets, but to be honest, I'm a bit burned out on what, for me, has been constant angst and a money pit over the past couple of years. I wouldn't mind holding off for awhile. Sharon, I think, would be a little more likely to want to get back in the game sooner, and I think both of us would like for Lucy to develop a relationship with a pet during her youth.
As far as that affecting a wildlife area-I am a 100% proponent of house cats being kept in the house 100% of the time. Sharon likes to let our cat out under supervision, but I don't think a cat should even be permitted to taste of that apple. In any event, our cat is not in a position to disrupt wildlife. A dog, on the other hand...
Glad to see The Squeak is doing reasonably well.
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