This is my cat Ashley.  I took her to the vet again today.  It wasn't good news.  Dr. B weighed her and did more blood test.  My poor baby had lost 3/4 of a pound in 10 days.  That is alot of weight for a cat.  The blood test showed more wrong with her kidneys.  They are failing.  I asked him if this was her time.  He suggested one thing to try.  I am leaving her for 48 hours at the vets for him to flush her kidneys.  Dr. B said that this should get her to feeling better for awhile.  It depends on how long a period she feels better for whether or not I should keep trying or to let her go.  He talks like some people keep trying and trying, but it is only prolonging what is to come.  And we both agree that maybe that isn't what is best for Ashley.  I am trying to prepare for what is to come but it is so hard.  I got Ashley as a little kitten and she is now close to 17 years old.  I really thought she would live to be 20 or more.  This is really hard for me. 

I know some people think you shouldn't get so worked up over an animal.  I'm sorry but I can't help it.  She is my baby.  I have no children. I have never gone to the extreme and dressed her up.  I just love her, feed and water her.  And she has loved me back.