Originally Posted by PersianKitty

He's not down and out yet.. but it's likely to be soon. After years of battled with cysts in his liver, he's developed a growth that is definitely cancer. Because of his age and other health issues, he's not a candidate for chemo. He's gotten severely anemic and had to have a blood transfusion yesterday. Today he's feeling better and has eaten but for now it's a matter of bringing him home.. making him comfortable... and happy.. and watching how he's doing on a day by day basis. This is the third old cat of mine in the last four years to get terminally ill. Vet says that these days people take such good care of them that they often live twice as long as usual and then the systems just start going. Smokey is 17. The two before him were 19 and 17.

I can't wait to get him home and snuggle him up tonight.