A few months after reporting the 16 year old cat diagnosis of IBD (see # 1547, 27 March 2019), she became distressed when using the kitty litter.
So she was taken to a veterinary hospital and stayed overnight while tests were done. The blood test showed a very high white cell count, indicating her immune system was dealing with a lot of issues.
Further medication would have been intrusive, add more stress, and only prolonged her steady decline in quality of life (she had lost 10% of her body weight in 8 weeks). So the decision was made she would be better off with a permanent sleep on the big cat castle in cat paradise.
This photo shows her after her 2018 xmas lunch (smoked salmon, roast chicken breast, turkey and a few prawns) resting in her basket.
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I previously posted a photo of her in her prime, dominating the household (see # 808, 1 November 2016).
Near the end of the Godzilla KotM movie, after the Battle for Boston, there is the following dialogue:
Rick Stanton [about Godzilla]: “Good thing he's on our side.”
Ilene Chen: “For now.”
She was very similar, a real Catzilla.