We have been remiss posting on this blog, with most of our recent Penwiper updates going to FB. There was not much had going on really, except that Penwiper developed hyperthyroidism and got his thyroid zapped last fall; there were no after effects.
Now, it's the end of an era.
Penwiper never really recovered from dental work performed this August. Follow up visits found probable lung and potential intestinal cancer. Steroids seemed to make him feel better, but only for about a week.
He never resumed eating normally, not for than a day or two. He mostly hid. But in true Penwiper fashion, he showed his sociability every day with evening tuck-ins and morning wake-up snuggles.
That cat loved his humans to the end.
But it was time.
Thus with great sadness we announce that Penwiper, age 15, was put to sleep today (19 September) shortly after 9:30 AM at Kenmore Veterinary Hospital.
After this morning, we have no cats for the first time in twenty-one years. Probably there will be more soon, but not just yet.
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| Kitten Penwiper, the week he arrived |
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| Penwiper in a sunbeam this past July |
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