Would have been…

Would have been Lady’s birthday today, if she was still alive. Lady would have been 13 years old.

As you can see from above picture, my friend Kath has concreted Lady’s grave to protect it, as something, possibly a fox had been digging at it. But thankfully her resting place wasn’t disturbed, although I did find it upsetting that something tried. Kath has done a good job I think. You would have thought the concrete had been there for some time, and not just recently.

Kath knew it was Lady’s birthday at some point, so she put some flowers down for her in a pot, before going away. While rabbit sitting and looking after her place this week, I have lit a candle today in memory of her.

Closing down Lady’s blog today

A short post to let you know Lady’s blog will be closed down today. I’d like to say thank you again for reading this blog and also for leaving comments.

My Favourite Pictures Of All

These are my cherished photos of Lady I have framed, both I have had for some years. I’ve taken these pictures while they were still in their frame with my camera phone to share with you, which is why they are not clear as they normally would be. I found difficulty trying to take them with my camera phone, as I had to avoid using my flash on my camera, as well as trying not to get too much glare from natural light, and reflections. I hope you like them anyway.

As you can see in above picture of her asleep, you will now see why I fell in love with the statue I bought recently for her resting place. It looks soooo much like her.

This other photo I think is also a good shot of her I’d like to share with you also.

She looks like lady of leisure here!

Her name ‘Lady’ I chosen for her that she responded to when I first had her all those years ago, certainly suited her!

 

As well as liking a picture of her I use for my avatar when blogging, I also like this one too.

I think she looked cute here. This was the last picture I had taken of her only just a few months before I lost her.

Lady could be very hard when it came to taking pictures of her, but after persevering, I always got my shot I liked.

 

Hope you liked these pictures I share with you  

Lady’s resting place

Lady's final resting place

As you know my cat Lady had to be put to sleep on 20th May, after she deteriorated the weekend before, and I mentioned how my best friend Kath, offered if I wanted to have Lady buried in her garden. This was very nice of her and I accepted, which I’m extremely grateful for, as where I live there is no garden.

I thought I’d share Lady’s resting place with you, as you can see, my friend picked a lovely part for her in the garden.

The statue of a cat asleep, is what Kath told me about after she seen it in a particular shop that she thought I would like for her spot, as she knew I planned to buy something special.

As soon as I seen it in the shop, I immediatiely stroked it, as it really looked like her to me, and I fell in love with it. So I had to buy it. The pot with the flowers were put there by Kath.

 

“Rest in peace Lady,

and enjoy the sunshine.

Love you and miss you always” 

Lady’s blog

Letting you know that end of July I’ll be closing ‘Lady’s blog’ down. Thank you to everyone who went to visit this blog, and also to those who left comments. When I’ve closed down Lady’s blog, I will at some point not long after show two favourite all time pictures out of the many I had taken of her, that I will cherish.

My move has been tinged with sadness

My move has been tinged with sadness. As you know I mentioned how Lady’s test had been bought forward as she deteriorated at the weekend. The test results I waited for came back in 20 minutes and shown her kidneys were getting worse, but still very slowly, so were not bad as originally expected. I kept her in overnight at the vets, so they could flush her body of  toxins with fluids, which hopefully she would feel better enough to start eating again. Apparently she ate a bit, and when I collected her it looked promising, as first impressions her eyes looked brighter, and she seemed alert. But when I took her home, I noticed she had not got any better and still refused to eat. So sadly I had to make the decision yesterday afternoon (20th May) to put her to sleep. Which she went quickly and peacefully.

My friend Kath was kind enough to offer to have Lady buried in her garden, as so I had somewhere to go if I wanted with me being in a flat and having no garden. I said my last goodbye to Lady, and my Mum had her chance to say goodbye too, along with my friend Kath and my boyfriend Richard. I then went into the house while Richard and Kath seen to the rest. Once it was done I went outside again. Kath had picked a very lovely spot for her in her garden, which I’m extremely grateful for. 

This was the last picture I had taken of Lady before she came ill. I will be putting a notice on Lady’s Blog also about her being put to sleep. I have no plans just yet closing down Lady’s Blog. I will keep it up and running as long as there’s still visitors who want to come and visit. 

Lady’s Test Been Bought Forward

Lady had to be taken to the vets this afternoon after deteriorating at the weekend, so her her test was bought forward, in which I was able to wait for 20 minutes for the results to be ready. She’s got worse, but it wasn’t as bad as we all expected, but there would be toxins in her body which are making her feel ill as she is at the moment. So I had a few options and decided to give her a chance, so she’s currently at the vets still, where she will stay overnight. She will be given fluids to hydrate her and to flush out her toxins. Hopefully by doing this she will feel better enough to start eating again, as the last time she ate was Saturday morning, but it was only about the amount of a 50p piece.

I have to phone the vets in the morning at 10am to see how she is doing, and hopefully will know by then whether she’ll be coming home or not.

I will keep you posted.

Dreading next test on Lady

22nd May I take Lady to the vets for taking her blood, to test on her liver and kidneys to see how they are. Which I’m dreading when I get the results back a few days later. I’m confident her thyroid test will be ok, but it’s a her kidneys I’m more bothered about, as they are slightly showing signs of deteriorating. But she’s eating and happy, and can still get up to her favourite spots. So as long as she seems happy and ok I will try not to worry about when the time comes events, that’s unpleasent to think about and upsetting.

 But she is slightly now and again unsteady with her back legs. So will need to mention this on my next visit to the vets. She’s taking her tablets well, which I hide in her chicken to help with her over-active thyroid. Lady doesn’t play now, but rare occassions when she does it’s nice and short. But she likes her fuss more in her old age.

Only time will tell on next results on how she goes.

Here’s another cat like….

Here’s another cat like mine who suffers with the same condition-Overactive thyroid problem. There’s a lovely video clip showing how much its in a deep sleep.

http://faceme.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/katz/#comment-1354

 

Going away for a break

Going away for a long break from my place at my boyfriends. It will be a change for my cat Lady again too! If the weather is nice we are hoping to go for a walk on Brierley Park that is local to us, which used to be a pit site before, called Sutton Colliery. I put a link here so you can see what it looks like. Just click on the link to view

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/northnotts/brierley.htm Its a nice relaxing walk on here. The picture on this site showing you the lovely wooden carvings of the miners, are not there as shown now. Instead they are outside the Visitors Centre, due to when they got vandalised. Having them outside the Visitor Centre is so they can keep a closer eye on them. Which thankfully have not been damaged again since.