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Purrs and Prayers for Sasha Please
So poor Sasha (aka “Little One,” “Poopsie,” “Sash-Kash-B’Gosh”) has been having a hard time lately… can you all please send us some purrs and prayers…?
Not only did she feel “upstaged” by the very younger Tater and Maxwell when they were welcomed in about 1.5 years ago, the rascal cats, but she’s been acting a bit strange – missing jumps onto the counter and the bed, limping a bit every now and then, being feverish, “missing” the litter box or flat-out going #2 on the carpet, and not eating (she is so damn picky – a true woman!)…
So today, after a strange day yesterday with a fever and dilated pupils all day, I had a FULL work-up done at the vet. I’m talkin’ stool, urine, blood, x-rays, everything.
Turns out, poor Sasha, my sweet Poopsie has SEVERE and PROGRESSIVE Osteoarthritis not only in the middle of her back, in both her back legs, and in both her back knees. Specifically in the back legs, the vet (who is so handsome and smart and he likes animals! – I love you Dr. Mills, will you marry me?) Anyhow, back to Sasha – in her back legs she has “joint mice,” or little fragments of bone in the joints… so needless to say, she’s uncomfortable at the very least.
And probaby in some pain at the worst/most.
So she came home with special instructions for feline arthritis, Cosequin for Cats, which is a Glucosamine-Chondrotin mix supplement that has received RAVE reviews, and a script for a liquid-dispense steroid (Prednisone — what else?), oh yay… 
I guess the steroids will counteract the swelling and inflammation, and – WHO KNEW – THERE IS NO APPROVED NSAID PAIN RELIEVER FOR CATS out there? There is no equivalent to Rimadyl for dogs or anything close…
** Special note to pharmaceutical companies – without HURTING any animals, please try to create one so Sash doesn’t have to take steroids forever. Thanks. **
♥ So I pray tonight and ask of you to do the same ♥
♥ Please pray that Sasha will be more comfortable & that her 11-year-old feisty little mind will support her fragile tiny bones… ♥
She did gain another pound, which is encouraging, because she went on a hunger strike when we adopted Maxwell and Tater… she weighs over 10 pounds today! HOORAY!
As I rest my head tonight with Sasha in her usual spot RIGHT NEXT TO MY HEAD… I will stroke her and send a silent request…
to the Powers That Be, to the Father of All Creatures, to Sweet Sweet Mother Nature and the Father of the Heavens…
That Sasha pulls through and can handle her severe arthritis; and that any measures we take will succeed in stopping its progression; that any medicines she is given do not have side effects; and that her sweet Sasha self-esteem and her therapy abilities are not effected by her condition. She would just lose herself if she didn’t have her cancer patient, Laura and 2nd Daddy, aka Uncle Dave. (And “boyfriend” Jon, but that’s a whole ‘nother story – she’s a neighborhood feline tramp… just kidding – but she does like to make new friends at ALL the neighbors’ houses in the summer)
We are also sending prayers out tonight to Grandpa Brian’s BFF’s wife, Norma in Canada – she lost her sister tonight to a bacterial (Staph) infection.
♥ ♥ We are praying for you Ernie and Norma, and love you! ♥ ♥
We are purrin for your meds to make you be able to rest easy Sasha so you can continue to bring joy to others…Our Coco is recovery from surgery and she is was on Cosequin, too but recently switched to Glyco-Flex II for cats at the recommendation of the orthopedic surgeon (he likes that or Dasuquin). Coco also gets an Adequan injection once a month which helps with ‘joint lubrication’ too. You might ask your vet about those products.
Awwwww – poor little Sasha- Hands and paws are praying that she is better REAL soon. Shiloh was supposedly diagnosed with degenerative disk disease along with two missing disks in his tailbone several years ago. He was on vet prescribed meds for awhile then I added glucosamine. The reason I say “supposedly” – he hasn’t had any more problems since that painful time – you know a Beagle normally carries it’s tail erect or almost erect but when I first noticed the problem, I had never seen him carry his tail so tucked tight between his back legs and he almost sent the vet through the ceiling when the vet tried to move Shiloh’s tail. That was probably 4 or 5 years ago. I can tell now that when he is older he may have problems and we will tackle them at that time.
Kim
Understand the anxiety when a loved pet falls ill
Get well soon, Sasha
We loves your kittehs and are sending purrs and prayers!
We are sending some very special healing purrs and purrayers to sweet Sasha. (((hugs)))
Awww sweet Sascha! Me and my cat Charlie are sending you purrs and healing hugs and lots and lots of love and cuddles!! Take care, please! x
Sascha we are sending our best purrs and very gentle headbutts in the hope they will make you feel a little better. We hope cuddles will help too.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Purrs and universal healing energy (Light, the mom calls it) to precious Sascha. We hope the Cosequin and Pred help greatly.
Dear Sasha, me purrs that your pain will be eased. Take care Little One.
THANK YOU ALL for your kind responses and prayers. Sash slept like a baby last night, believe it or not, after that large steroid dose but WAS up at 5 am thank you very much… She is doing well today:) Thanks for your support – come back Friday to read about her cancer patient
My sisters and I will be praying for sweet Sasha and we send her our very best purrs too.
WE sure do send tons of purrs to Sasha. We hope all the medication will help her. The pred will help her a lot and we like the Cosequin. Maybe you can make little steps to the places that she likes to go. Anyway, take it easy Sasha and hopefully you will feel a lot better. Take care.
We are sending our very best healing purrs to Sasha.
Artemisia, has very mild arthritis in her front paw. But that there is no known treatment for cats (unlike dogs) was one of the things our vet mentioned. But she said she was having good results with something which of course the Mom can’t remember the name of now. We will try our best to remind the Mom to ask her the next time she has a chance to talk to her.
I am sending both prayers and thoughts!
We are thinking of you and hoping that Sasha feel really good really soon and that all those meds work miracles on her. Me, I’m just a pup so I don’t know what it is to feel those old-age pains, but my big sister Tiny does cuz she’s 17 and I think she has a little pain or two (though if she has 3 or more it doesn’t show…she is mega tough) now and then…actually, I think one of those pains she has is called Ginger (that’s me)…ahem…but back to you…we will be waggin’ our tails and purring (just Tiny now to do all the purring since Lautrec went over the Rainbow Bridge 10 days ago..sniff, snifff…bahooooooo)…Mom knows about the picky eaters and the jumpin problems..we know…we are thinking about you and praying, too. Tail wags, Ginger (yes, I am a dawg…)
We are all sending healing purrs and wishes that Sasha will feel better soon!
Mindy
Moe
Bono
Cookie
Mike
We came over from Zoolatry to wish Sasha well.We hope the meds make her comfortable and allow her to enjoy her life without pain or too much discomfort.We are rooting for your wellbeing little one
the critters in The Cottage xo
Poor little Sasha! We’re purring for you all to get better soon.
Oh Yes our prayers are with you. It is so sad when we can’t tell when our fur babies are in pain, and I agree with you; there should be some kind of pain meds for cats. Our thoughts, purrs and prayers are for you and Sasha.
Casper, Cleo and Mom
Lots of Purrs and prayers for Sasha!! We purr she feels better soon!
Your TX furiends,
Purring and purraying for Sasha. Mummy and I came over from Zoolatry. We are sending healing energies and hope Sasha will soon feel better.
Possum and Shimona (aka. Mummy)
Miss Sasha, I sent Maega Purrs to you. I hope you feel better soon.
Lots of hugs to your family
You have my loudest purrs that the pain can be managed and you will feel better.. Hugs GJ xx
We hopped ofur from Alasandra’s blog. Poor, sweet Sasha, we will be purrin and purraying fur her pain to be controlled and sumthing to be developed fur kitteh pain. Thank you fur bringing this to our attention. Purrs and whisker kisses.
We forgot to read our mail the other day, so we’ve just posted Miss Ann’s lovely graphic for Sasha. We read Sasha’s therapy cat story yesterday. She is a special kitty.