A very sick brave cat

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My proud and beautiful Richard (the Lionheart), who is a very kind soul, is suffering badly. It looks like the onset of diabetes but either a very rough one or maybe there’s more to it than diabetes. There’s been some improvement but now he looks worse than probably ever before and I’m waiting out the two hours until the vet opens. Richard has always been there when someone’s sick, there’s always been his calm, reassuring, peaceful presence at other times, making this a home. And he’s never complained much, always been optimistic and trying to play and find joy in life even when suffering from the couple of diseases he already has. He’s always been part of the family and very important to us, as well as a joy to our friends and other people, and made people think about the phrase that creation praises God with its very existence, he is such an animal (not saying others are not). It would feel so bad to see him gone. It’s not my place to question the time but I wish so hard he could simply die of old age when the time comes. Please say a prayer for him. I will pray for anyone that prays for Richard.
 
Chevalier, I completely understand–I am the proud mama of a girl-cat myself :D–and you definitely don’t need to tell me how much we love our furbabies. My cat is 100% a member of our family and I would be utterly devastated if anything happened to her. I have also lost beloved pets in the past (both cats and dogs), and I know what a deep and awful pain that is.

I will be more than happy to pray for your lovely Richard! You sound like a wonderful pet-parent, you are so right to be taking him to the vet for a thorough check-up (physical hands-on exam, blood tests, possibly X-rays or ultrasound, whatever the vet thinks necessary). Because the first thing of course is to find out what is ailing your beloved boy. Hopefully (prayerfully!!) it won’t be anything serious. But whatever it is, you will know what you’re dealing with, and your vet can start on a treatment plan. I have been in your shoes soo many times–my heart goes out to you and to your sweet Richard! (My Sweetpea is also purring very hard for him!!! 🙂 )

Richard is so lucky to have you!!! I am sending love and prayers to sweet Richard and to you and the rest of your family–and Sweetpea is sending Richard soft purrs, wishes for healing, kitty kisses and very gentle and loving headbonks!

Please keep us posted on how Richard is doing!

God bless you all–and please, dear Lord, heal this sweet cat and grant him many more years of good health and happiness! :gopray::signofcross::gopray2::crossrc:

Love and hugs,
Patti (And Sweetpea of course!) :console:
 
St. Francis, in your love for all animals, please look after Richard and intercede on his behalf. Please help him feel better and not suffer if there is more to his illness than what it appears to be right now.

Lord, please bless chevalier during this time. You have given us animals to love and comfort us during our good times and bad. But our heart breaks for them when they are sick as they would for a family member. Help chevalier to care for Richard and enjoy his company as always.
 
I echo what Irishmom2 prayed.

I also pray for all those who care for this cat and all animals.

PATER NOSTER,
qui es in caelis,
sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum.
Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
 
A good cat can be better than a lot of people sometimes! I will keep you and Richard in my prayers.
 
I will keep you and Richard in my prayers. I will also say a prayer to Julian of Norwich for her intercession too for your kitty 🙂
 
Lord, you gave St. Francis such a deep love of all animals. I pray that this saint prays
and interceeds to the Holy Family for such a beloved companion.
 
Mary, our mother, please intercede for Chevalier and for his sweet cat.

:signofcross:
Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
:signofcross:
 
I will add my prayers to St. Francis for the recovery of sweet Richard.

I once had a Giant Schnauzer who developed diabetes and nearly died. But he pulled throught the crisis and although he had to have insulin shots twice a day, he lived 3 more happy years. So there is hope!!! There is always that hope. My nick here (Razz) is the name of one of my Rottweilers. Yes - we love our furbabies. They bring joy to our life and unconditional love.
 
Thank. You. So. Much. 🙂

Richard is being a very, very poor cat but there isn’t a word of complaint. He’s just resting in his carrying box, didn’t even walk out and go to his comfy little lair. But the i.v. contained food, so he’s not a hungry cat any more. He even had some strength to offer resistance before and during ultrasound. The bad thing is they didn’t manage to find what exactly is wrong. We’re still waiting to see how he is for a couple of days. After that, it may be necessary to perform a surgery just to see what’s wrong and it’s not guaranteed it will be curable. 😦 But I’m putting trust in the fact God loves His creation more than we humans do and each individual cat counts for Him and He’s not deaf to prayers.
 
Our fubabies are amazing, aren’t they? I think we could learn a lot from them about unconditional love, compassion, living for the moment, devotion to family–and not complaining!!

I am so glad your Richard is now on an IV–as you say, now you don’t have to worry about his being hungry or thirsty. Not only will the IV give him all the nourishment he needs, it will give him some much-needed strength and all the vitamins and minerals he requires. And good for him for fighting the ultrasound–he still has a fighting spirit and that is great!!! :slapfight:

I am so sorry tho that you don’t yet have a diagnosis. I agree that St. Francis and my own beloved Julian of Norwich are wonderful intercessors for our furbabies–also St. Gertrude of Nivelles (sp?) is a patron saint of cats, so I am sure she would be happy to intercede on Richard’s behalf also! And God created kitties as surely (and lovingly) as He created us–just place sweet Richard in His merciful hands!

I am praying for Richard and hoping that this will not prove to be anything too serious. God does not like to see our kitties suffer anymore than He likes to see any of us suffer!

Cats are also amazingly resilient–and it sounds like your Richard is a true survivor! 🙂

Lord–please heal this sweet cat!!! :gopray2:

:blessyou::hug3:
 
Thank you very much for the kind support. Please keep the prayers coming. (Probably should clarify I don’t mean to pray “for” an animal in the same sense as for a human with an immortal soul, just in case anyone could be either misled or scandalised by this way of speaking—this results from an unpleasant exchange with a priest who saw fit to correct me (not here) without paying attention to the manner, God bless him as he’s otherwise a good man with worthy accomplishments).

Richard is trying to return to normal feline life, changing his location around the house but he can’t really keep walking, just move from place to place. He generally looks better and has more clarity to his gaze but he’s still visibly suffering and I worry about his health due to symptoms that may hint at very serious problems (such as not eating at all and barely drinking at all, if). We will soon be going to the vet, it’s just half an hour remaining.

I also wanted to say I’m delighted to hear about Sweetpea and Razz. 🙂 Please pat Sweetpea from me and as for Razz, I can imagine his smiling little mouthful of teeth! 😉
 
Seeing as I’m a cat person, I’ll definitely add my prayers.
By the way, Gertrude of Nivelles is the patron Saint of cats.
 
Yes, thank you, I’ve been praying to St. Gertrude along the way to the vet and back and afterward. The vet says it’s jaundice and he has 10% chance to live. He’s not dying yet but it does look as though his final days might be coming. He was brave at the vet’s, he even livened up after the i.v. more than on the previous days, started marking the edges of his new carrying box as his right at the vet’s, but the pain has become stronger and Richard spoke out. We’re still fighting. Please keep the prayers coming. God might cure a cat with a 10% chance as well as one with a 99%. (And if not, then I pray he goes in peace and quiet but this is only “in the event if”.).
 
It looks like Richard is saying goodbye, I can’t pretend it doesn’t. Please keep the prayers coming.
 
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Oh I’m so sorry. I will keep praying.
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Thank you. He made a noble goodbye. The doctor says he’s reconciled with death. Right now, he’s all sweetness and peace, having received painkillers strong enough to make sure he doesn’t hurt. I’m trying to have hope still but it’s so difficult.
 
Just to say I’m praying for healing, not “just” for a peaceful passing. And I’m grateful for all the prayers from you, dear friends.
 
Richard has passed away. I thank God for his 10 years of life, in which he battled through all kinds of ailments while being a noble animal full of life. I trust that Good God saved him from greater suffering.
 
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