Happy Holidays This Quiet Morning
10 degrees, high thin clouds
15 inches of snow on the ground
We had a very enjoyable family dinner at my uncle's house yesterday, getting home about 8:30pm after coffee and cards. We had a couple holiday phone calls from our friends in California and my cousin in Washington State.
Dinky slept under the covers beside me all night (short as it was for me.) I think we are both comforted by the contact. She's not eating. I got about five mouthfuls down her yesterday afternoon but when I tried to feed her more last night she started gagging. I gave her something to settle her stomach but didn't try to feed her any more. I'll make her some soup this afternoon and try again. I am conflicted about force-feeding. I don't want our last days to be a series of confrontations over food, but I hate to think that she could be hungry but just be unable--for whatever reason--to eat. Cats always seem to stop eating before they die, as if some internal voice were telling them that they didn't need food any more. Maybe that's why I am trying to keep Dinky interested in eating, to hold her here a bit longer.
15 inches of snow on the ground
We had a very enjoyable family dinner at my uncle's house yesterday, getting home about 8:30pm after coffee and cards. We had a couple holiday phone calls from our friends in California and my cousin in Washington State.
Dinky slept under the covers beside me all night (short as it was for me.) I think we are both comforted by the contact. She's not eating. I got about five mouthfuls down her yesterday afternoon but when I tried to feed her more last night she started gagging. I gave her something to settle her stomach but didn't try to feed her any more. I'll make her some soup this afternoon and try again. I am conflicted about force-feeding. I don't want our last days to be a series of confrontations over food, but I hate to think that she could be hungry but just be unable--for whatever reason--to eat. Cats always seem to stop eating before they die, as if some internal voice were telling them that they didn't need food any more. Maybe that's why I am trying to keep Dinky interested in eating, to hold her here a bit longer.
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