It's been ages since last posted here.
I had quite a traumatic year last year. My darling Purdey developed kidney failure and when I last posted here we were hoping it had been ARF and she seemed to have made a recovery. Unfortunately she later developed a very bad relapse. We battled for her but her struggle came to an end when we had an ultrasound run which showed one ruined kidney, one damaged kidney and a heart murmur. She kept relapsing, starving herself and wouldn't even drink. I was syringe feeding liquids into her and she was having to spend time at vets on drip. After the ultrasound we took the decision with our vets to let her go. It was the most painful decision I have ever faced and was in pieces afterwards. I also lost a bunny and a chinchilla after months of struggle last year and all 3 went within weeks of each other.
I had no interest in even considering another cat for the clan until a couple of weeks ago. A beautiful smokey grey long hair came up in a local rescue and was going to adopt her - she was a stray and not chipped - her owners turned up the day I was due to collect her. Of course now has me thinking so CP renewed my homecheck today and I can go have a look around at the nearest shelter whom I've previously adopted 4 cats from. I'm excited now and looking forward to giving a new cat a fresh start. I'd love another long hair and my son is desperate for a tabby.
