Lettin’ the old man run wild.
My mom and I took Fatty to my vet yesterday, because I love my vet for very important reasons. She never acts as if wanting to have all the information is annoying, she explains everything, she gives options, and she really spends the time with you. She is a great cat vet but even better as a cat mom counselor. We didn’t really know what to expect with Fatty’s cancer diagnosis.
Now we know. She found a mass, so it’s progressing pretty quickly. We have a questionnaire to help us figure out when is the right time, before he suffers. It’s going to be a lot earlier than we thought.
So he is getting everything his little heart desires. Tuna, trips outside, KFC.
Why would a cat that’s spent 17 years inside have any desire to go outside? LEMME TELL YA. When he was younger (and when I was, too), his favorite thing in the world and my LEAST favorite thing in the world was to haul ass out the front door at 5am when I opened it to get the paper, sans shoes or glasses. Yeah, I got to chase after him barefoot and blind, around the house into the backyard, where he would suddenly stop, reverse course and haul ass back the way he came and into the house. Super fun. I especially enjoyed stepping on slugs. At 5am. He’s been too fat and old to pull that kinda crap for quite awhile, but it seems his affinity for outside still stands. My mom took him out and let him roam today.
Kitty in the wild.
He’s not running anymore, he just sits down and watches things go on. When I visited earlier today, he nestled himself under a cabana of elephant ear leaves (I have no idea what plant it was, I’m sure my mom will give me an earful about why I should know, whatever it is, it’s Florida native because that’s all my mom will plant).
What Fatty wants, Fatty gets.
MEOW hear this! 
I love the picture so much. You can just see his contentedness. The baby boy we lost was our door dasher, and though I cursed him for it, I miss those early-am (and late-night) adventures. Sort of. I hope you are also doing little lovely things to take care of yourself (tuna, trips outside, KFC). And man, I wish I had a vet/cat mom counselor like that.
I found her frantically and very fortunately after the vet I loved that was with us all through the kitten’s sickness no longer worked at the office she was at and I couldn’t find her. I know all vets (for the most part) are perfectly capable of caring for cats but it takes a cat person vet to understand what I need out of the relationship, and that sounds crazy in writing hah. And I have beer, so that will do for me for now =)