Mochi and I officially start our journey tomorrow. Lots of pics and thanks

David & Mochi

David & Mochi

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First shot is in the morning and before we start I just wanted to thank this community, all the people I've had the pleasure to interact with so far, Kobe (Dean and Lesley), Tim and Pookey, squeem 3, Corky, Diane Tyler's mom, Bron and Sheba, Wendy&Neko, Staci & Ivy, Brianna and Xander and everyone I havn't yet interacted with. When I first found out about her diagnosis I immediately started to break down, relive the loss of my last cat, think about worst case scenarios, how I would be able to do this, afford it, not having any clue what it meant going forward etc etc. I know it won't be easy but I'm dedicated to doing anything and everything I can for my baby, felt like I was cramming for the biggest final of my life by trying to soak in as much as I could from the info available here in a few days and I feel so much more confident and hopeful that even if remission doesn't happen that I will be able to give mochi the longest and happiest life she can have. I wanted to share some pics but there is just so many to choose from so I uploaded all my pics/vids from my phone onto an instagram account I made for mochi tonight (and for me as backup since I lost a lot of her kitty pics when my old phone broke and wouldn't charge to transfer). I've always had very strong bonds with my cats but I can't explain just how amazing mochi is. She's an indoor cat who I can bring out back with me and not once has she tried to run off. She's like my siamese twin as you can see by how many photos over the years are her sleeping right by my side or in my arms or up along my pillow. (If this is the wrong place to post this please feel free to move it to the correct area)

My cat tax return aka the life of Mochi
 
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I just looked at Mochi's Instagram account. Oh my God she is such a love bug. Boy can she sure purr loud :p She was so funny in her cat tree trying to catch her tail. She is so adorable .
Best of luck :cat:
 
Mochi said:
First shot is in the morning and before we start I just wanted to thank this community, all the people I've had the pleasure to interact with so far, Kobe (Dean and Lesley), Tim and Pookey, squeem 3, Corky, Diane Tyler's mom, Bron and Sheba, Wendy&Neko, Staci & Ivy, Brianna and Xander and everyone I havn't yet interacted with. When I first found out about her diagnosis I immediately started to break down, relive the loss of my last cat, think about worst case scenarios, how I would be able to do this, afford it, not having any clue what it meant going forward etc etc. I know it won't be easy but I'm dedicated to doing anything and everything I can for my baby, felt like I was cramming for the biggest final of my life by trying to soak in as much as I could from the info available here in a few days and I feel so much more confident and hopeful that even if remission doesn't happen that I will be able to give mochi the longest and happiest life she can have. I wanted to share some pics but there is just so many to choose from so I uploaded all my pics/vids from my phone onto an instagram account I made for mochi tonight (and for me as backup since I lost a lot of her kitty pics when my old phone broke and wouldn't charge to transfer). I've always had very strong bonds with my cats but I can't explain just how amazing mochi is. She's an indoor cat who I can bring out back with me and not once has she tried to run off. She's like my siamese twin as you can see by how many photos over the years are her sleeping right by my side or in my arms or up along my pillow. (If this is the wrong place to post this please feel free to move it to the correct area)

My cat tax return aka the life of Mochi
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I was also told to put euthanize Corky , I almost had a break down, and yes with all these amazing members and more, just seeing Corky's Spreadsheet makes me teary eye, of happiness, both of my cats are my family, comfort, therapy, I have had Corky since he was 10 weeks old adopted from the ASPCA, already declawed!, and traumatized, today he is as happy as he can be going on 13 years old, and also Coco non diabetic have had since she was 38 days old, she will be 5 this April 28th, They are everything to me as well, So it makes me very happy to see when a members begins here and sees no hope, and in a week or less, everything just turns around to positive vibes and hope, and Yes, I praise this forum and its members every chance I get, I trust them blindly!! Congratulation it is all uphill from now on:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::cat::cat:
 
CORKY said:
I was also told to put euthanize Corky , I almost had a break down, and yes with all these amazing members and more, just seeing Corky's Spreadsheet makes me teary eye, of happiness, both of my cats are my family, comfort, therapy, I have had Corky since he was 10 weeks old adopted from the ASPCA, already declawed!, and traumatized, today he is as happy as he can be going on 13 years old, and also Coco non diabetic have had since she was 38 days old, she will be 5 this April 28th, They are everything to me as well, So it makes me very happy to see when a members begins here and sees no hope, and in a week or less, everything just turns around to positive vibes and hope, and Yes, I praise this forum and its members every chance I get, I trust them blindly!! Congratulation it is all uphill from now on:bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug::cat::cat:
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I'm so sorry you went through that, it's so hard. My last cat had something wrong with her eye, like the pupil was dissolving. I took her to an er vca vet. The dr said she needed to have her eye removed, tested for cancer and even then might not be able to do anything. She was old and that seemed like too much to put her through for possibly nothing. I was young and naive and the thought to not assume the vet could be wrong and I didn't get a 2nd opinion. She stopped eating completely outside of what tuna water she would drink with pain meds but after a week I could hear her basically breaking down in her stomach and was in pain so I had her put down. Afterwards I asked the vet on hand what they thought it could be and said probably an eye infection (granted they just took a quick look and the pupil was completely gone) but I have never fully let go of that guilt and I will never know what it actually was and I will never make that mistake again. Im so glad you and Corky found each other. There's a special kind of evil required for people to abuse animals and declawing is detestable.
 
Update, first shot seemed to go well, she seemed like she didn't even notice. First time so not 100% I did it correctly, but there was no moisture around the injection so I believe I got it in. Honestly the hardest thing was how small the unit markings are on the syringe and trying to see the angle of the needle to make sure the long side is on the bottom but I ordered a magnifying glass to help out with that lol.
 
Diane Tyler's Mom GA said:
I just looked at Mochi's Instagram account. Oh my God she is such a love bug. Boy can she sure purr loud :p She was so funny in her cat tree trying to catch her tail. She is so adorable .
Best of luck :cat:
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Ty, I really appreciate the links on setting up signature and ss. I'm kind of inept with stuff like that and it took me a bit to figure out but we got there. It was important I did what was asked in the help us help you section. If so many caring people are willing to spend time making sure the rest of us have resources to learn and get feedback and advice, the least I could do was make sure I'm helping to facilitate that process and it's such a great way to track what's happening since the vet didn't really mention keeping records or anything of the sort.
 
Tim & Pookey said:
Great pics! Yep I remember this feeling, good luck! You’ve given me an idea …
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I'm curious to see what it is lol. When I watched your remission video I noticed he makes a very similar vocalization as mochi <3. I don't have any of em on video from my old phone, but Mochi is much more of an avid bug hunter and when she has one in her sights she will knock down everything in her path and make these very loud wild trills and chirps.
 
Even though I uploaded everything to that instagram, this is prob my favorite all time clip of her, I'll just watch it on loop like a gif and smile ear to ear. (headphone warning as the phone volume background noise is loud)

Surprise Attack!
 
Mochi said:
First shot is in the morning and before we start I just wanted to thank this community, all the people I've had the pleasure to interact with so far, Kobe (Dean and Lesley), Tim and Pookey, squeem 3, Corky, Diane Tyler's mom, Bron and Sheba, Wendy&Neko, Staci & Ivy, Brianna and Xander and everyone I havn't yet interacted with. When I first found out about her diagnosis I immediately started to break down, relive the loss of my last cat, think about worst case scenarios, how I would be able to do this, afford it, not having any clue what it meant going forward etc etc. I know it won't be easy but I'm dedicated to doing anything and everything I can for my baby, felt like I was cramming for the biggest final of my life by trying to soak in as much as I could from the info available here in a few days and I feel so much more confident and hopeful that even if remission doesn't happen that I will be able to give mochi the longest and happiest life she can have. I wanted to share some pics but there is just so many to choose from so I uploaded all my pics/vids from my phone onto an instagram account I made for mochi tonight (and for me as backup since I lost a lot of her kitty pics when my old phone broke and wouldn't charge to transfer). I've always had very strong bonds with my cats but I can't explain just how amazing mochi is. She's an indoor cat who I can bring out back with me and not once has she tried to run off. She's like my siamese twin as you can see by how many photos over the years are her sleeping right by my side or in my arms or up along my pillow. (If this is the wrong place to post this please feel free to move it to the correct area)

My cat tax return aka the life of Mochi
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Great photos, I’m your new follower
 
CORKY said:
Great photos, I’m your new follower
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Hehe thx, followed back. This will primarily be a backup for all my pics/vids since I lost a lot of old stuff with my old phone but if people get to see her and smile that's a win! Your babies are such cutie pies <3 Corky didn't seem thrilled with the tiara though lol
 
CORKY said:
There a many reels of Corky and Coco on my FB Mayte Jorge check them out
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Awesome! One of the things I watch most on social media are cat reels. I see coco is also a fellow paper bag enjoyer xD Corky has the most adorable face :)
 
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Parent of Brutus said:
Im feeling a similar way. This week has been incredibly hard but the unwavering support of complete strangers across the globe has astounded me.
I am so happy to have found this community & Im glad you have too. Mochi is so lucky to have you !!
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Likewise I'm glad you found this community too! We both kind of landed here around similar times. I'm sure we all feel lucky to have the amazing companions we do and that we are here because we want to take care of them. Absolutely love the tongue sticking out on brutus, so cute :)
 
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