ear friends, I know I said I was going to be offline, but I have a very serious reason not to be. Yesterday Felix (our Persian cat) was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyomathy, which is an incurable genetic heart disease.
He was acting really strange in the morning and we took him for a check up to his vet and after a few examinations they told us the news. It is pretty serious and we still don’t know about what stage the condition is in and the prognosis of the treatment. All we know is we spotted the symptoms really early, so let’s hope this is a good sign.
I was devastated, because if you know me just a little bit, you know how much he means to me and how much I love him…with all my heart. Yesterday every time I looked at him my eyes filled with tears and the fear that we might lose him really soon just paralyzed me. But we realized that things like that happen in life and we have to face them with hope, love and determination, so this is what we’re going to do…
Please remember, life is not measured by seconds, it is measured by heartbeats. Don’t let your heart beat in vain…
Oh, Masha, I'm so sorry to hear this awful news about Felix. I hope that he responds well to the treatments, that the prognosis will be hopeful, and that you will have him with you for a long, long time. I will be praying for you – I know this is so upsetting.
I'm so sorry, Masha. Felix & you are in my thoughts, I know how hard this can be.
Dear Masha,
Just recently I discovered your blog. I love the serenity of it and I copied the text you wrote about cats (Cats cannot be trained, tamed, forced. You don't own a cat, you can't be it's master. You are merely given the priviledge to share your life with it…)
I am so terribly sorry that your Felix is ill.
I hope you can share some more tests of your life with him.
Having two young tom-cats myself, I cannot bear to think of loosing one. Therefore I am sending you all of my love and my best wishes for Felix' health.
Claire