Cat lady's secret diary: My cat Kali has died

Last month, 19-year-old Kali was diagnosed with a tumor near her spleen. In just a month, it had spread everywhere. A very aggressive cancer, possibly lymphoma.

So it's no wonder Kali didn't want to eat anymore. The most surprising thing is that Kali did not show the same pain behavior as in last December, when she was clearly in pain and suffering. Now she spent the last weeks of her life on the top level of the scratching post in the living room.

Before I found out about the tumor, I was hoping that Kali would live until next summer, i.e. until the age of 20. But that dream had to be forgotten when the tumor was found.

Less than a week before she died, Kali came to lie on top of me for the last time.

A few days before Kali's death, I noticed that her stomach was swollen. At first, of course, I thought I was just imagining it. I also wondered why Kali didn't lose weight even though she ate so little.

Kali's kidney levels had skyrocketed in a month. Kali was given the painkiller Metacam for three days, and at first it made Kali to eat. But Metacam is a dangerous drug, it can cause kidney damage. Before I knew about the spread of the tumor, I was afraid that we killed Kali by Metacam. Even if a smaller dose than the instruction was given.

In her last days, Kali was only interested in visiting the balcony. Too bad it was too cold there. On Saturday, the temperature was a bit warm for a while.

Even though food no longer interested her, on the day before her death, i.e. Sunday, Kali was still interested in the birds flying outside. She even made the screeching sound that a cat makes when it's frustrated when it can't attack its prey. Kali would not have been able to do anything to the prey as she was almost toothless.

Kali's mother was a homeless cat, and my friend got Kali as a kitten from an animal shelter.

With her previous owner, Kali had three litters of kittens. The firstborn of the first litter was my youngest cat Olivia, who died in August at the age of 16.