[cheebacheeba]

I have two cats...usually I hate cats, honestly I do...
One of my cats "Dusk" (The black one) hates me...I guess I used to mess with his head and do stuff to make him hiss when he was little, and he never really got over the fact that it was just a game...so if I go near him, hiss, swipe, repeat...doesn't matter how nice I am to him, the same old shit...he's getting old and senile now so I don't give a fuck really, I just laugh at him most of the time...
The other cat, Phantom (the other one), I actually like...he's a nice little fellow, and he follows me and spal around...he likes human contact, just spending time with people, yknow?
Recently, he got sick. He had a urinary tract infection...which gets pretty fucked up for cats. Picture not being able to piss...that's pretty much it, and certain levels of chemicals can toxify the bloodstream, bladders can explode...etc in the longterm, so I took him to the vet as soon as I could...where I was expecting a slightly costly procedure, turns out that was an understatement, I had to make a decision basically, for under $200, I could've just forgot it all and had him put down, or, I could have the procedure organised and done for $800.
It wasn't by definition a logical decision I made, or even really financially viable, but I chose to go through with the surgery anyway, and I'm now gonna be paying out the nose for it for a little while...which sucks, but the thing is, he's only three years old, IMO, that's less than half his life lived so far...and I thought about the times I've played with him, and he's just came over and talked to me n stuff, and it wasn't that great a decision, I pretty much commited to it straight away.
So, anyways, he's still in hospital, not looking great...drips, a catheter, and a bucket on his head...but he's gotta be in less pain and discomfort now, I keep telling myself. He's hopefully coming home in the next few days, I never realised how much I'd miss him...
So yeah, the surgery went through without complication, no chemicals had built up enough to cause permanent damage to any of his organs...he's going to be on a special diet for cats genetically prone to this condition, and hopefully he's got a long, happy, healthy life ahead of him.

A word to all pet owners: I've learned a lesson out of this - Unless you're financially very well off, if you're going to keep a pet, understand that bad things can happen, and you might have to make a similar decision somewhere down the line...if your animal matters to you, it would be nice for that decision not to break you.
I've decided that from this point onwards, I'm dedicating a savings account towards such emergencies...I figure it's a basic responsibility in the caring of my animals, and I'd suggest any pet owner does the same, saying yes and keeping our animals healthy and alive is something we should always be able to do without going completely broke (like me for the next few weeks).

Well...I typed a lot...I guess I just wanted people to know that however their pets can annoy them at times (mine ALL do), when the time comes...you know how much they mean to you, it's just something we overlook out of routine.

- B