Its Breast Cancer Awareness Month. How many people do you know that have been touched by the disease?
Submitted by Karen.
Unfortunately, seven close relations of relatives and co-workers. It's so sad to witness the changes they experience and difficult to not show my fear for them. After the fact, it's always an opportunity to grow.
]]>Are you a registered organ donor? Why or why not?
Submitted by jacolily.
No. I am interested in donating my organs but do not want my name to appear in the organ registry. My sister gave me the idea of not doing so. Instead I have a handwritten note attached to my driver's license attesting to my intent.
]]>We now have a new concern about our soon-to-be 15 year old cat Nobuku. In 1-1/2 months time he's lost half a pound, which doesn't seem like much but is for cats. We do not have him on a diet and his daily food regimen hasn't changed. All of his blood work came back stellar so the next thing is a possible biopsy if the weight loss continues.
Meantime, he seems just fine. He is still active and alert though, he doesn't want to go outside like he used to. The vet says this may be due to partial hearing loss, fear of being unable to run/move fast enough if necessary or his desire to sleep even more. Either way, I no longer carry him outside to make him exercise even though I'm seated outside with him to offer support, if needed.
It's rather strange to see my cat growing old and realize that we too are changing in parallel. Some humans may not want to accept our similarities!