1987 R10...aka Belushi

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Originally Posted by nlped

Yeah man! It was totally a surprise. She was only 7-1/2 yrs old She developed an autoimmune response after getting her vaccinations in May, kinda like lupus in humans. She just couldn’t tolerate anything stressful. Heat=bad stressful and I’m in the humid & hot Alabama. We kept her in the house just about all the time, but just couldn’t overcome. She was absolutely the most phenomenal buddy I’ve ever had.

We had this happen with one our favorite cats, Noodles was 5 yrs old. We had taken all of them in for an update on Vaccinations. We noticed he was very lethargic after coming home from the vet. We took him right back and the Vet said it was a reaction to the vaccines. It was causing his kidneys & liver to fail. He would give us a bag of saline, to give Noodles intravenously, to keep him hydrated. He said he would pass away within the week. Now don’t roll your eyes, but we took him to a acupuncture vet. It did something! He let out a yowl and peed a huge puddle of pee and he obviously felt better. We took him back to the Vet and he said, his kidneys had actually increased in size, more back to normal. He called it a miracle, because kidneys don’t grow back. So the acupuncture most have really done something, it extended his life for another 2 yrs, and they were good years. But we made the decision then, that if he started to deteriorate again, we would let nature take its course. And that is what happened at the end of those 2 years. It was so hard to say goodbye to such a unique cat. Noodles was literally everyone’s favorite cat. He behaved much like a dog does. People would say Noodles was a dog in a “cats” clothing. The pic is Noodles and our black lab, Lacy. They were best buds!