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Bad Arthritis Day
Jan. 26th, 2010 09:07 amYesterday, despite it being January, we got much rain. It was also up around 50F, so the rain melted away much of the ice that had been frozen to my driveway and front steps. Yay, I suppose.
But along with the rain came a very low barometric pressure system. My wrist was hurting.
I can only imagine how badly my geriatric cat, Haiku, was doing. He is approaching 18 years old, which is like 79 in human-speak, and he has arthritis in his hips, knees, and paws. He's been walking with a limp for a while now, and leaps up onto couches or ottomans that he used to do without thinking are now fairly major projects (which he can still do, thankfully).
Last night, despite the presence of other cats, he climbed up onto the couch and settled in against my right thigh. He was obviously aching, despite his natural instinct to hide his pain. I got out the new cat-comb (with free-rotating tines, so as not to catch on any matted fur) and combed out his coat, which he is no longer able to twist around to clean himself.
He started purring, and kept purring for the hour or so that I did that.
But along with the rain came a very low barometric pressure system. My wrist was hurting.
I can only imagine how badly my geriatric cat, Haiku, was doing. He is approaching 18 years old, which is like 79 in human-speak, and he has arthritis in his hips, knees, and paws. He's been walking with a limp for a while now, and leaps up onto couches or ottomans that he used to do without thinking are now fairly major projects (which he can still do, thankfully).
Last night, despite the presence of other cats, he climbed up onto the couch and settled in against my right thigh. He was obviously aching, despite his natural instinct to hide his pain. I got out the new cat-comb (with free-rotating tines, so as not to catch on any matted fur) and combed out his coat, which he is no longer able to twist around to clean himself.
He started purring, and kept purring for the hour or so that I did that.
