A large, fluffy tortoiseshell cat with dramatic white whiskers lounges on a blue blanket with a gold cushion and a southwestern patterned throw behind her

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   there is beauty in simplicity (kinsale42@mstdn.games)'s status on Friday, 03-Apr-2026 12:47:55 JST there is beauty in simplicity

   I didn't think I would have to be facing this again so soon. It hasn't even been a year since I lost Mischa. But I took Stella in to the vet this week because I noticed last week that she was beginning to have to work harder to get air in and out. I don't have the final results back on the bloodwork and the scans, but the preliminary from the doc is that she has fluid around her lungs, and it's pretty diffuse so it would be difficult to just syringe some out. And that's not a symptom that's related to anything easily treatable generally.

   So until I hear back tomorrow or Monday, I am assuming that I (we!) don't have much longer to enjoy her floof or her indomitable personality. And I am devastated in advance.