Author Archives: Jane Ganahl

Claude continues on his journey – one day perky (even sassy) and other days, like today, he looks tired and refuses food, as if to say let’s get on with things. His cancer has had a ripple effect on the … Continue reading →

After weeks of watching Claude dissolve from a beefy, affectionate, confident cat to a hiding, distant, skeletal version of himself, the downward spiral stopped abruptly 10 days ago. No one (including his wonderful vets) are really sure why. But on … Continue reading →

An old cat’s eyes have seen so much, and know more than we think. They know life is good and so are humans, for the most part. These cat eyes remember when they first saw my house ten years ago, after … Continue reading →

In these first two weeks of treatment I’ve watched Claude dwindle from a formidable, fierce being to a gaunt, hollow-eyed shadow. The prednisone is not working, nor apparently is chemo, so we take him off. Switch to a different steroid … Continue reading →

I’ve been waiting to blog again until I had something cheerful to say, and here it is: Lizzie is being adopted by her foster mom! Dorian’s eye infection has miraculously cured itself! And I was able to get Claude’s chemotherapy … Continue reading →

It’s been three weeks since my last entry, and the only reason I’m adding one today is that I feel overdue. I’ve been in a valley of sorts for weeks now – flung in there by grief and overwhelm, both … Continue reading →

I’ve never had to cancel a trip because of feline obligations. Until this week. I did not take it well. I had lined up a two-night stay in Squaw Valley for the final nights of the writers’ conference up there. … Continue reading →

Update to the following: after two days of being missing, look at the sweet face I saw waiting for me in the bushes!  I guess all is forgiven.  🙂 IMG_4311 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I said goodbye to Dorian yesterday. Took him to … Continue reading →

The good news is: Daisy (now renamed Skeeter because she just wasn’t a Daisy) has tamed down in record speed. Two days after she came home from her hospital stay she was turning her head into my hand, to gratefully … Continue reading →

I had hoped to have Dorian Gray healthy and returned to his beloved ravine before I took in any other feline patients, but he was so ill that it’s taking time to build his strength back. And in the meantime, … Continue reading →