Hello everyone. When I was 19 years old I adopted a Siamese kitten through a newspaper ad and she’s been with me through everything since- I’m turning 40 next week. Over the last couple of years she’s started to look down-right elderly, and as the time went by I began to brace myself for the inevitable. I realize it’s very rare for a cat to live past 20 and I know that I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had her in my life all these years. Even though I knew this time would come I think there’s a part of me that started to believe “gee, she’s been alive for such an amazingly long time she must be magically invincible!”
Well, this morning I came home from work and fed her some of her favorite wet, stinky cat food that’s been easier for her to eat these days than her regular dry kibble. She normally gobbles it up with gusto but today she just sort of sniffed at it like it wasn’t even food. I sat down on the floor and started petting her and felt how thin she’s become and noticed how much fur she’s shedding and how sunken her eyes look. She looks awful. I think this might be the end.
I’m a nurse and I’m scheduled to work 12 hour shifts for the next 3 nights but I’m not sure I can handle being away from home while she’s here slowly slipping away. Is this an acceptable reason to use sick leave? Of course I could lie and offer some other more universally acceptable reason for my absence, but it feels shitty and as stupid as it sounds I’d rather just honor her end if life by telling the truth. Advice would be much appreciated, thank you. ❤️
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