Living with MCL

A very nice young kid called about 10:30 last night, indicating he found her. Four days she was gone, and it’s a good thing he found her then, because she was about 5 blocks away, right at a major intersection with lots of traffic. Who knows what might have happened if he hadn’t found her then.

She was a little disheveled, but didn’t look the worse for wear. Of course the first thing she did when we got her home was head straight for the food.

Now all she seems to want to do is sleep. She slept with us the entire night, and today, she’s spent the entire day on our bed. It must have been a very trying ordeal for her.

I guess it’s true that cats have 9 lives. The problem is at this rate (this is the second time she’s disappeared), Chloe’s going to use hers up before she turns 3 (She’s not even 2 yet).

But Edie and Morris are happy now. Ok, maybe Morris not so much, but Edie was much relieved.

That’s what Edie said when I asked her what she had decided to do about Chloe.

Chloe just does not seem to be getting better [at least not very fast], although except for the fact  she sleeps 22+ hours a day, and still won’t eat on her own, she doesn’t appear to be sick. So Edie has to force feed her every day, make sure she gets enough fluid, and give her all sorts of different medication.

I don’t know how she does it. I know I wouldn’t have the patience.

Anyways, at least Edie doesn’t have to worry about me. My latest blood counts are essentially status quo. My lymphocyte count is back under a 100 thou/cumm (99.9) again, hemoglobin is maintaining at 12.4 g/dl (low average for a woman) and my LDH is normal at 141 IU/L.

The only thing of some concern is my platelets were under 200 at 196. That’s still well within the normal range (130-400), and I have had at 6 readings below that number over the past two years, but when you plot a graph of the 6 month moving average, you can see a [very] slow, but steady decline.

I just hope by the time my platelets get too low, I’ll be too old to worry about it.