I’m sorry about Trouble.
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So sorry about your kitty 
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so sorry! I hope they figure out what caused it. Poor thing!
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Thanks. Necropsy showed bloody pus and fluid around the lungs and in the chest cavity. He was eating; no wheezing, no trouble breathing. Vet sent a sample for testing. She thinks the infection, whatever it was, on top of the surgery, stressed him too much. Now I feel horribly guilty - he was a little quiet over the weekend, but was still eating fine. I just thought the heat was getting to him.
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Oh no! I’m so terribly sorry. That is so shocking and upsetting coming out of nowhere. Hope the vet can provide an answer. Sending love and hugs to you. 
ETA: Just saw your update. Please don’t beat yourself up. Cats go through moods like that sometimes, even when there is nothing wrong. And like you said, with the heat, they’re all acting differently right now.
So terribly sorry. {{Hugs}}
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Oh poor little guy! Maybe he sent new guy there as his “replacement?”
saw the update. That’s sad, but at least he got to go peacefully instead of dying struggling to breathe and miserable. And how could you have known? You did right by him.
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Not a kitty pic but a story -
Last night I was sitting on the couch and the cats were just pottering about doing their catly thing. Smudge was over in front of the doors to the laundry area doing what I call her little bear act. She sits up on her hinders and with her little front legs hanging straight down looks all around and tries to look behind her with the results that sometimes she falls over. Baler saw her and figured she was not paying attention (she wasn’t) and decided to pounce on her. This involved hiding behind a pool of plastic water jugs I have to crush and recycle. I saw him doing the butt-waggle and then straight up in the air he goes in one of those upside down U-shaped leaps only he miscalculated and landed in the middle of the jugs sending them spinning away like bowling pins with a lot of noise. Smudge jumped straight up in the air, puffed all up and ran away. Baler jumped because of the noise and because she jumped and he fled with his tail all puffed up. I laughed so hard. I haven’t had a laugh like that for a few days. Ninnies.
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THOSE EARS!!! 
So sorry to read of Trouble.
But you did do everything “right”, sometimes it just doesn’t work 
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Yes, those ears … Maximus still has the ears. Tiny, not so much.
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Those are some fat raccoons. 
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How’s Tiny? I hope he’s out in the house more and I hope Itty-Bitty isn’t bothering him.
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No, he’s hiding under the dresser today. He won’t take the gabapentin, and I don’t see a difference in Itty-bitty.
They really are. And there are at least 20 of them. This older, retired gentleman goes out everyday and buys about 10 pounds of hotdogs, a bunch of cookies, and dog food and feeds this swarm of raccoons. He will post the shenanigans on YT. Ms. Kitty loves it.
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I’m sorry. That’s a hard situation. One of my cats likes to bother my other cats but it’s not that bad so it’s just annoying. He doesn’t mess with the mean girl cat.
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What’s the YT channel? That sounds entertaining. It’s funny that Ms. Kitty likes to watch too. 
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It’s the raccoon whisperer! 
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I’m sorry Tiny won’t take the medicine and that Itty-bitty isn’t any better.
Have you tried flower essences? A friend of mine wound up using some of the ones Jackson Galaxy sells and they worked for hers.
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Good Lord those raccoons are grotesquely fat.
Max and Tiny - baby pics! So cute!
I can tell you hate striped cats…
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