5/19 Sugar is a 13 year old blind kitty who came to us from a very convoluted story. According to her former owner, she came to them 13 years ago pregnant and had kittens in their car. Then she disappeared, returned and had another litter in their out building. They finally got her fixed and she shared their home as an outside cat (her choice according to them) for the next 12 years. The former owner said: “In April she went missing and Christine (person who found you guys) found her. She was blind. I took her to the vet and was told it was an eye infection (later I found out that was wrong). “ “We tried for a month to acclimate her to being and inside cat, but she was not having any of that (the scent of our dog would send her running and freaking out.” “There was no way this was going to work for us or her. It was a very hard decision for us (me, my wife and 2 young boys) to give her up. She was a part of our family. We did want her, but could not keep her under the circumstances.” As soon as we saw her we knew this baby had very high blood pressure and was immediately taken to our vet who confirmed we were correct. Considering all factors she is in reasonable health. Being a senior kitty she does have kidney disease which was not surprising. This is a very very nice cat. She is loving living inside, having soft beds, air conditioning and plenty of loving. She has access to an outside patio, she has zero interest being outside. She immediately comes back inside.

8/6/2019 - Sweet Sugar came to us after becoming blind from hypertension and had to move inside the house to live (She had been an outside cat her whole life according to her former owner) Her family of 12 years decided she was not adapting to their dog and she needed to go live some where else. That is how she made her path to us. Sugar's kidney disease has been progressing at an alarming rate. Her ultra sound last week showed that one kidney was no longer working and the other one shrunken and barely functioning either. The doctors note to me was that the prognosis was grave. My vet and I discussed it and agreed that when she stops eating it would be time to let her go, no heroics, she would be suffering. This morning she got up and ate a little and immediately vomited it all back up. She looked absolutely miserable. We knew today sadly was going to be the day. I held her in my arms as she crossed the rainbow bridge. I feel so honored that for the last few months of her life she got to see what it was like to live inside, warm, dry, fed and sleep on soft beds. She had zero interest in going outside. She was a sweet old cat, we so wish we had had more time with her!