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bentgyro:
Good health, being in good health is a crapshoot.  When my father developed prostate cancer (he was 86), my sister and I decided to keep him at home.  Our mother had passed 2 years before and I had moved in with our Dad.  My sister left her husband at home and came to be with me (she is eight years older and her girls have families of their own).  I took a leave of absence from work.  It was a very emotional time.  I did stand by his bedside a few times and told him that we (his whole family) were OK and if he wanted to go it was alright.  By the last 2 months he was comatose and we were giving him morphine,  My brother in law had come to join us by this time.  I did learn that I am the bossy one between my sister and me.  My sister and I formed a strong bond with each other and are very close.  My father was a big strong man, 6'4
large boned, never fat and physically active until he had cancer.  He quit eating at the end and was a skeleton when he passed.   I do not regret my decision and would do it again.  Now I have artheritis and have lost my equlibrium and I still live on my own with a whippet and a cat.  I have found that people are helpful and kind when I'm out and about.  I walk with a cane and can still drive but stairs are like mountains now.  All I want is to keep my mind. :D

Front-Ranger:
That is a very inspiring story b-g! Please pass along any tips you can give us!

Front-Ranger:
This topic is also about giving care to pets. My ancient cat has developed a strange way of eating. She manipulates the shreds of cat food up the sides of the glass food bowl and tries to bite it off the rim. Sometimes the food slides over the rim and on the outside of the bowl so she tries to lick it off and the bowl starts sliding around the room, sometimes turning over and dumping all the food on the floor.

I decided maybe she needs a heavier food bowl with a non-skid bottom. I found one finally but it was $50! Anyone have a better idea?

morrobay:
Maybe put the food right on a plastic place mat?  Easy clean up.  Or use heavy duty double-sided tape on the bottom of her bowl?

CellarDweller:
could you find some non-skid material, and attach it to the bowl with velcrow or glue?

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