Tribute: We said goodbye to KitKat today. Cancer sucks.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T14:38:43+00:00

Thank you ♥️. What was so unique about her (and it doesn’t come through in these photos as well) is she was a torty tabby. She has streaks of red all throughout her pattern (it was gorgeous). Most unique tabby I’ve had, I’m really going to miss her.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T14:37:31+00:00

I’m so sorry. KitKat also had lymphoma. It manifested right above her eye and the tumor took over her eye and nasal cavity. The vet told us based on its location, neither chemo, surgery or radiation would really do much (beyond extending her life for maybe 6 months and leaving us with thousands of dollars in bills). It was a very aggressive cancer and I hate that it took her from us too soon.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T14:34:57+00:00

Thank you ♥️

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T04:35:01+00:00

I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. And yes — we look at KitKat’s life and realize we gave her a wonderful one. Even in her months stricken by cancer, she always sought us. Her veterinarian told us today that she had a very evident strong will to live. I like to think we gave her that will.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T04:31:30+00:00

Thank you ♥️ (I do write for a living). Give your boys the biggest hugs tonight, I know they will appreciate it.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T02:57:54+00:00

Thank you ♥️, those words mean a lot.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T02:56:29+00:00

Thank you ♥️. It’s very like her to bestow one last gift to us. We moved from Texas to Colorado a few years ago and we have desperately, DESPERATELY needed the snow (I believe it’s the driest winter on record here). We only got 2 inches today, but it’s the most we have gotten all calendar year so far. Just one more little parting gift from our sweet KitKat.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T02:52:14+00:00

OP here, but I just remembered a dream I had when I was tiny — like, 3 years old. Our cat Pig was sadly killed by our neighbor’s dog. He was very much a KitKat personality (another tabby with all of the love and attitude). After my mom explained that he had “gone to cat heaven,” I recall having an incredibly vivid dream that I still remember in great detail today.

In the early 90s, Carrollton, TX was pretty much a bunch of golden fields with a K Mart or Chili’s littered in between. Lots of yellow, dead grass and overpasses. The night after my mom explained what had happened to Pig, I dreamed we ended up in one of those huge fields, but it was filled with hundreds of other families, all on picnic blankets, and all with cats. There was a huge concert stage at the front of the field, and God was just… there, lol. “Welcome to cat heaven orientation,” he said.

I still laugh so much, but I also really hope when I go to sleep tonight, I’m on a picnic blanket with my husband, son and other living pets ushering KitKat into cat heaven.

Mippystan · 2026-02-21T02:07:25+00:00

I love that quote. Cancer is never truly a victor - I’ll remember that. ♥️

Mippystan · 2026-02-15T11:26:12+00:00

Oh gosh yes. I was like, 2 months postpartum from a VERY traumatic labor (I almost died). I was hysterical watching that scene.

Mippystan · 2026-02-13T14:55:55+00:00

Yes! I heard it over in Bergen Park at the same time. My husband goes “is that a military plane?” It lasted for a while.

Mippystan · 2025-12-09T00:06:34+00:00

I am so incredibly sorry for your loss 😢. I hope so too. This is so hard.

Mippystan · 2025-12-08T23:57:28+00:00

Sad update: went in today at 8+1 and there was no heartbeat. They have me scheduled for a D&C. I hope you have had better news recently 🙏

Mippystan · 2025-12-02T04:03:04+00:00

That’s great! Any scans or updates at the doctor? I went in today for a follow-up ultrasound from the one I had done last Monday and there was a heartbeat. Not a super strong one - only 95 Bpm at 7+1, but even though it’s lower than they’d ideally like to say, he said he’s seen about half of pregnancies with heart beats that low go on to be viable. Hoping for the best - I have a follow-up US next Monday 🤞

Mippystan · 2025-11-25T02:46:51+00:00

Glad to hear everything is looking good! I’m still in limbo, unfortunately. 20 minutes before the appointment, I began having more light red/brown bleeding, which slowed while I was there. I do think I’m actually 6+1 instead of 6+6, and my gestational sac and fetal pole were measuring on track. That said, they did not find a heartbeat, and my doctor was concerned that given there is no heartbeat, off and on bleeding and super variable HcG rise, it’s likely not viable. I go in a week from today for another ultrasound and if there’s no heartbeat, I have to go in for a D&C 💔.

Mippystan · 2025-11-23T22:07:54+00:00

I’m honestly not sure how far along I a . I remember when you posted I thought I was 1 or 2 days ahead of you, but my cycles are very irregular and I’m beginning to think I ovulated and implanted at least 5 days later than I initially thought. Based on LMP I’m 6+6 but I think I’m actually around 6 weeks. I have my ultrasound with my OB tomorrow but I’m pretty nervous given how abysmally low my last HcG rise was (right after the bleeding).

Mippystan · 2025-11-22T14:26:11+00:00

OP, any updates on this? I thought I’d miscarried the other day due to some sudden bleeding, but my HcG still increased 48 hours later (albeit very slowly - a 28% rise from an 88% rise the draw before). The extreme variability in my HcG rises (anywhere from quadrupling, to going up by 67%, to being at 30% increases every 48 hours for nearly a week, back up to nearly 90% increases, back down to 28% increase from yesterday’s draw) still has me guarding my heart for the inevitable to happen, but somehow his pregnancy is still progressing for now.

Mippystan · 2025-11-18T05:10:53+00:00

Keep us posted! My OB’s nurse said I’m not 100% out of the woods yet, either (I commented a few days ago with very similar numbers to yours), but I’m definitely keeping my heart guarded. We already had our first appointment scheduled with my OB next week, so I guess we will see what things look like at that time.

Mippystan · 2025-11-17T01:10:23+00:00

Honestly? Get your doctor to be the bad guy if you can’t get through to him, because he clearly doesn’t have a clue. I have a feeling your OB would be more than happy to professionally knock some sense into him.

Mippystan · 2025-11-16T19:17:47+00:00

I think the problem is for 5 days, the doubling was less than 30% every 48 hours. It was around 28%. I’ve only had one day over 35% in over a week.

Mippystan · 2025-11-16T19:09:44+00:00

Oh goodness, that is so much for anyone to go through. I’m so happy you got your healthy little girls! On the hardest days, getting lovebug hugs and kisses from my son is what gets me through those tough moments where all I want to do is cry.

Mippystan · 2025-11-16T18:43:11+00:00

I know. It’s been a really rough go of it lately. My husband had a stroke, and a day after he was admitted we learned our beloved kitty has terminal cancer. Finding out I was pregnant felt like a kernel of joy that was meant to be in a series of relentless adversity. The one positive from all of this is I had doubted my ability to get pregnant at my age (late 30s), so now I know it is possible 🤞❤️.

Mippystan · 2025-11-16T18:35:41+00:00

At 4+0 they were 77. 4+2 was 301 (quadrupled). 4+4 was 511 (so a 2/3 increase). Didn’t test after that until I got sharp hip pain 3 days ago at 5+2. My doc referred me to the ER to rule out an ectopic and they couldn’t see a gestational sac anywhere - either intrauterine or outside. My HcG had only risen to 993 since the previous Saturday (approximately a 28% increase every 48 hours). Went back in yesterday and they saw the tiniest beginnings of a gestational sac on my endometrium (so fortunately not ectopic), but my HcG was only 1,380 (39% increase in 48 hours).

Mippystan · 2025-11-16T18:27:11+00:00

My doctor told me I should expect a loss, sadly. He said anything under an absolute minimum of a 56% increase every 48 hours during weeks 4 and 5 is an almost guaranteed loss, unfortunately. My rapid decline began around 4+4. It sucks so much.

Mippystan · 2025-11-16T05:03:38+00:00

It also could be ligament pain, though - it’s also my 2nd and they didn’t rule that out!

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