This is a paid post I actually have a reason for taking. The product shown at left is ES Clear for Cat Cancer. I didn’t mention it, but the one-year anniversary of Empress Wu’s death was on January 12th. When she died, I thought the pain would never end…it went on so long. One year later, I find it is greatly diminished, but I still miss her terribly. When I was tagging old posts and I got to that point, I could barely read them to see what tags they needed.

Our little Wubie’s death was ultimately caused by lung cancer, which I don’t think is too common in cats. The immediate cause was pneumopericardium, which is air in the sac around her heart. She had breathed too fast since we got her, like she was forever trying to catch her breath; a few months before she died she was diagnosed with asthma. But it wasn’t asthma, it was lung cancer, and it took my kitty away. She was a month or two shy of seven years old, and she was the only cat in the house who always looked to me first as her mama, rather than my wife - I am usually the “backup” mama to the other cats.

ES Clear is a natural product specifically formulated for cats with cancer. I don’t know if it would have helped her or not. It seems like it’s not trying to cure the cancer, but rather give the cat a better quality of life. Wu was only really sick for a day or two, and she seemed much happier in the oxygen cage at the vet’s office, but I would have tried anything to make her more comfortable.

That’s all I can write, I’m afraid. Writing this entry was harder than I expected it would be.