roadrunnertwice | RIP Halla

Our cat Halla died last night. She was getting a promising new treatment for her lifelong painful mouth issues, and had a violent reaction to it that no cat has ever had before, and it damaged her lungs. The drug company paid to rush her to critical care at the emergency vet (this was a final-stage approval trial for the treatment), and the vets did everything possible to stabilize her and give her a chance to recover, but it wasn’t in the cards; she died a day and a half later. It was one of those times where something random and bad happens for no comprehensible reason, and you just don't have any agency to stop it or fix it.

(How rare and random? Our emergency vet ran a lit search and found exactly ONE paper about a human experiencing something vaguely similar after a somewhat related treatment. Why did you have to be special this one last time, kitty?)

We already miss her a ton, and I think Annabel does too. It sucks so much! She was the sweetest and weirdest little cat, a perfect and unique being in this world full of perfect and unique beings. We wanted another seven years with her, but even that wouldn't have satisfied.

I'll try and do a memorial post with photos at some point.