Tamba's gone now, but two of the kittens, Teddi and Tobi are still with me. I can hardly believe that they're seven years old and are beginning to get some grey hairs - evidence of their growing into the season of being "senior" cats. Tamba must have been only around nine years old when she died, not a long life for a cat, but at least the last seven years of her life were good ones.
Until recently, it was looking as if Teddi would not outlive his mother's nine years, having been diagnosed this year with an over active thyroid gland and failing kidney function. But in an unexpected turn of events, he's made a sudden and seemingly miraculous improvement. (See post below this one.) Perhaps Tobi and Teddi will both live longer than Tamba after all.
