How Much Longer?

It must be nice to be a cat, spending most of your time snoozing away on anything that's soft and cozy. The little cat pictured here is "Kittle"; she's 15, diabetic and causing me to wonder how much longer she's going to be around.

She can't keep dry food down anymore, and when we feed her canned food she'll usually lap up the juices, and occasionally pick at the food. She's been losing weight, and doesn't get up to greet us when we get home at night like she used to do in her healthier days.

There are times I'm tempted to take her into the vet for the "final" time... and then the next day she'll seem to be perfectly fine, purring loudly whenever she's near us. I'm hoping that nature will take it's course before we feel we have to come to a decision of that nature. This has been our favorite cat... and making a choice like that wouldn't be an easy one.