all right we're back this is a continuation from when we left orlando
jax is i don't know how much i really want to show you this because he's
kind of in a lot of pain right now we're trying to figure it out he's losing a lot of hair
we weighed him again he is 10.7 pounds now he lost more than another pound in the last two
weeks on methmozoli for his hyperthyroidism they know all his symptoms this is an er
clinic it's after hours so we're going to get the doctor in here and find out what's going on before
we head to texas for his treatment okay jax and get it figured out he's he's been howling at me
and he didn't use the litter box so that's what we're doing today he was a good boy himself
all right uh doctor just got done talking with us and he said jax is basically a healthy cat
besides the hyperthyroidism um the howling the um excessive they call this excessive grooming
um that's why he's missing so much fur on his tummy and his chest and his back legs
because he's possibly over grooming but he said you'd be surprised what that hyperthyroid can
can do to kitties it really messes them up and makes them dizzy and they lose their balance
so we're going to talk about doing an x-ray today i guess to make sure there's no nothing else seen
somewhere else on his body because all this kidney functions are good with his blood work
and everything like everything even his heart to or his uh his murmur heart murmur it wasn't
there at this so we'll see what he says about uh treating some antibiotics and getting an x-ray
dr josh has been really helpful with us so he's did some research there we're not going to get
him on antibiotics because you know we're just three four days away from his screening in texas
so what honey don't want to mess up anything so we're going to wait on the antibiotics
but we're going to do a full set of x-rays here okay jax we're going to get some x-rays
and that way we'll just know that mark another thing off our list okay some goods
let them get treats then get treats okay i mean the lung fields are nice and clear no no mass is
nothing noted i mean maybe you could argue that the heart may be just a little narrow but it's
all normal and then the liver is nice size no masses that i see
the abdomen intestines everything are fine just maybe the kidneys are a little a little inflamed
or borderline larger kidney right there yeah this kidney and then there's another
one they're like almost on top of each other okay and then the bladder tiny little bladder
everything looks good but there's no blockages or anything no alarm you know no nothing that i see
thank you looks pretty good i'm very glad to hear dr josh said your x-rays came back good jax
yeah he said they're all normal there's no problems there's no
undiscovered masses he said you're ready to poop
jax is going to want to go litter box
he's prairie dogging it right now i think that's what he said jax
and he's also very excited for us to go to texas and get this treatment so that's where
we're heading tonight we're going to put on some miles tonight after we get all situated okay yeah
you almost ate it all good boy him such a good boy yeah tell your sister about this experience yeah
all right jax tell tara how it went man they took this big thing up my woohoo
that's crazy huh tara is that what they did okay was it crazy you gonna straighten up fly right now
no i'm just kidding you're such a good boy you're such a good boy
i'm tired i need to go to bed i made it i'm just inside no i'm just on this side of alabama
almost into mississippi did a lot of driving there i i'm really tired i really need to
take a shower before i go to bed though cause i'm still sticky and everything but it does
kind of feel good to get out of florida i'm just keeping a close eye on jax because he's
kind of in and out of it really oh my sweet baby boy you gotta stop stress grooming honey
you're stress grooming because your anxiety because you don't feels good i'm sorry buddy
yeah that's what the vet said he said stop being the putts with the butts
for some reason this is where jax is howling at tonight he's woken me up a couple times and it
breaks my heart especially after just getting back from another er visit and them telling me that
everything's functional except for old age and hyperthyroidism everything else checked out but
i mean he's just he's just he's hurting so bad and at some point just worry about his quality of life
i love him i'm not going to make him not going to make him go through his i just i've done
everything i can and i can't rush this either 131 stuff i'm done working as hard as i can jax
it's heartbreaking
i love you jacks
yeah i love you honey i'll see you on the other side
i remember all the good memories buddy cute little extra thumbs love you chucks bye honey
that was the toughest thing i've ever had to deal with in my entire life and i'm totally lost
i have no idea what to do i have no idea where to go because i'm not going to the radiation clinic
that i was booking it for i'm all alone
and this is stupid this is stupid
i'm just speechless and numb and and i don't know what to do i'm sitting here like
it's hard to explain but like imagine just losing your other half just the the entire
rug from underneath you just being pulled and then you're like i don't even know what
i don't even know what to do you know and i'm just i am 2 800 miles from home
so would be days if not a week before i could even hug my mom and dad and family back home
look at her over there so tara i mean it's one thing we need to talk about this sweet girl
just entered my life what six months ago
i'm not gonna overdo it i don't wanna like over hug you and over love on you but you realize daddy
needs lots of loves now you cut some pretty big shoes to fill not that you can replace jacks but
feel feel free to fill those shoes if you can or want to okay yeah you're gonna play i know i
know how do you feel tara i don't even think she's noticed yet because jax has just been so lethargic
lately you know the two of them haven't really played now you want to play uh-huh all right i'll
kiss thank you i needed those thank you i don't know what to say this is really weird because
i've been filming my whole life for 11 years since since jax and i have been on the road well
not since the start but almost from the start and uh to think that you know we were going
to be together forever was foolish but now you know i mean i've got jax everywhere in my life
you know he's he's been literally documented a part of my life for so long that it's it's
incredible to think of continuing on without him and i can't i can't fathom that right now not at
the time of making this video i'm sure time is gonna heal and i'm going to figure things out
but for right now i mean i i just i want to be thankful for the time i had with
jax because he was the most amazing cat i mean i'm going to miss him playing fetch
his cool little extra thumbs which i did order a nice little urn for him he's having a private
cremation done so that i can have his ashes sent to me and a nice little urn with his name
on it and and his actual paw print his actual paw print with extra thumbs so what was i saying yeah
anyway just all the times we spent together and his kisses in the morning and i could go on and
on about how special jax was um but his life is chronicalized on my youtube channel now so
if i ever miss him i can just click on a video and watch him i just want it back so bad
life ain't fair it sure isn't i'll tell you what
it's gonna take me some time i'll see you guys later bye
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