Cricket

This is Cricket, about 7 years old, outside only. She showed up about 6 years ago with 3 kittens. I never was able to catch her kittens and they just stopped coming back. I got her fixed and she had a bad uti so she stayed at the vet's office for 2 weeks because I was going to be out of town. Last year she injured her foot--had a cut all the way to the bone. The vet thought one of her toes would have to be removed, but after staying at the vet for a few days, it started healing. She stayed inside for 2 weeks and she wasn't happy about it! ;) A few months ago I noticed she was losing weight so took her for a checkup and found out she has leukemia. She had some swollen lymph nodes so she is on prednisilone daily. We started at a high dose, but is now down to .5 cc per day and they seems to be keeping that in check for now, but she continues to lose weight. I let her in to eat as often as she wants (always morning and night and sometimes in the middle of the day.) You'd never know by looking at her that she can eat a whole can of food by herself. I'm not sure how much longer she will be with us and I've never dealt with this before. Its hard to see her losing weight and some days I can tell she doesn't feel well. If there comes a time I feel like she is suffering or it is time to let her go, I feel like I will know. Right now she still enjoys getting petting, stretching and sharpening her claws on tree trunks and, surprising as it is, even hunting. I really don't know how old she is, I just guessed she was about a year old when she showed up, but now I think maybe she is older. These days, Cricket pretty much gets whatever she wants to make her happy. I tried the homemade food with her, but she won't eat it and I just want her to eat whatever she will now.