Manalto wrote: I'm particularly interested in this topic because I had my eye on an overpriced monitor-top GE fridge in really nice condition. The seller's friend says he cares who it goes to and claims that when the right person comes along, he'll drop the price.
I sympathize too with your situation with your cat. Our pets are the innocents among us; it's painful to see them suffer.
Robert Crumb has drawn a few comics about his love of vintage appliances, and the desperate lengths he and his wife went to in acquiring/replacing them. In particular there was a strip about the death of their monitor top fridge, but they spotted a discarded one that was identical sitting outside in a bad part of town. I think this was in a book that was a compendium of his work ? His appliance lust may have changed since they relocated to the south of France, though ? Though a country with 400 year old habitable houses must have some appliance repair personnel who would fix a 60 year old fridge, you'd think ?
What is the most frustrating to me is that vintage appliances are infinitely repairable - by a person who knows how. I don't know how, and there is no school to go to, to learn how. There are forums, online, but I have no experience or skills, and I am very leery of electrical anything, so I'm not willing to jump in with a voltage meter, screw driver and blind faith.
Yes, the old gal and her troubles are worrisome. The vet seems sensible with a moderate approach. It may be a constellation of old cat troubles ie virus + dehydration + constipation + bad tooth, which are separate issues, or it may be something more grave. She may bounce back from supportive care, or the improvement may be temporary if cancer has the on switch, and the slippery slope has begun. So far, so good, cross your fingers.