When Emily’s vet noticed an abnormality with her 16-year-old cat Bella’s liver, her immediate concern — like it would be for all animal owners — was with keeping her pet alive.
“You kind of go into A&E mode of ‘right, she’s gravely ill, what can we do to save her’,” says the writer and mother-of-two, 41, from north London. “First it was her liver, then they found fluid on her lungs, and then she lost her eyesight. One thing kind of led to another to another — her body was just shutting down.”
