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My kitty is 17 now. Although she is still around, I have to face the reality of the fact that she won't be for long. I had quite a scare yesterday! I still remember, at age 7, picking her out when she was about 2 weeks old from my friend down the street. She has had her share of health problems lately, from not going to the bathroom (she now gets medicine every day), to her worsening arthritis in…