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how to decide if its your cats time.
My cat callie has feline leukemia. Shes been to the vet twice in a month to get her stomach drained. She doesnt move around. Unless I put her food in front of her she doesnt eat. She stopped using the litter pan. She doesnt meow anymore. She never respond to when i call her, not even an ear twitch.
I think it might be time to put her to rest, which is the hardest decision ever. I have an appointment with my vet monday to ask if we should be considering this. I really think we should. I feel like shes just miserable. I dont want to be selfish and keep her alive just for me. I love her soo much and dont know what to do.
How do I decide? :-(
I think it might be time to put her to rest, which is the hardest decision ever. I have an appointment with my vet monday to ask if we should be considering this. I really think we should. I feel like shes just miserable. I dont want to be selfish and keep her alive just for me. I love her soo much and dont know what to do.
How do I decide? :-(
Thank you for telling the tale of your kitty.
Our Cammie (Nov 1982 - Mar 2004) was a fighter to the end, but her body just finally betrayed her spirit.
She'd had a minor stroke and was responding to the enzyme treatment Doc Knilans prescribed. One day I received a call at work and my boss who understood the Bond between Human and Companion, said go home.
When I got there Cammie was in my wife's lap, she stayed there and ate while I held her head up.
When we brought her to the Doc's, she tried sitting up, but was very unsteady, dignity intact, though.
As he had with our little friend Cerridwen (Dec 1983 - Apr 2000) 3 years before, he explained the procedure, in that really soothing "Bob Ross" voice of his. Cammie didn't even complain when he shaved her arm a little to find a vein.
She did keep her eyes open, even afterward. Doc "Superglued" her eyes shut.
Cammie's twin sister, Victoria (Nov 1982 - May 2000) passed in her sleep. Doc said it was a heart attack, but she looked she had fallen asleep.
The only one of our kitties I still feel we made a wrong decision on was April Dancer (Apr 1986 - Oct 1992). We authorized the vet in Ohio to sedate her for a flea dip and she had an anaphylactic reaction to the medication severe enough that it slew her. Cried harder for our little gremlin (never more than 6#) than any animal or person before that, and many since.
It is our duty to care for them, make these life or death decisions...duty strongly creates negative pressure.
Our Cammie (Nov 1982 - Mar 2004) was a fighter to the end, but her body just finally betrayed her spirit.
She'd had a minor stroke and was responding to the enzyme treatment Doc Knilans prescribed. One day I received a call at work and my boss who understood the Bond between Human and Companion, said go home.
When I got there Cammie was in my wife's lap, she stayed there and ate while I held her head up.
When we brought her to the Doc's, she tried sitting up, but was very unsteady, dignity intact, though.
As he had with our little friend Cerridwen (Dec 1983 - Apr 2000) 3 years before, he explained the procedure, in that really soothing "Bob Ross" voice of his. Cammie didn't even complain when he shaved her arm a little to find a vein.
She did keep her eyes open, even afterward. Doc "Superglued" her eyes shut.
Cammie's twin sister, Victoria (Nov 1982 - May 2000) passed in her sleep. Doc said it was a heart attack, but she looked she had fallen asleep.
The only one of our kitties I still feel we made a wrong decision on was April Dancer (Apr 1986 - Oct 1992). We authorized the vet in Ohio to sedate her for a flea dip and she had an anaphylactic reaction to the medication severe enough that it slew her. Cried harder for our little gremlin (never more than 6#) than any animal or person before that, and many since.
It is our duty to care for them, make these life or death decisions...duty strongly creates negative pressure.
i think they knew how hard this was on my partner and i explained to them on the phone how he felt she was fine. i knew she wasnt. they knew it. we all could see how miserable she was. she was one determined little kitty. i may have been able to keep her alive if i gave her the medicines but at this point=the past week and half she was weak. i was afraid i would hurt her restraining her then have her retch from the medicines like she was so i decided against my partners wishes to end the medicines and let nature do its thing. sometimes its more stress on them to force them to do or eat things they dont want. and with the energy levels in crisis, i felt it more humane to leave her alone than to struggle holding her and her wasting what little energy she had left on the steriods...i felt the steriods made her kidneys fail quicker. after that last dose she drank tons of water peed tons for a week..i knew i made the right choice.
sometimes medicating them only prolongs the inevitiable but some people can do it. i couldnt. i chose to let her go. she didnt want to go. she walked in the woods daily and some days she let me carry her all over the woods purring in my arms swishy her bushy tail. she was truly happier outside than in the house.
it broke my heart to put her down but i knew it was the last loving thing i could do for her even if my partner was angry at me. i dont think he realized how much she suffered..i even went into detail of what will happen. at this point i was more angry at him than sad at loosing my best friend. i didnt want to watch her pant and froth at the mouth then have seizures...i couldnt wouldnt let her suffer that way.
we lost a cat 4 yrs ago like this=i didnt know she was suffering until i read alot of material on end of life and what happens. i should have put her down when we were at the vets. but she died an hour later. so i think they already injected her with the sedative and let us bring her home. it was more tramatic for me to watch her gasp for breathe and bleed out of her nose and mouth. i couldnt do this again.
i pray my partner understands now how hard this was on me and i hope i help you people out there make that hard decision. no one wants to suffer or watch an animal suffer its last hours. i know deep inside i did the right thing. even if my partner is angry. he is sure stronger than me to tolerate watching animal die. i thought it was very peaceful the way this kitty 2 days ago died...in my arms with assistance. they did sedatte her...at that point she put her head on my hand and gazed into my eyes with love and sorrow. i think she knew it was the end. even if i didnt want to let her go...once the last shot was done it was over in seconds...goes to show me how bad she really was..her little system hung on when she should have died...she knew how hard it was on my partner-i think she was comfortable being lethergic around me but when he came around she bounded up like nothing...this is truely a selfless kitty. to preserve her energy for her papa because she knew how hard it would be for him to let her go...i alreayd was prepared to let her go. i knew what was coming. i saw all the clinical signs...i didnt want her to seizure in the end.
she was buried in the woods where she loved to be. we put a little pine tree over her grave. she will have the tree to keep her company. boy i hate this. this ***** balls big time. hang in there folsk...at least we all know we are not alone in our pain and sorrow.
i know i will cry for awhile because i am angry at myself. i wanted to do what he wanted but i wasnt strong enough to endure anymore. she was diagnosed sept 24 non regenetive anemai. more likely bone marrow disease based on the chemical anaylsis., protein levels sky high and tests came back saying inflamation in the cells so we dont know if she had fiv or fip or aids. we know that something was destroying life giving cells. i let her live 3 more weeks with a blood transfusion. i almost wish i put her down in sept. if i didnt have my partner i would have done it the next day.
but we always have others in our lives we try to do the best for all. this was the best i could do. i was tired so was she. it was time to let go.
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sometimes medicating them only prolongs the inevitiable but some people can do it. i couldnt. i chose to let her go. she didnt want to go. she walked in the woods daily and some days she let me carry her all over the woods purring in my arms swishy her bushy tail. she was truly happier outside than in the house.
it broke my heart to put her down but i knew it was the last loving thing i could do for her even if my partner was angry at me. i dont think he realized how much she suffered..i even went into detail of what will happen. at this point i was more angry at him than sad at loosing my best friend. i didnt want to watch her pant and froth at the mouth then have seizures...i couldnt wouldnt let her suffer that way.
we lost a cat 4 yrs ago like this=i didnt know she was suffering until i read alot of material on end of life and what happens. i should have put her down when we were at the vets. but she died an hour later. so i think they already injected her with the sedative and let us bring her home. it was more tramatic for me to watch her gasp for breathe and bleed out of her nose and mouth. i couldnt do this again.
i pray my partner understands now how hard this was on me and i hope i help you people out there make that hard decision. no one wants to suffer or watch an animal suffer its last hours. i know deep inside i did the right thing. even if my partner is angry. he is sure stronger than me to tolerate watching animal die. i thought it was very peaceful the way this kitty 2 days ago died...in my arms with assistance. they did sedatte her...at that point she put her head on my hand and gazed into my eyes with love and sorrow. i think she knew it was the end. even if i didnt want to let her go...once the last shot was done it was over in seconds...goes to show me how bad she really was..her little system hung on when she should have died...she knew how hard it was on my partner-i think she was comfortable being lethergic around me but when he came around she bounded up like nothing...this is truely a selfless kitty. to preserve her energy for her papa because she knew how hard it would be for him to let her go...i alreayd was prepared to let her go. i knew what was coming. i saw all the clinical signs...i didnt want her to seizure in the end.
she was buried in the woods where she loved to be. we put a little pine tree over her grave. she will have the tree to keep her company. boy i hate this. this ***** balls big time. hang in there folsk...at least we all know we are not alone in our pain and sorrow.
i know i will cry for awhile because i am angry at myself. i wanted to do what he wanted but i wasnt strong enough to endure anymore. she was diagnosed sept 24 non regenetive anemai. more likely bone marrow disease based on the chemical anaylsis., protein levels sky high and tests came back saying inflamation in the cells so we dont know if she had fiv or fip or aids. we know that something was destroying life giving cells. i let her live 3 more weeks with a blood transfusion. i almost wish i put her down in sept. if i didnt have my partner i would have done it the next day.
but we always have others in our lives we try to do the best for all. this was the best i could do. i was tired so was she. it was time to let go.
t
hi there =i thought maybe my story will help you and others make the decision..heres my story of flash who was only 4. i got her in 2009-was fine until 3 weeks go..
i just put my cat down due to bad anemia. her blood levels were danderously low..so bad the proteins in her blood were higher than her blood levels. how she was living is beyond me. my partner wanted her to die on her own-i couldnt do it. she looked in my eyes and i saw what all you see=please help she cried. she was weak and tired. she spent her last day outside. she jumped out of my arms that morning when i put her back in the house. i knew it was to be her last day. the weather called for rain so i built her a dog house. she spent the day there. despite how sick she was i knew this is how she wanted it to be. i left for work crying all day worrying she will be in crisis when i came home. she was pretty close.
when i got home from work her eyes were dialted and she was cold. i told her see thats why you should be indoors..i got her inside and she collapsed..her little arms out in front of her. never ever have i seen her do this. i looked in her eyes one more time. i made the call to the vets. it was time. then the partner came home-she jumped up on the counter and ate...all the way to the vets she groomed herself and was purring. little did she know i was horrible to not be returning her home alive. the partner said i overreacted. i said no. i saw what you dont see. she started to yellow in her skin 2 days before..i knew it would be hours...so i just wanted to share with people do NOT feel guilty for giving up. you DIDNT give up. you ended their suffering.
the vet told me if we didnt have her put down that night-her oxygen was so low in her blood she would have brain failure seizures and she couldnt go on she was tearing up..she said they have seen pets in worse shape and knew how hard it would be on us. i asked them to run one more test.. the pcr test-blood protein levels...thats when i think they gave her the first shot...she came back to us tired..not at all energetic. before she left the vet room she was all energetic...thats why the partner said it wasnt time. i think it was her last burst of energy for him. thats how much she loved him.
if only they were honest with me. i think they gave her the 1st shot out back when they said they did the test. i dont think they did the test=you could see with your eyes what the test proves...but by then we already had her closer to death with the 1st shot..the sedative they give to quiet them down...when she came back in the room with the cat=the cat was nothing like when she left. i thik this hurts the most. i didnt tell them to do this. but i think they did the right thing. i think they knew how hard this was on my partner and i explained to them on the phone how he felt she was fine. i knew she wasnt. they knew it. we all could see how miserable she was. she was one determined little kitty. part 1-
i just put my cat down due to bad anemia. her blood levels were danderously low..so bad the proteins in her blood were higher than her blood levels. how she was living is beyond me. my partner wanted her to die on her own-i couldnt do it. she looked in my eyes and i saw what all you see=please help she cried. she was weak and tired. she spent her last day outside. she jumped out of my arms that morning when i put her back in the house. i knew it was to be her last day. the weather called for rain so i built her a dog house. she spent the day there. despite how sick she was i knew this is how she wanted it to be. i left for work crying all day worrying she will be in crisis when i came home. she was pretty close.
when i got home from work her eyes were dialted and she was cold. i told her see thats why you should be indoors..i got her inside and she collapsed..her little arms out in front of her. never ever have i seen her do this. i looked in her eyes one more time. i made the call to the vets. it was time. then the partner came home-she jumped up on the counter and ate...all the way to the vets she groomed herself and was purring. little did she know i was horrible to not be returning her home alive. the partner said i overreacted. i said no. i saw what you dont see. she started to yellow in her skin 2 days before..i knew it would be hours...so i just wanted to share with people do NOT feel guilty for giving up. you DIDNT give up. you ended their suffering.
the vet told me if we didnt have her put down that night-her oxygen was so low in her blood she would have brain failure seizures and she couldnt go on she was tearing up..she said they have seen pets in worse shape and knew how hard it would be on us. i asked them to run one more test.. the pcr test-blood protein levels...thats when i think they gave her the first shot...she came back to us tired..not at all energetic. before she left the vet room she was all energetic...thats why the partner said it wasnt time. i think it was her last burst of energy for him. thats how much she loved him.
if only they were honest with me. i think they gave her the 1st shot out back when they said they did the test. i dont think they did the test=you could see with your eyes what the test proves...but by then we already had her closer to death with the 1st shot..the sedative they give to quiet them down...when she came back in the room with the cat=the cat was nothing like when she left. i thik this hurts the most. i didnt tell them to do this. but i think they did the right thing. i think they knew how hard this was on my partner and i explained to them on the phone how he felt she was fine. i knew she wasnt. they knew it. we all could see how miserable she was. she was one determined little kitty. part 1-
We had to make this decision at the beginning of June for our beloved Kessie, she had intestinal lymphoma.
That last weekend we knew, she was no longer comfortable, stopped eating on Saturday (not even people tuna) then stopped drinking on Sunday...she still liked when we brought her out in the yard to sit in the sun on the grass, but she was so weak that the breeze nearly knocked her over when she tried to walk.
It is the hardest act of love you will ever have to do, but it does read like Callie wants that Last Good Sleep.
You will always second guess, but I think you know your girl best, and will do what is best for her.
Gods' Blessing on you and your Callie girl.
That last weekend we knew, she was no longer comfortable, stopped eating on Saturday (not even people tuna) then stopped drinking on Sunday...she still liked when we brought her out in the yard to sit in the sun on the grass, but she was so weak that the breeze nearly knocked her over when she tried to walk.
It is the hardest act of love you will ever have to do, but it does read like Callie wants that Last Good Sleep.
You will always second guess, but I think you know your girl best, and will do what is best for her.
Gods' Blessing on you and your Callie girl.
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