Our cat has just been run over :(
22 May 2009, 07:09 PM
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Well I went to the vet and she said that he has luekemia and has had this for a while. He has anemia which means his red blood cells are breaking down. This is what is slowing the recovery from the two teeth he had out on Monday (inflamed jaw/gum so had to come out) I think the two diseases have come hand in hand.
He looked terrible this morning but drank well at home. I took him in and they've had him on a drip and with fluids in he looks better.
Anyway, I asked the vet if there was anything they could do and she said since our conversation at lunchtime she felt it might be an idea to give him a huge dose of steroids to re-start his immune system and get the red cell count up.
We agreed I'd go back at 4pm tomorrow and if no change then I would agree to put him to sleep. However, I've looked at a few cat forums and they seem to suggest that other cats in his position have pulled through this. Now my dilema is prolonging the enevitable (some cats last a good couple of years) or making the decision now. I'm thinking 24 hours isn't enough. I also don't want to go there and say "Well I read on the internet and you should be doing this this and this" if you know what I mean. I'm quite prepared to make the decision but I don't want to be too hasty (even the vet said it might be too hasty to give up on him now) but in the end its my decision.
A pic of my boy. He loved sitting on the roof of the Jeep and surveying his "patch"
He looked terrible this morning but drank well at home. I took him in and they've had him on a drip and with fluids in he looks better.
Anyway, I asked the vet if there was anything they could do and she said since our conversation at lunchtime she felt it might be an idea to give him a huge dose of steroids to re-start his immune system and get the red cell count up.
We agreed I'd go back at 4pm tomorrow and if no change then I would agree to put him to sleep. However, I've looked at a few cat forums and they seem to suggest that other cats in his position have pulled through this. Now my dilema is prolonging the enevitable (some cats last a good couple of years) or making the decision now. I'm thinking 24 hours isn't enough. I also don't want to go there and say "Well I read on the internet and you should be doing this this and this" if you know what I mean. I'm quite prepared to make the decision but I don't want to be too hasty (even the vet said it might be too hasty to give up on him now) but in the end its my decision.
A pic of my boy. He loved sitting on the roof of the Jeep and surveying his "patch"
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22 May 2009, 07:16 PM
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Well I went to the vet and she said that he has luekemia and has had this for a while. He has anemia which means his red blood cells are breaking down. This is what is slowing the recovery from the two teeth he had out on Monday (inflamed jaw/gum so had to come out) I think the two diseases have come hand in hand.
He looked terrible this morning but drank well at home. I took him in and they've had him on a drip and with fluids in he looks better.
Anyway, I asked the vet if there was anything they could do and she said since our conversation at lunchtime she felt it might be an idea to give him a huge dose of steroids to re-start his immune system and get the red cell count up.
We agreed I'd go back at 4pm tomorrow and if no change then I would agree to put him to sleep. However, I've looked at a few cat forums and they seem to suggest that other cats in his position have pulled through this. Now my dilema is prolonging the enevitable (some cats last a good couple of years) or making the decision now. I'm thinking 24 hours isn't enough. I also don't want to go there and say "Well I read on the internet and you should be doing this this and this" if you know what I mean. I'm quite prepared to make the decision but I don't want to be too hasty (even the vet said it might be too hasty to give up on him now) but in the end its my decision.
A pic of my boy. He loved sitting on the roof of the Jeep and surveying his "patch"
He looked terrible this morning but drank well at home. I took him in and they've had him on a drip and with fluids in he looks better.
Anyway, I asked the vet if there was anything they could do and she said since our conversation at lunchtime she felt it might be an idea to give him a huge dose of steroids to re-start his immune system and get the red cell count up.
We agreed I'd go back at 4pm tomorrow and if no change then I would agree to put him to sleep. However, I've looked at a few cat forums and they seem to suggest that other cats in his position have pulled through this. Now my dilema is prolonging the enevitable (some cats last a good couple of years) or making the decision now. I'm thinking 24 hours isn't enough. I also don't want to go there and say "Well I read on the internet and you should be doing this this and this" if you know what I mean. I'm quite prepared to make the decision but I don't want to be too hasty (even the vet said it might be too hasty to give up on him now) but in the end its my decision.
A pic of my boy. He loved sitting on the roof of the Jeep and surveying his "patch"
such a terrible decision to have to make, but I'd rather wait a week on the hope of a cure than give up now.. I know if it was me suffering a week would be **** all compared to death ..Good luck
22 May 2009, 07:36 PM
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Ive just read all this thread as Ive been putting it off since you started it.....hate anything happening to pets.
Its great news that your cat pulled through.....if anything ever happened to my dog Sarah and I would be devastated!!
Its great news that your cat pulled through.....if anything ever happened to my dog Sarah and I would be devastated!!
22 May 2009, 08:58 PM
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Anyway I am glad you read it all the way through and it has been a right ordeal but he seems to be doing fine (in fact I came home to find him yet again occupying MY seat
) so it seems he is getting back to his old tricks 
22 May 2009, 09:05 PM
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Very similar to our first cat who, unfortunately , was not so lucky with our road
Anyway I think you need to give the man as big as chance as possible unless it gets to the point that he is suffering. When we were given the options with Charlie and it was pretty doom and gloom at the time, the vet was very practical and factual. I hated him for it but in hindsight he was just being honest. I felt sick and as the options were given to us, I said no way was I going to give up on him and if there was the slimmest fecking chance he would pull through, then by heck I was going to give it to him. I knew that if he suffered then we would have to let him go, but in this case we were right in letting him battle because he rewarded us with this.
So my rambling point is, yes its a tough decision to make, but as far as I am concerned, give the little man as much hope as possible
23 May 2009, 11:22 AM
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Well I went to the vet and she said that he has luekemia and has had this for a while. He has anemia which means his red blood cells are breaking down. This is what is slowing the recovery from the two teeth he had out on Monday (inflamed jaw/gum so had to come out) I think the two diseases have come hand in hand.
He looked terrible this morning but drank well at home. I took him in and they've had him on a drip and with fluids in he looks better.
Anyway, I asked the vet if there was anything they could do and she said since our conversation at lunchtime she felt it might be an idea to give him a huge dose of steroids to re-start his immune system and get the red cell count up.
We agreed I'd go back at 4pm tomorrow and if no change then I would agree to put him to sleep. However, I've looked at a few cat forums and they seem to suggest that other cats in his position have pulled through this. Now my dilema is prolonging the enevitable (some cats last a good couple of years) or making the decision now. I'm thinking 24 hours isn't enough. I also don't want to go there and say "Well I read on the internet and you should be doing this this and this" if you know what I mean. I'm quite prepared to make the decision but I don't want to be too hasty (even the vet said it might be too hasty to give up on him now) but in the end its my decision.
A pic of my boy. He loved sitting on the roof of the Jeep and surveying his "patch"
He looked terrible this morning but drank well at home. I took him in and they've had him on a drip and with fluids in he looks better.
Anyway, I asked the vet if there was anything they could do and she said since our conversation at lunchtime she felt it might be an idea to give him a huge dose of steroids to re-start his immune system and get the red cell count up.
We agreed I'd go back at 4pm tomorrow and if no change then I would agree to put him to sleep. However, I've looked at a few cat forums and they seem to suggest that other cats in his position have pulled through this. Now my dilema is prolonging the enevitable (some cats last a good couple of years) or making the decision now. I'm thinking 24 hours isn't enough. I also don't want to go there and say "Well I read on the internet and you should be doing this this and this" if you know what I mean. I'm quite prepared to make the decision but I don't want to be too hasty (even the vet said it might be too hasty to give up on him now) but in the end its my decision.
A pic of my boy. He loved sitting on the roof of the Jeep and surveying his "patch"
I am very sorry to hear about those problems, I hope the steroids do the trick and he pulls through.
I have not had to have a pet put down yet and i don't see how I could ever bring myself to do it.
Good luck to him anyway.
Les
23 May 2009, 07:13 PM
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Thanks so much for the supprt but after seeing him this lunchtime he'd gone down hill overnight. His breathing had become laboured and he looked worse than ever. The steroids hadn't made any impact on him. He wouldn't look up and you could see he was in lots of pain even with the pain killers.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
23 May 2009, 07:26 PM
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Thanks so much for the supprt but after seeing him this lunchtime he'd gone down hill overnight. His breathing had become laboured and he looked worse than ever. The steroids hadn't made any impact on him. He wouldn't look up and you could see he was in lots of pain even with the pain killers.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
So sad to hear your news mate, you done the right thing though as he aint suffering now, dunno what else to say really, sorry
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Sorry to hear your sad news Ed, I know it is a terrible decision to have to make but he is in a happier place now and no longer in pain.
He was a handsome boy
He was a handsome boy
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Thanks so much for the supprt but after seeing him this lunchtime he'd gone down hill overnight. His breathing had become laboured and he looked worse than ever. The steroids hadn't made any impact on him. He wouldn't look up and you could see he was in lots of pain even with the pain killers.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
Having "owned" around 50 cats in my younger years, I can relate.
23 May 2009, 10:53 PM
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Its always sad when a pet has to be put to sleep. But I think you made the right decision as it would not have been fair to allow him to be in such pain.
He was indeed a very stunning cat.
He was indeed a very stunning cat.
23 May 2009, 11:53 PM
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So sorry Ed
I know it is no consolation, but we all think you did the right thing as there is nothing worse watching your pet suffer when the only option is to let them go. It would have eaten away at you if you had let it carry on and though you tried your best, it obviously was the right thing to do.
I hope that you have some good memories of him and best to remember him as he was.
It is a both a blessing and a curse how our fluffy/hairy companions can have such an impact on us and I still now, remember fondly, our dogs from years ago that we had to let go.
Thoughts with you Ed....
24 May 2009, 01:10 AM
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So sorry to hear...
We've 4, the mother and the 3 kittens we kept of the litter and I really, really couldn't imagine what I'd do if something happened to one of them... I'd be devastated- they are such lovely animals - my sympathies are with you. It sounds like you did the right thing, as painful (as I can only imagine) it being...
We've 4, the mother and the 3 kittens we kept of the litter and I really, really couldn't imagine what I'd do if something happened to one of them... I'd be devastated- they are such lovely animals - my sympathies are with you. It sounds like you did the right thing, as painful (as I can only imagine) it being...
24 May 2009, 11:03 AM
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Thanks so much for the supprt but after seeing him this lunchtime he'd gone down hill overnight. His breathing had become laboured and he looked worse than ever. The steroids hadn't made any impact on him. He wouldn't look up and you could see he was in lots of pain even with the pain killers.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
The vet did say it was up to me and she would carry on treating him but I had to think why put him through continued suffering and I felt it wasn't fair. I also didn't want his last few days curled up in a corner of the vets kennels in obvious distress. I agreed to have him put to sleep and stayed with him all the time. It was terrible to watch but I couldn't leave him.
I sat in my car and cried and cried. I've never actually heard myself really cry since being adult.
We lost both our earlier cats due to natural causes after we had owned them for many years. It made me feel exactly the same as you with the same effects.
We found after a while, the answer was to get another cat, and we have never regretted doing that.
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27 May 2009, 02:40 PM
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Just wanted to see how things were Edd ? Hope you are coping with the little man's absence okay
Charlie is doing well and every day he seems to be getting stronger. His eyes are still a problem in the bright sunlight we have had but his appetite shows no sign of abating and he is now looking at my ankles and hands as potential victims for his teeth
Charlie is doing well and every day he seems to be getting stronger. His eyes are still a problem in the bright sunlight we have had but his appetite shows no sign of abating and he is now looking at my ankles and hands as potential victims for his teeth
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oh, Ed. That's just had me in floods of tears. Am so sorry. I have two cats and have lost two. It's terrible.
Swiss, great news about Charlie
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Swiss, great news about Charlie
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