About a month ago kitty was diagnosed with Hyperthroidism. I should've taken her to the vet sooner, perhaps months sooner. She had lost a lot of weight, was walking a bit odd, and seemed a bit scruffy. We did a relatively low dose of medication (felimazole) for 3 weeks. Her T4 counts went down but she was still hyperT. And she is worse now. She weighs under 6 lbs, is very weak, very scruffy. Her latest blood work suggests she might be reacting badly to the medication. (I'm currently in discussions with the vet about that.)
If she is in fact reacting badly to the medication, the last option for her is the Radioiodine treatment. But I have a hard time justifying the cost and she may not even be healthy enough for that. My husband and I make good salaries but I'm already in debt. Part of me says its not that big of a deal to add on another $1000 or so of debt. But honestly, I'm not sure what the point of that would be except to ease my conscience. She has had a heart condition for years and for which I decided not to medicate. And since having my children (the last one 5 years ago) my kitties have really become second class citizens in our home. They get little attention from me. So, I feel guilty already.
She's dying. I see it. The vet sees it. He calls her condition "guarded" and they didn't even want to schedule a follow up visit for 2 weeks from now - probably assuming she was going to get worse instead of better. But she may be getting a tiny bit better, slowly. She pretty much stopped eating on Thursday but has eaten a little bit more eat day. This morning was the first morning in 5 days that she anxiously went to the food I put out. So maybe I thinking prematurely about letting her go. The wait and see approach is quickly adding up in terms of expenses for vet appointments and blood work.
Perhaps my conversation with the vet tomorrow will help give me a clearer path. Up to this point, I haven't had the nerve to ask the vet about just putting her down.
I don't know what I'm asking for here. But thanks for reading.
If she is in fact reacting badly to the medication, the last option for her is the Radioiodine treatment. But I have a hard time justifying the cost and she may not even be healthy enough for that. My husband and I make good salaries but I'm already in debt. Part of me says its not that big of a deal to add on another $1000 or so of debt. But honestly, I'm not sure what the point of that would be except to ease my conscience. She has had a heart condition for years and for which I decided not to medicate. And since having my children (the last one 5 years ago) my kitties have really become second class citizens in our home. They get little attention from me. So, I feel guilty already.
She's dying. I see it. The vet sees it. He calls her condition "guarded" and they didn't even want to schedule a follow up visit for 2 weeks from now - probably assuming she was going to get worse instead of better. But she may be getting a tiny bit better, slowly. She pretty much stopped eating on Thursday but has eaten a little bit more eat day. This morning was the first morning in 5 days that she anxiously went to the food I put out. So maybe I thinking prematurely about letting her go. The wait and see approach is quickly adding up in terms of expenses for vet appointments and blood work.
Perhaps my conversation with the vet tomorrow will help give me a clearer path. Up to this point, I haven't had the nerve to ask the vet about just putting her down.
I don't know what I'm asking for here. But thanks for reading.