Pali is nearly 22, skeletal and deaf but still agile, eats, uses the box and generally seems ok. We no longer take her to the vet as she hates it and we had stopped shots (she’s indoor only).
About a month ago overnight her face swelled up and she was very lethargic but still ate. We have a home euthanasia vet on call and almost set it up. We gave her some leftover antibiotics and a day later the swelling was gone but she was draining some goo.
We continued the antibiotics for 10 days and she seems to have stopped obviously draining but she smells terrible. We are caving and taking her to the vet tomorrow to see if they can do anything. Would anesthesia kill her? We feel so guilty about this even though we have done all we could to keep her comfortable. We have a litter box in our dining room! We have a bed on the kitchen table and that’s where we feed her. It’s like a hospice around here.
Has anyone else ever felt so conflicted?
About a month ago overnight her face swelled up and she was very lethargic but still ate. We have a home euthanasia vet on call and almost set it up. We gave her some leftover antibiotics and a day later the swelling was gone but she was draining some goo.
We continued the antibiotics for 10 days and she seems to have stopped obviously draining but she smells terrible. We are caving and taking her to the vet tomorrow to see if they can do anything. Would anesthesia kill her? We feel so guilty about this even though we have done all we could to keep her comfortable. We have a litter box in our dining room! We have a bed on the kitchen table and that’s where we feed her. It’s like a hospice around here.
Has anyone else ever felt so conflicted?