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My first thread in this area.
My floey will be missed. I have to type out her story.
She was a stray cat. who a police officer picked up in Manchester NH on Elm street and brought her to the local shelter. She was at the shelter for 2 weeks.
They didn't know how old she was. I didn't ask if she had kittens. I think she did. She always had a hanging belly. They think she was 2 or 4 years old. 10 lbs. beautiful maine coon mix. I cant remember what year I adopted her. It was either 2001 or 2002. the same month she passed away.
Floey was aged 17 to 18. She was a normal size cat until I adopted more cats. then she got to be 15 pounds at one point.
Last summer she had higher levels of kidney issues so we started pushing wet food diet. she was 13.8 lbs. by this winter she was 12.8 which I didn't think anything of. This was July 10gh. by July 17 she was 11.8. it was a Tuesday and we saw the vet we were familiar with. She was not eating. She stopped eating her slurry wet food all June. I just figured it was the heat. She ate kibble and licked at tuna.
Then she stopped eating for a few days..hence the july 10 appointment. nothing showed up. her kidney values improved. BUN went down. Creatine too. They thought she had a virus and wasn't smelling her food. Gave her a shot of Pepcid and sent her home..we limped through the 9 days or so and she didn't eat as much.
Back to vet on tuesd and her weight dropped a pound. I knew in my heart it was time. I could tell how she was acting that she was tired and ill.
But we continued fluids and meds. then 24 hours she ate and I thought it was done.
then thur she stopped eating again. back to the vets. this time they did pain meds fluids Pepcid n Cerenia..she somewhat ate. not as good. I convinced them to sell me fluids and a setup. so Friday night I gave her more fluids. I ordered meds online. they sent us home with transdermal meds-which honestly don't even bother. I don't think they did a lick of a good. so now no injectable Pepcid and she wont eat.
then I call vet on sat. she got a checkout and they said she is fine. said to use the transdermal Pepcid. we tried to pill her. I couldn't get her to open her mouth. Then on Monday I took her back because she was breathing funny when I tried to give her the appetite stimulant-she was having a panic attack and drooling. She looked horrible and I told my bboyfriend to prepare for the end because its now been a week and I couldn't get her eating on her own. She would not tolerate syringe feeding. She bit me a few times and just was not working. She wanted things on her terms so I just kept giving her fluids and meds around the clock but they refused to send home pain meds. So that Monday when we went back in they gave her a longer acting shot for pain.
They also pilled her with mirtazapine. I still regret doing this. she didn't sleep again after this point. So now I tried to get an ultrasound done and they were booked out 10 days. So I called a place in mass that was recommended by my friend and they took her in the next day which was Thursday.
My girl travels well. She used to love car rides but now that she had been to the vets 6 times she no longer enjoyed riding. So it was an hour and half one way and she slept the entire way. She didn't like it when we hit the bumps on route 495.
The staff and vets office was spotless and I really liked the vet. He did a fabulous job looking her over. I had hoped it was dental issues as her breathe stunk. Nope. Nothing wrong with her mouth.
Then they did bloodwork. and she had to sit at the edge of the table and hang her paws over-they got the blood without any issues. she growled but its what she always did.
then we did the ultrasound where she had to lay on her back on a wedge shaped thingy. She didn't like it but relaxed when we were not poking at her.
This was my third time seeing an ultrasound and I kind of knew what to look for but not really.
The sad reality is my girl had several issues going on. The most obvious was some kind of tumor fully engulfing the right kidney-he said the kidney looked like an orange on the ultrasound. and its not supposed to look like this. then he saw smaller tumors in the surrounding tissues. the large and small intestine and a few blockages. Which would explain the occasional vomiting and non eating. then there was something weird in one of the small intestines. He couldn't tell if it was thickening of the area or? So then the organs all had issues with them except the gallbladder. That was the only thing that looked normal he said.
I assumed it was pancreatitis as she was extremely painful on her chest/stomach. well we decided to Euthanize her asap.
I took her home and they gave her a shot of steroids to keep her comfortable for 24 to 48 hours. So when we got her home I told the boyfriend that its time. He said that she was comfortable and to leave her alone. I said no she is in pain. So we didn't agree on how much pain she was in but I think he gets it now. She got more dehydrated the morning of Friday. I didn't do sub fluids as she was drinking tons of water and I assumed she would be ok for the final journey. He didn't want to let her go but said its my cat you do what you need to do.
So that night she never slept and stared out the window. She got more pain meds and her anti nausea and other meds. She kept running up to me each time I needed to use the bathroom and rub against me. I didn't know what was wrong but figured that she was getting more and more uncomfortable. she had her pain purr. So the morning I decided it was time.
I called and made the appointment. it was hard all morning as I layed with her petting her and her purring away. I didn't want to kill her but I knew it was what I needed to do. She didn't want to give up but I could see her pain stare as she looked at me.
The passing was peaceful and she didn't make it past the first shot. they do 2 here. one for relaxation then the final. she stopped breathing 10 seconds after the relaxing one was given. They didn't come back for about 15 minutes. I didn't know if they were just busy or just wanted me to have time with her alone. It was oddly peaceful. She looked to be asleep and every now and then took a breathe but no where normal breathing. I layed her down on the table and stared into her eyes petting her. Telling her to let go and she was loved. They came back and couldn't get a vein in the leg so tried the front paw. it was over in seconds. I think she was already gone the prior day after the steroid shot. Her personality changed and she was different. I knew then that all that was was over. I had tried to prepare myself the best I could.
She is gone and no longer in pain. I know it was her time. We took her home and buried her in the yard. I think I made a mistake rushing this. but I just didn't want to let it lag out all day. We held her before we laid her to rest. It was very sad and very very hard to allow her to go back to the earth where she was born from. We cried and hugged each other. My heart is still broken but I know there's nothing I can do about it now.
My floey will be missed. I have to type out her story.
She was a stray cat. who a police officer picked up in Manchester NH on Elm street and brought her to the local shelter. She was at the shelter for 2 weeks.
They didn't know how old she was. I didn't ask if she had kittens. I think she did. She always had a hanging belly. They think she was 2 or 4 years old. 10 lbs. beautiful maine coon mix. I cant remember what year I adopted her. It was either 2001 or 2002. the same month she passed away.
Floey was aged 17 to 18. She was a normal size cat until I adopted more cats. then she got to be 15 pounds at one point.
Last summer she had higher levels of kidney issues so we started pushing wet food diet. she was 13.8 lbs. by this winter she was 12.8 which I didn't think anything of. This was July 10gh. by July 17 she was 11.8. it was a Tuesday and we saw the vet we were familiar with. She was not eating. She stopped eating her slurry wet food all June. I just figured it was the heat. She ate kibble and licked at tuna.
Then she stopped eating for a few days..hence the july 10 appointment. nothing showed up. her kidney values improved. BUN went down. Creatine too. They thought she had a virus and wasn't smelling her food. Gave her a shot of Pepcid and sent her home..we limped through the 9 days or so and she didn't eat as much.
Back to vet on tuesd and her weight dropped a pound. I knew in my heart it was time. I could tell how she was acting that she was tired and ill.
But we continued fluids and meds. then 24 hours she ate and I thought it was done.
then thur she stopped eating again. back to the vets. this time they did pain meds fluids Pepcid n Cerenia..she somewhat ate. not as good. I convinced them to sell me fluids and a setup. so Friday night I gave her more fluids. I ordered meds online. they sent us home with transdermal meds-which honestly don't even bother. I don't think they did a lick of a good. so now no injectable Pepcid and she wont eat.
then I call vet on sat. she got a checkout and they said she is fine. said to use the transdermal Pepcid. we tried to pill her. I couldn't get her to open her mouth. Then on Monday I took her back because she was breathing funny when I tried to give her the appetite stimulant-she was having a panic attack and drooling. She looked horrible and I told my bboyfriend to prepare for the end because its now been a week and I couldn't get her eating on her own. She would not tolerate syringe feeding. She bit me a few times and just was not working. She wanted things on her terms so I just kept giving her fluids and meds around the clock but they refused to send home pain meds. So that Monday when we went back in they gave her a longer acting shot for pain.
They also pilled her with mirtazapine. I still regret doing this. she didn't sleep again after this point. So now I tried to get an ultrasound done and they were booked out 10 days. So I called a place in mass that was recommended by my friend and they took her in the next day which was Thursday.
My girl travels well. She used to love car rides but now that she had been to the vets 6 times she no longer enjoyed riding. So it was an hour and half one way and she slept the entire way. She didn't like it when we hit the bumps on route 495.
The staff and vets office was spotless and I really liked the vet. He did a fabulous job looking her over. I had hoped it was dental issues as her breathe stunk. Nope. Nothing wrong with her mouth.
Then they did bloodwork. and she had to sit at the edge of the table and hang her paws over-they got the blood without any issues. she growled but its what she always did.
then we did the ultrasound where she had to lay on her back on a wedge shaped thingy. She didn't like it but relaxed when we were not poking at her.
This was my third time seeing an ultrasound and I kind of knew what to look for but not really.
The sad reality is my girl had several issues going on. The most obvious was some kind of tumor fully engulfing the right kidney-he said the kidney looked like an orange on the ultrasound. and its not supposed to look like this. then he saw smaller tumors in the surrounding tissues. the large and small intestine and a few blockages. Which would explain the occasional vomiting and non eating. then there was something weird in one of the small intestines. He couldn't tell if it was thickening of the area or? So then the organs all had issues with them except the gallbladder. That was the only thing that looked normal he said.
I assumed it was pancreatitis as she was extremely painful on her chest/stomach. well we decided to Euthanize her asap.
I took her home and they gave her a shot of steroids to keep her comfortable for 24 to 48 hours. So when we got her home I told the boyfriend that its time. He said that she was comfortable and to leave her alone. I said no she is in pain. So we didn't agree on how much pain she was in but I think he gets it now. She got more dehydrated the morning of Friday. I didn't do sub fluids as she was drinking tons of water and I assumed she would be ok for the final journey. He didn't want to let her go but said its my cat you do what you need to do.
So that night she never slept and stared out the window. She got more pain meds and her anti nausea and other meds. She kept running up to me each time I needed to use the bathroom and rub against me. I didn't know what was wrong but figured that she was getting more and more uncomfortable. she had her pain purr. So the morning I decided it was time.
I called and made the appointment. it was hard all morning as I layed with her petting her and her purring away. I didn't want to kill her but I knew it was what I needed to do. She didn't want to give up but I could see her pain stare as she looked at me.
The passing was peaceful and she didn't make it past the first shot. they do 2 here. one for relaxation then the final. she stopped breathing 10 seconds after the relaxing one was given. They didn't come back for about 15 minutes. I didn't know if they were just busy or just wanted me to have time with her alone. It was oddly peaceful. She looked to be asleep and every now and then took a breathe but no where normal breathing. I layed her down on the table and stared into her eyes petting her. Telling her to let go and she was loved. They came back and couldn't get a vein in the leg so tried the front paw. it was over in seconds. I think she was already gone the prior day after the steroid shot. Her personality changed and she was different. I knew then that all that was was over. I had tried to prepare myself the best I could.
She is gone and no longer in pain. I know it was her time. We took her home and buried her in the yard. I think I made a mistake rushing this. but I just didn't want to let it lag out all day. We held her before we laid her to rest. It was very sad and very very hard to allow her to go back to the earth where she was born from. We cried and hugged each other. My heart is still broken but I know there's nothing I can do about it now.
