Hello everyone,
It's my first time here so please excuse me if I posted in the wrong forum.
My cat (male, 7 years and 10 months old) passed away on March 15. We had had his company since he was 1 months old. And he had literally slept in the same bed with us for 7 years and 9 months and he was an unreplaceable part of our life. We are trying to accept the fact that he's gone but what has been bothering us is the treatment by the vet and the way how he passed away. He was seriously ill when my husband sent him to the vet, he vomited a few times the night before he's sent to the vet and he couldn't even stand up, usually he was around 4.5kg but he lost 1 kg of weight (sharp weight loss within days, turned out to be dehydration) by the time my husband noticed he was sick. Unfortunately those days I was away and my husband was busy working out of home all day long and the cat wasn't found being sick until it was really serious.
Then he was sent to the vet the next morning and they did some check for him: x-Ray, blood test, urine test etc. then they quickly diagnosed that he had diabetes based on his test results. He was treated with physiological saline solution intravenous and insulin. The vet suggested his situation was getting better after 1 day of treatment, which they called "intensive care": treatment mentioned above and blood sugar check every hour or so... During our visit, the cat looked really weak and wouldn't eat, although he managed to stand up upon seeing me, but promptly dragged back down by the pipe inserted in his foreleg. :'(
Despite everything, the vet made us believe that everything was under their control, so we left him there and went home, (we were not allowed to stay with our cat after 7pm.) which turned out to be the biggest regret in our life.. The next morning, the vet called us at 830am telling us our cat passed away. "Peacefully" that's what they said. And they said the nurse found he was in critical condition between 7-8 am and "tried to resuscitate him" by "giving him oxygen"...
when We arrived there at 10 am, my cat was laying on his side on an operation table, he still felt a little warm but in half hour, he had become completed stiff! Despite all the doubts, we took him home without asking any question. because my husband said he felt really weak that he couldn't even stand on his legs, and he said whatever we did now would not bring him back, so he only wanted to bury him as soon as possible.
After I slightly recovered from the sadness, I started to wonder if he really passed away like they said. I doubted that he was left there alone without anyone around, and died alone at night in a complete strange place (he was a very sensitive cat and always afraid to stay away from home)... And they didn't know it until the next morning someone went to work. Each time when we think about that, it hurts like hell... I suspect the vet tried to let my cat stay there as long as possible so they could make more money out of him, ignoring the fact that he was really dying and there was really not much they could or knew to do to save his life. Had they told us the truth and gave us the chance to make a choice, we would have chosen to bring him home, and watch him until the last minute, let him die in a place where he's familiar with, accompanied by the people who really cared about him.
So my questions are:
1, have the vet treated him in the right way? (Diagnosis and treatment)
2, When was the possible time he passed away? (Based on the time of rigor mortis.) He was about 4 kg when he passed away, (they managed to hydrate him a bit by saline IV.) The whole place was conditioned (at day time at least).
Attached are his reports, and bill.
Thank you everyone for your attention.
It's my first time here so please excuse me if I posted in the wrong forum.
My cat (male, 7 years and 10 months old) passed away on March 15. We had had his company since he was 1 months old. And he had literally slept in the same bed with us for 7 years and 9 months and he was an unreplaceable part of our life. We are trying to accept the fact that he's gone but what has been bothering us is the treatment by the vet and the way how he passed away. He was seriously ill when my husband sent him to the vet, he vomited a few times the night before he's sent to the vet and he couldn't even stand up, usually he was around 4.5kg but he lost 1 kg of weight (sharp weight loss within days, turned out to be dehydration) by the time my husband noticed he was sick. Unfortunately those days I was away and my husband was busy working out of home all day long and the cat wasn't found being sick until it was really serious.
Then he was sent to the vet the next morning and they did some check for him: x-Ray, blood test, urine test etc. then they quickly diagnosed that he had diabetes based on his test results. He was treated with physiological saline solution intravenous and insulin. The vet suggested his situation was getting better after 1 day of treatment, which they called "intensive care": treatment mentioned above and blood sugar check every hour or so... During our visit, the cat looked really weak and wouldn't eat, although he managed to stand up upon seeing me, but promptly dragged back down by the pipe inserted in his foreleg. :'(
Despite everything, the vet made us believe that everything was under their control, so we left him there and went home, (we were not allowed to stay with our cat after 7pm.) which turned out to be the biggest regret in our life.. The next morning, the vet called us at 830am telling us our cat passed away. "Peacefully" that's what they said. And they said the nurse found he was in critical condition between 7-8 am and "tried to resuscitate him" by "giving him oxygen"...
when We arrived there at 10 am, my cat was laying on his side on an operation table, he still felt a little warm but in half hour, he had become completed stiff! Despite all the doubts, we took him home without asking any question. because my husband said he felt really weak that he couldn't even stand on his legs, and he said whatever we did now would not bring him back, so he only wanted to bury him as soon as possible.
After I slightly recovered from the sadness, I started to wonder if he really passed away like they said. I doubted that he was left there alone without anyone around, and died alone at night in a complete strange place (he was a very sensitive cat and always afraid to stay away from home)... And they didn't know it until the next morning someone went to work. Each time when we think about that, it hurts like hell... I suspect the vet tried to let my cat stay there as long as possible so they could make more money out of him, ignoring the fact that he was really dying and there was really not much they could or knew to do to save his life. Had they told us the truth and gave us the chance to make a choice, we would have chosen to bring him home, and watch him until the last minute, let him die in a place where he's familiar with, accompanied by the people who really cared about him.
So my questions are:
1, have the vet treated him in the right way? (Diagnosis and treatment)
2, When was the possible time he passed away? (Based on the time of rigor mortis.) He was about 4 kg when he passed away, (they managed to hydrate him a bit by saline IV.) The whole place was conditioned (at day time at least).
Attached are his reports, and bill.
Thank you everyone for your attention.
