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My cat Jennings who was eight and half had to be put down down in November 2022 due to kidney failure. I had been sick with Covid and my husband was out of town for work. I had to sit in the car at the vet because I was still not completely over Covid . I cried and cried because I couldn’t be with Jennings while he was taking his last breath. The pain has been awful. I miss him so much.
My husband came home the next day . He went out and got a kitten. She was 4 months old named Peaches. She did help our grief and was a joy to have . I was still hurting over Jennings but Peaches was so lovable and sweet. She was an orange and white tabby and she reminded me of Jennings. He was an orange tabby. We went through Thanksgiving and Christmas.
On New Year’s Day I was very sick .again. I had to go to the doctor . She said it was bronchitis more than likely brought on from Covid. During this time we noticed Peaches stomach was swelling. My husband took her to the vet . The vet said it was wet FIP. The vet said as long as she was still eating and active to not put her down until she stopped eating. Our hearts were broken again .
I was still trying to get over having bronchitis. I did start doing some research to see if there was any way to save Peaches. I found a group on Facebook that treats cats with black market treatment . I joined this group and Peaches started her treatment the next day. It was injections. It hurt her and it was very difficult to have to give her an injection twice a day due to this. It was also very expensive. This treatment was for 84 days.
Peaches did well at first and I thought she was getting better . She took a turn for the worst . She stopped eating , she couldn’t get up anymore , and her kidneys were not functioning well. I took her to the vet and her labs came back fine other than the kidneys. The next day I decided I wasn’t going to put her through anything else . I called my husband and he met me at a nearby store to go with me to the vet . He was driving and I was holding Peaches . She threw up really bad and then I saw her take her last breath and she died . I went to pieces. We arrived at the vet and they checked her to see if they picked up on a heartbeat. There was nothing .
I hate myself for putting her through the treatment . My vet told me he didn’t think it would work and that if it did she could relapse . He said I needed to think about there was a reason to why the treatment wasn’t FDA approved. The admins and others were in the group really thought Peaches would make it and I thought she would too. I caused her to suffer and die a terrible death. Her stomach had gotten so swollen.
She died on February 2nd of this year. I hurt more 2 months later about her and Jennings. I can’t sleep and I can’t eat . I’ve talked to people who understand but it’s not getting better. My husband and I don’t have children . Our pets are our kids. I miss Jennings and Peaches so much and I will always love them. There’s times I’ve even thought I heard their meows and that I saw them out of the corner of my eye. I guess this is because I just want to see them so much. Maybe one day my pain will ease some. I’m going to post their pics. Jennings is the first pic and Peaches is the second pic. I’m sorry this was so long . Thank you for reading .
My husband came home the next day . He went out and got a kitten. She was 4 months old named Peaches. She did help our grief and was a joy to have . I was still hurting over Jennings but Peaches was so lovable and sweet. She was an orange and white tabby and she reminded me of Jennings. He was an orange tabby. We went through Thanksgiving and Christmas.
On New Year’s Day I was very sick .again. I had to go to the doctor . She said it was bronchitis more than likely brought on from Covid. During this time we noticed Peaches stomach was swelling. My husband took her to the vet . The vet said it was wet FIP. The vet said as long as she was still eating and active to not put her down until she stopped eating. Our hearts were broken again .
I was still trying to get over having bronchitis. I did start doing some research to see if there was any way to save Peaches. I found a group on Facebook that treats cats with black market treatment . I joined this group and Peaches started her treatment the next day. It was injections. It hurt her and it was very difficult to have to give her an injection twice a day due to this. It was also very expensive. This treatment was for 84 days.
Peaches did well at first and I thought she was getting better . She took a turn for the worst . She stopped eating , she couldn’t get up anymore , and her kidneys were not functioning well. I took her to the vet and her labs came back fine other than the kidneys. The next day I decided I wasn’t going to put her through anything else . I called my husband and he met me at a nearby store to go with me to the vet . He was driving and I was holding Peaches . She threw up really bad and then I saw her take her last breath and she died . I went to pieces. We arrived at the vet and they checked her to see if they picked up on a heartbeat. There was nothing .
I hate myself for putting her through the treatment . My vet told me he didn’t think it would work and that if it did she could relapse . He said I needed to think about there was a reason to why the treatment wasn’t FDA approved. The admins and others were in the group really thought Peaches would make it and I thought she would too. I caused her to suffer and die a terrible death. Her stomach had gotten so swollen.
She died on February 2nd of this year. I hurt more 2 months later about her and Jennings. I can’t sleep and I can’t eat . I’ve talked to people who understand but it’s not getting better. My husband and I don’t have children . Our pets are our kids. I miss Jennings and Peaches so much and I will always love them. There’s times I’ve even thought I heard their meows and that I saw them out of the corner of my eye. I guess this is because I just want to see them so much. Maybe one day my pain will ease some. I’m going to post their pics. Jennings is the first pic and Peaches is the second pic. I’m sorry this was so long . Thank you for reading .