Only two months after my Merlin has been gone (on June 5th, he was only 2 and a half years old), due to a serious heart disease, we noticed my other cat Lulinha, not even 2 years old, wasn't acting like himself, we took him to the vet and she said it could be FIP, I didn't know this horrible disease existed until then. After Merlin passed we noticed Lulinha got kinda down, like he was grieving, we think the stress of losing his friend triggered the virus, despite being a little less active he was seemingly fine until a little before August 1st when he lost his appetite. Since then we've been in and out of the vet with him, blood work, x-rays and ultrasound were done, they discovered his liver was not that great and he had a bit of fluid in the thorax and abdomen and a fever as well, they put him on antibiotics, diuretics, and something for the liver, he got better, was eating well, until August 6th, when his breathing got really labored (we discovered that there're no emergency vet clinics here or in the nearby cities so we had to wait until the morning, what a horrible night). He spent the day at the vet then, from 8am to 5pm, on oxygen therapy and diuretics, they took the fluid they could from him with a puncture, the vet told us it had a viscous consistency and its color was yellowish, pointing to FIP as well. He came home, his breathing was normal and he seemed better. On August 10th, unfortunately, it was confirmed that it was indeed the incurable FIP, and we had to take him to the vet yet again because he was having difficulty to breathe, but the puncture didn't improve his condition a lot that time, new meds were prescribed too but without improvement, despite our hopes for a miracle to happen we knew deep down his time to go was coming quicker than we've imagined and we wanted to do what was best for him, we talked to our vet about in home euthanasia but still hoping he would go peacefully in his sleep. We did everything we could to make him feel comfortable, safe, happy and loved in his last days on this side, I hope he knows it...
On August 11th Lulinha was gone, he went peacefully in his house, where he was very much loved, in my mom's arms, who was more of his person, to the Summerlands in an afternoon almost as beautiful as his short but bright life was, after a day of barely moving and not eating despite our efforts for him to, the vet came and he no longer feels any pain, the pain, deep and heavy is ours to deal with now, life without him will be so so so much harder...
You're such a special cat, Lulinha, so loving, so sweet, so funny, so full of energy, I hope you know how much better you made our lives by existing and choosing us, please forgive me for anything, for not being able to do more for you, and thank you for everything, you only brought us good moments.
I hope you felt comfortable, cared, protected, happy and loved in your time with us because you were and will always be loved, cherished and missed.
I hope you are having the best of times there on the other, best, side, and that we can meet again, be in peace and say hello to Merlin for me, I love you both so so so very much, see you in the next life, you'll always be in my heart.
We adopted Lulinha around April last year, someone abandoned him with his mother and siblings in the streets, a dog attacked them and he was the only one left alive.
He has been fixed and always strongly healthy, he used to be the most active and loving cat ever, it's still so hard to believe he's no longer here...
I keep having all sorts of thoughts, like, it's my fault because I've stressed him with my sadness over losing Merlin, or that I must've done something horrible and now I'm being punished by seeing my beloved cats suffer and die... I hope I did well.
Thank you for reading this mess and please keep them in your thoughts if you can.
*Merlin on the left, Lulinha on the right.*
On August 11th Lulinha was gone, he went peacefully in his house, where he was very much loved, in my mom's arms, who was more of his person, to the Summerlands in an afternoon almost as beautiful as his short but bright life was, after a day of barely moving and not eating despite our efforts for him to, the vet came and he no longer feels any pain, the pain, deep and heavy is ours to deal with now, life without him will be so so so much harder...
You're such a special cat, Lulinha, so loving, so sweet, so funny, so full of energy, I hope you know how much better you made our lives by existing and choosing us, please forgive me for anything, for not being able to do more for you, and thank you for everything, you only brought us good moments.
I hope you felt comfortable, cared, protected, happy and loved in your time with us because you were and will always be loved, cherished and missed.
I hope you are having the best of times there on the other, best, side, and that we can meet again, be in peace and say hello to Merlin for me, I love you both so so so very much, see you in the next life, you'll always be in my heart.
We adopted Lulinha around April last year, someone abandoned him with his mother and siblings in the streets, a dog attacked them and he was the only one left alive.
He has been fixed and always strongly healthy, he used to be the most active and loving cat ever, it's still so hard to believe he's no longer here...
I keep having all sorts of thoughts, like, it's my fault because I've stressed him with my sadness over losing Merlin, or that I must've done something horrible and now I'm being punished by seeing my beloved cats suffer and die... I hope I did well.
Thank you for reading this mess and please keep them in your thoughts if you can.
*Merlin on the left, Lulinha on the right.*
Condolences on losing both your boys - what a difficult, difficult summer for you. But you showed the strongest love of all - releasing him from his pain even though it meant the beginning of yours. They both had a blessed life: the love of family; a safe happy home with good food, affection, toys, comfy places to sleep.....as opposed to those little kittens still on the streets, for whom Death comes as a friend, for whom these words by Lord Alfred Tennyson apply: " so runs my dream, but what am I? An infant crying [mewing] in the night, an infant crying for the light, and with no language but a cry".. YOU were that light for Lulinha, and for Merlin. Lulinha's mother's spirit could peacefully join her other babies' spirits, knowing that her precious baby boy was safe with you - now they are all reunited and with our ancestors and the descendants, those yet to be born. 
