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When do I do the inevitable?
My poor 8/9 year old Kittygirl. I noticed she wasn’t really eating so I brought her to the vet. And bam. A huge tumor surrounding her canine. Malignant and aggressive. After hearing the results I asked the vet to tell me straight how much time he thinks she has left. He said 7-14 days 5 days ago.
After removing the tooth where the tumor was she went from eating again to barely any appetite as of this morning. I can’t get her to take pain meds. She’s super skiddish so oral medication is tough and adds to her anxiety. I was able to mix a flavored chewable into her food but as of this morning she doesn’t have the appetite for that to work. Last night she was cuddling and purring and making me soft. She’s still using the cat box. She’s vocal after eating. (She’s usually a little vocal though) & this morning i couldn’t get her to eat and maybe some of that was stress from me trying to get her to eat. I called the vet and he said try baby food and give her a few more days.
When I got home from work after that her eye was shut. The eye that’s the same side of the tumor. It’s been bothering her for a few days but today she couldn’t get it open. When I walked up to her I could see her eye was filled with discharge and she had been drooling and appeared to be drooling blood. After about ten minutes her eye reopened. I tried the baby food and after about 35 minutes she took 4 bites. Jumped next to me purring and then went back to hiding.
When is the right time? Tomorrow? A few days? Am I prolonging her pain? Would tomorrow be robbing her life short? This is so difficult
My poor 8/9 year old Kittygirl. I noticed she wasn’t really eating so I brought her to the vet. And bam. A huge tumor surrounding her canine. Malignant and aggressive. After hearing the results I asked the vet to tell me straight how much time he thinks she has left. He said 7-14 days 5 days ago.
After removing the tooth where the tumor was she went from eating again to barely any appetite as of this morning. I can’t get her to take pain meds. She’s super skiddish so oral medication is tough and adds to her anxiety. I was able to mix a flavored chewable into her food but as of this morning she doesn’t have the appetite for that to work. Last night she was cuddling and purring and making me soft. She’s still using the cat box. She’s vocal after eating. (She’s usually a little vocal though) & this morning i couldn’t get her to eat and maybe some of that was stress from me trying to get her to eat. I called the vet and he said try baby food and give her a few more days.
When I got home from work after that her eye was shut. The eye that’s the same side of the tumor. It’s been bothering her for a few days but today she couldn’t get it open. When I walked up to her I could see her eye was filled with discharge and she had been drooling and appeared to be drooling blood. After about ten minutes her eye reopened. I tried the baby food and after about 35 minutes she took 4 bites. Jumped next to me purring and then went back to hiding.
When is the right time? Tomorrow? A few days? Am I prolonging her pain? Would tomorrow be robbing her life short? This is so difficult