We miss you!
Rob was called this morning from the vets office, saying that Tigger passed away this morning from cardiac arrest. She had gone in for an I-131 treatment to cure her hyperthyroidism yesterday. Not 24 hours later we got the terrible call
She was doing wonderfully after the injection, they said she was eating and excreteing everything just fine, a tech walked by and noticed she was breathing strangely. They x-rayed and found a lot of fluid surrounding her lungs. They tried stabilizing her but she succumbed to cardiac arrest.
Our beautiful baby was 14 years old, and in GREAT health (as far as we knew before-hand. All blood tests put her as extremely healthy for her age). This vet had said the fluid was probably a result from heart disease or a form of cancer we wouldn't have seen in blood tests. I feel horrible, almost guilty. She was so happy and active yesterday when we brought her to the office. She was talking to us, rubbing our hands and the vets hands, and seemed so alive. It is just such a shock to both of us that we will never be woken up at 6:30am by her again for her treats, and she won't be waiting for us outside when we come home at night, waiting on her treat of course.
I've only known her for 2½ of her 14 years, but everyday she would sit on my lap for the 7 months I didn't have a job. She'd sleep on our sides or chests at night, and fight us for the bed. She'd always lay in Rob's lap while he was on the computer. It hurts so much to think that Sunday night was the last time she'd ever lay in his lap. She was his "baby-kitty", and I know he is extremely torn up and just trying to hold himself together. He cried on the phone telling me, which made me cry harder.
We get her body back in 80 days - the radiaoactive level needs to drop before we can bury or cremate her. I am so extremely crushed, I left work early (and thankfully everyone understood and URGED me to leave). It is the first time in 4 years that I've dealt with the loss of a cat, and you almost forget how hard it is....
We miss and love you Tigger. Life will never be the same without you.
[Side note: Ironically, the cat who got treated with I-131 the same day Tigger did, was a male cat named Tigger who was 16. They were "radiation-roommates".]
Rob was called this morning from the vets office, saying that Tigger passed away this morning from cardiac arrest. She had gone in for an I-131 treatment to cure her hyperthyroidism yesterday. Not 24 hours later we got the terrible call
Our beautiful baby was 14 years old, and in GREAT health (as far as we knew before-hand. All blood tests put her as extremely healthy for her age). This vet had said the fluid was probably a result from heart disease or a form of cancer we wouldn't have seen in blood tests. I feel horrible, almost guilty. She was so happy and active yesterday when we brought her to the office. She was talking to us, rubbing our hands and the vets hands, and seemed so alive. It is just such a shock to both of us that we will never be woken up at 6:30am by her again for her treats, and she won't be waiting for us outside when we come home at night, waiting on her treat of course.
I've only known her for 2½ of her 14 years, but everyday she would sit on my lap for the 7 months I didn't have a job. She'd sleep on our sides or chests at night, and fight us for the bed. She'd always lay in Rob's lap while he was on the computer. It hurts so much to think that Sunday night was the last time she'd ever lay in his lap. She was his "baby-kitty", and I know he is extremely torn up and just trying to hold himself together. He cried on the phone telling me, which made me cry harder.
We get her body back in 80 days - the radiaoactive level needs to drop before we can bury or cremate her. I am so extremely crushed, I left work early (and thankfully everyone understood and URGED me to leave). It is the first time in 4 years that I've dealt with the loss of a cat, and you almost forget how hard it is....
We miss and love you Tigger. Life will never be the same without you.
[Side note: Ironically, the cat who got treated with I-131 the same day Tigger did, was a male cat named Tigger who was 16. They were "radiation-roommates".]