Goodbye Boo
My cat Boo had been acting sort of strange the last two weeks. He had been howling randomly and was more clingy than usual. I noticed he was a little unsteady on his feet but I just thought it was because it was getting cold and he's an old cat with a bad hip. Last night though it got really bad. He kept falling over and couldn't get back on his feet. I put him on my bed and he went to sleep with me. In the morning he still couldn't walk although he was trying, he just couldn't keep himself up right. I called my vet and asked if I could bring him in asap. They said I could so I put him in the carrier and drove to the vet. He slept most of the way there.
The usual vet who sees him was there and did a quick exam on him. His heart rate was low and his body temperature was so low the thermometer couldn't read it. He was also dehydrated. The vet said it was most likely renal failure but that they would have to do more testing and that because he's so old and because of his symptoms it probably wasn't worth it. The vet said if I brought him home he would probably die in 24 hours or less. Considering he couldn't even move around I decided to have him put to sleep at the vet's office. It was very quick. He didn't even fight the injection. I kept petting him the whole time and I could tell when he was gone. It was so strange just seeing him there knowing he wasn't alive anymore and how quick the whole process was. I miss him already.
The usual vet who sees him was there and did a quick exam on him. His heart rate was low and his body temperature was so low the thermometer couldn't read it. He was also dehydrated. The vet said it was most likely renal failure but that they would have to do more testing and that because he's so old and because of his symptoms it probably wasn't worth it. The vet said if I brought him home he would probably die in 24 hours or less. Considering he couldn't even move around I decided to have him put to sleep at the vet's office. It was very quick. He didn't even fight the injection. I kept petting him the whole time and I could tell when he was gone. It was so strange just seeing him there knowing he wasn't alive anymore and how quick the whole process was. I miss him already.