May the force be with him
Our cat died sometime last night. He wasn't feeling well this last week or so and Lydia took him in yesterday. The vet said he had some sort of mouth infection, possibly a lung infection as well. His kidneys may have been failing him, but he wasn't certain without blood work to be done.
Lydia nd I opted for getting just the antibiotics and a stool softener (he had really hard poops). We thought that being 16 years old, that if it was truly kidney failure, it wouldn't be worth the expense to keep him alive and if he responded well to the antibiotics, then so much the better.
Last night he had a couple of strange reactions where he'd walk drunkenly and complain. Then he'd lay down and pant for a while. I wasn't certain if it was something he was having a reaction to (the antibiotics or stool softener) or if we got him too late to the vet or what.
I feel bad that we didn't take him in sooner. But I'm not certain that if I had if anything would be different. *sigh*
Lydia nd I opted for getting just the antibiotics and a stool softener (he had really hard poops). We thought that being 16 years old, that if it was truly kidney failure, it wouldn't be worth the expense to keep him alive and if he responded well to the antibiotics, then so much the better.
Last night he had a couple of strange reactions where he'd walk drunkenly and complain. Then he'd lay down and pant for a while. I wasn't certain if it was something he was having a reaction to (the antibiotics or stool softener) or if we got him too late to the vet or what.
I feel bad that we didn't take him in sooner. But I'm not certain that if I had if anything would be different. *sigh*