Tiger the cat
My Tiger cat is gone. He had an apparent stroke late last night.
He was fine early in the evening, sitting next to me as usual, playing with his scratching post, just like usual, but he kicked up a fuss about 3 am on the bed next to me. I patted him and he settled down, but when he didn't come downstairs for breakfast, I knew immediately that something was very wrong. When I searched him out, his paw was ice cold and he couldn't stand on it and his breathing was labored. So we called the vet and I took him in.
They did some diagnostics and found that his heart was enlarged and he had a lot of fluid in his lungs. They gave him less that a 50% chance of coming through this episode alone. I could tell he was in a lot of pain, so reluctantly, I opted to have him euthanised. He was only 10 years old and had been given a clean bill of health less than a month ago when he had the dental work done. I stayed with him and, of course, the end was very peaceful - at least I could give him that.
He was the sweetest, most empathetic cat and I miss him terribly already. Go give your pets a hug. You always think there will be another time, until suddenly, there isn't.
He was fine early in the evening, sitting next to me as usual, playing with his scratching post, just like usual, but he kicked up a fuss about 3 am on the bed next to me. I patted him and he settled down, but when he didn't come downstairs for breakfast, I knew immediately that something was very wrong. When I searched him out, his paw was ice cold and he couldn't stand on it and his breathing was labored. So we called the vet and I took him in.
They did some diagnostics and found that his heart was enlarged and he had a lot of fluid in his lungs. They gave him less that a 50% chance of coming through this episode alone. I could tell he was in a lot of pain, so reluctantly, I opted to have him euthanised. He was only 10 years old and had been given a clean bill of health less than a month ago when he had the dental work done. I stayed with him and, of course, the end was very peaceful - at least I could give him that.
He was the sweetest, most empathetic cat and I miss him terribly already. Go give your pets a hug. You always think there will be another time, until suddenly, there isn't.