She got sick about 3 weeks ago, and had to have an operation to remove a blockage in her intestine. We thought we might lose her at that time, as the vet warned with her being so small, the operation would be very stressful for her. But she did ok - in the pic this was when she was in recovery following the op.
She had been recovering slowly over the last couple of weeks until Tuesday, when she suddenly couldn't get up. Her legs had gone all rigid - it's hard to explain. We took her to the vet and had to wait for her to get an opinion from a neurologist - they were 70% sure she had feline infectious peritonitis, which is a fatal unfortunately. Left alone, she would have died in a slow and horrible way, so the kindest thing to do was to let her go peacefully.
It's just hard. I've had pets before, but i've never been there at the 'moment'. It's certainly never been my decision to expedite the passing. She was so young and so tiny. It doesn't seem right.
Now I have a pet, I feel so much sadder about other people's dying! I am hoping for a long and happy life for little Semtex, but I want to be with him when he snorts his way off to the rainbow bridge.
Just thinking about that brought tears to my eyes! Need to go and pat him now.
I know what you mean. When I got back home, I looked at the two boys and thought 'one day I'm going to go through this with you as well' - I've shaken that off now, but i think things like this make you value the time you have with them even more.
It was hard to be with Eddie when she went, but I wouldn't have it any other way - I hope it was comforting for her.
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She had been recovering slowly over the last couple of weeks until Tuesday, when she suddenly couldn't get up. Her legs had gone all rigid - it's hard to explain. We took her to the vet and had to wait for her to get an opinion from a neurologist - they were 70% sure she had feline infectious peritonitis, which is a fatal unfortunately. Left alone, she would have died in a slow and horrible way, so the kindest thing to do was to let her go peacefully.
It's just hard. I've had pets before, but i've never been there at the 'moment'. It's certainly never been my decision to expedite the passing. She was so young and so tiny. It doesn't seem right.
Thankful fur-ruffles to Semtex :)
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Just thinking about that brought tears to my eyes! Need to go and pat him now.
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It was hard to be with Eddie when she went, but I wouldn't have it any other way - I hope it was comforting for her.
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