The day has come
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My lads cat, been with us through some tough times & did my lad right.
Strongly bonded to our other cat.
He’s about 14 (rescue cat) & has a crap time of it this year, cost about £2.5k at the Vets in recent months (thankfully insured).
Tomorrows visit will be his last, his time has come.
He’s asleep in my lap now, as normal for a winters evening.
A gentler, more loving cat will never come along, life will never be the same again.
Strongly bonded to our other cat.
He’s about 14 (rescue cat) & has a crap time of it this year, cost about £2.5k at the Vets in recent months (thankfully insured).
Tomorrows visit will be his last, his time has come.
He’s asleep in my lap now, as normal for a winters evening.
A gentler, more loving cat will never come along, life will never be the same again.
We're in a similar situation, our cat is 10, diagnosed with cancer about 2.5 years ago and given 3 months. No insurance in place (long story, we thought we were covered, turned out they never sent out a reminder so we missed it). Much money spent but ultimately would have required 2 separate ops and much discomfort to give her an extra 6 months, so we made the tough decision to see what happened with it. She has lasted very well and has been happy and had a good life, but she is starting to eat less now, and while still happy and with a good coat she has lost a fair bit of weight recently, and the size of the tumour is now rather large. I suspect we only have weeks at best, It staggers me how the vet can have got the life expectancy so wrong - I know it's not a precise art form, but to survive more than 2 years beyond the best guess with no treatment when you are a small animal with a relatively short lifespan... Having also just lost my mum (to cancer amongst other things) the timing is impeccable!
Really, really sorry to read about this, I've gone through this multiple times and it never, ever gets any easier. My view on it is that it's the most difficult decision any loving and caring animal owner can make but it can also be the easiest. No-one wants to see their pet suffer needlessly and it takes real love and compassion to recognise the right time. Bless you.
Really sorry to be reading this; my sympathies
I went through this Oct 2024 with Oscar; had him 16 years and 1 month; took him to the vets on a Friday afternoon for his yearly MOT; was given some bad news and 5 days later we had to have him put to sleep...
It absolutely broke me; I was already struggling with my own health issues and my Dad's cancer battle; Oscars bad news was the straw that broke the already broken camels back unfortunately
He didn't leave my side for those last 5 days and neither did I leave his; my wife and I made him a super comfy nest in front of the wood burner; Finley came in to see him and say his goodbyes (he already knew before we did we're sure of it, he was so loving and gentle with him a good few weeks before, now we know why)...
He's buried in the back garden under the hedgerow where the fruit trees were (since relocated further into the woods); he has a lovely solar lantern that lights up every evening come rain or shine...
He's sorely missed
I went through this Oct 2024 with Oscar; had him 16 years and 1 month; took him to the vets on a Friday afternoon for his yearly MOT; was given some bad news and 5 days later we had to have him put to sleep...
It absolutely broke me; I was already struggling with my own health issues and my Dad's cancer battle; Oscars bad news was the straw that broke the already broken camels back unfortunately
He didn't leave my side for those last 5 days and neither did I leave his; my wife and I made him a super comfy nest in front of the wood burner; Finley came in to see him and say his goodbyes (he already knew before we did we're sure of it, he was so loving and gentle with him a good few weeks before, now we know why)...
He's buried in the back garden under the hedgerow where the fruit trees were (since relocated further into the woods); he has a lovely solar lantern that lights up every evening come rain or shine...
He's sorely missed
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