I got my baby boy less than a month ago, a small 8 week old kitten. I soon realised i was sold a sick kitten without my knowledge/consent. When i took him to the vet for his first vaccines I was told he had a significant heart murmur as well as Flat-chested kitten syndrome and all of a sudden I was given a quote of 1.6k quid to get scans of his heart and chest x rays (or the other way around). And so starts the money fundraising, because as a student i absolutely could not have afforded that cost by myself.
Fast forward a bit, he starts vomiting 7 times a single day, and today he started having seizures. The most terrifying thing was seeing him spasming and twisting on the floor and not being bale to help. I took him to my local vet, got referred to a hospital in the east and had to leave him there overnight. Except he didnt get to spend the night. I get a call about 3 hours later, saying his heart is literally at its limit, its going as fast as it can and his body will start shutting down. They tell me it could be a matter of hours, and advise me that as he is suffering I should consider euthanising him. So I suddenly have to make the decision in a matter of minutes, and rush back to the clinic in a cab.
I got to spend about an hour with him before we had to put him down. I cant get the image of him going down out of my head. I feel like I killed him, like its my fault for not being able to get the money sooner. And I feel awful for not feeling relieved about him not suffering anymore, because the image of him on the table is engraved in my brain forever. It all hurts so, so much. And i dont think i could have ever prepared for it.
[link] [comments]
from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/i8qfre/had_to_put_my_kitten_down/
No comments:
Post a Comment