My kitty Shady is very sick. About a month ago he stopped eating solid food. He would still nibble the gravy and drink water, but we knew something was wrong.
We took him to vet 1 on April 16. We weren't really able to find any answers. He was dehydrated, lethargic.
On review of Shady's CBC the vet discovered his red blood cells, hematocrits and platelets were very low, as well as his white blood cell count. Shady is a cat with FIV+, and these levels were indicative of this with concern of "Anemia of Chronic Disease" the vet was also concerned about his bone marrow, so he sent us home with Prednisone and clindamycin as preventive medicines to try to get him feeling okay again. $400 down.
It didn't work. Shady's appetite declined to near refusal to eat, and he began living on baby food fed to him fed through syringe as well as water. We tried and tried to meet his daily requirements, but every single meal felt like torturing him.
Two weeks later the medicine ran its course and it wasn't helping, so we took him to a new vet.
No appetite, dehydration, anorexia and now an ear infection. Shady was not doing well. Another $200 and still no answers.
Another two weeks of new medicine, a hope that curing his ear infection would perk him up and get him back to normal.
These two weeks have been indescribably horrible.
He began outright refusing to eat, whereas before he'd at least nibble dry food and treats. Every meal felt like pure torture to put him through. He'd spit the food and water out, he hated his medicine and would panic.
He kept losing weight, he developed nausea and vomiting whenever he'd move, for the last two days he's been incontinent urinating and defecating.
The look on his eyes when I'd feed him, or give him medicine, like I'm torturing him.
Today he went to see vet 3.
Dehydrated, incontinent, a fever of 105. He vomits when he moves, his tummy spasms, he zones out, he's so lethargic. He won't respond or respond to treats.
Today for the 3rd time we gained no answers as to what's wrong with him. The vet told us that he is hurting so much and sick that even if we hospitalized and treated him it may not be enough, or even feasible to afford.
To put it simply, we're out of money. I'm disabled, my roommate works a 9-5 and doesn't make enough.
The vet quotes us $3,700 to $5,400 to fully treat him, but advised us even then it may not help with how much he's enduring.
He advised it may be time to let Shady go. With a broken heart I admit he's probably right. We can't afford full treatment, and I feel so guilty for it. I look into shady's eyes and he looks so tired, like he wants to rest. He's laying next to me whimpering in pain as his stomach gurgles, now on anti-nausea and pain medications..
We took him home for one last goodbye for everyone. One last sleep together.
He's suffering. I don't know what to do. I have to make this decision tonight. The problem I have is that I don't want to give up on him. I don't want to euthanize him only to find out he had a treatable illness. I don't want to fail him, but I feel no matter what I do this is my fault. I can't afford full treatment, I cant get him proper answers.
I just don't want him to suffer.
We can either get him one last ultrasound tomorrow to hopefully find out exactly what's wrong and try to get closure, or we can let him go peacefully. I just don't want to give up.
Does anyone have any advice? My heart is shattered and I can't make the proper decision.
Thanks for reading and please keep Shady in your heart.
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