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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Gillian Harvey on November 17, 2010, 18:54:28 PM
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My tabby George (otherwise known as Kitty Cat :) ) has been losing weight recently and his appetite these past few days has been poor, although he did eat this morning. Ironically I'd booked Harry in for a vet visit this eve because of something I'm worrried about with him - but a friend was here this afternoon, who hadnt seen George for a few months, and was shocked at how much weight he'd lost. So I took George instead (Harry hasnt got off scot free, he'll still be going :evillaugh: )
Anyway, the vet felt all round and was very worried about a mass she could feel on one of his kidneys, its quite big, and she's pretty sure its a tumour :( , he's also very dehydrated. She took some bloods and he's got to go back in tomorrow to have some iv fluids, but to be honest the outlook is bleak. I'm a bit in shock really, as I just thought maybe a bit of an infection perhaps - but this I wasnt expecting :( He's 15 and I've had him since he was a teeny kitten being treated horribly by awful owners.
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Oh Gillian I am so sorry :hug: :hug: :hug:
I hope he still has loads of time with you :hug:
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So sorry to hear this Gillian :( :hug:
Hope that you have lots of quality time left together :hug:
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I hope they are wrong :hug:
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sorry to hear about George. Hope the vet is wrong :hug:
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So sorry to hear this news Gillian -hope the vet has got it wrong.
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Our thoughts are with you and George and we hope Mr Vet is wrong :hug:
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Oh Gillian. :care: Cuddles to George.
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I'm so sorry to hear this Gillian, I hope the vet is wrong :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Poor George, I do hope that the news is better tomorrow :hug:
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I am really sorry to hear this, I do hope the vet is wrong - could they do an ultrasound to check things out?
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Gillian - am sorry to hear this - hope the vet is wrong. :hug: :hug:
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So sorry to hear this Gillian and hope the vet is wrong with the diagnosis. It is such a shock when you aren't expecting it. Sending :hug: to you and George :hug:
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Thanks :thanks:
Need some more positive vibes please. He had a little a/d to eat last night with a syringe full of water in it as well, but he'd hardly moved from where I left him when I went to bed, in the morning, and he looked worse to me and he wouldnt eat anything.
He's been there all day today and they're keeping him in overnight tonight to get more fluids into him. I thought they were going to give him fluids throughout the day and also do the scan today, but I got a message to say they were keeping him in tonight and will do the scan tomorrow. I've just been in to see him, he doesnt look good and he's still not eating, his breathing seems laboured to me, surely if the fluids are going to work he'd have started to pick up as they've had him on the fluids all day? It broke my heart to see him like that and I couldnt take him home, I think I'm going to lose him anyway, but I don't want it to be at the surgery I can't bear this
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Poor George and its happpening so quick, I do hope that you are allowed to bring him home asap :hug: :hug: :hug:
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So sorry George is so poorly. Hope you are able to bring him home soon :hug:
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so sorry to hear this, fingers crossed he will rally and feel better, I hope he will be able to come home to you soon :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Thinking of you Gillian and hoping he turns around overnight :hug:
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They conceal it so well from us don't they.
Hoping for good news :hug:
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Gillian we have all paws crossed here for George so he can come home to his Mummy :hug:
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Hope George picks up soon.
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Fingers crossed he is better today and the scan shows something positive
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Sending loads of good vibes for George - I do hope he picks up today xxxx :hug: :hug:
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Just popping by to top up on the vibes and add some more :hug: :hug: for good measure
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I'm so sorry Gillian. Thinking of you at this sad time. :care:
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so sorry for you and George.
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Gillian we are thinking of you all at this sad time :hug:
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I am so sorry Gillian, thinking of you :hug: :hug: :hug:
RIP George, play harrd with your friends on the Bridge
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Sorry to hear about poor George :hug: x
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So sorry to hear about poor George :'(
Thinking of you Gillian :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Oh hun :'( :'( So sorry. :'( :'(
Gillian hun Sending you loads of love and hugs :hug: :hug: :hug:
Sleep easy George sweetheart. A place in our hearts you will always have. :Luv: :Luv:
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I'm so sorry to hear this Gillian - we lost our lovely Bluto to a kidney tumour :hug:
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Sorry Gillian :'( :care:
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Aw sweetheart, I'm so sorry :hug: :hug: xxxx
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:'( Sorry Gillian :hug:
RIP George xx
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So very sorry to hear this
:RIP: GEORGE xxx
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so sorry, Gillian :hug:
run free, little man - you'll find some familiar faces up there at the Bridge
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Im so sorry
RIP George
Play well at the bridge baby
love
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So so sorry to hear this Gillian. :hug: :hug:
RIP George :'( :'(
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So Sorry Gillian, Poor George play hard at the bridge George so sad :(
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So sorry Gillian, this is exactly what happened to my Dylan and it's such a shock because you have no idea anything is wrong.
RIP George, play hard at the Bridge my darling
:hug: to you Gillian
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So sorry Gillian :hug: :hug:
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Just noticed the title change ....
So sorry Gillian
RIP George xxx
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so sorry Gillian. RIP George :-(
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So so sorry Gillian - thinking of you Hun :hug:
RIP George - forever in your Mummies heart xxx
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So sorry Gillian :hug:
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Thanks everyone it means a lot to read your messages :thanks:
I changed the title earlier, and was going to say what happened, but I just couldnt. The vet phoned first thing this morning and said that although he was still with us, he hadnt eaten anything and she said about his breathing being bad - she thought he was in heart failure, probably due to secondary tumours elsewhere than his kidney - and that a scan was only going to tell us that there was a mass of some sort, which we already knew - and there wouldnt have been anything we could have done. I think I knew that really after seeing him yesterday afternoon, I knew he wasnt going to get better :(
Anyway I went straight down there and bless his heart, when the vet took me in to see him, he got up and went towards his food bowl, my heart lept as I thought he's fighting, he wants to eat, but he didnt really, he just sniffed at the food and came away from it again, and he looked so frail and sick. Luckily he still had the drip in so the vet could just put the anaesthetic into that, no struggling to find a vein or anything - so it was very peaceful and he went to sleep in seconds. :'(
My gorgeous George taken about a year ago.
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb234/scruffyjoe/GEORGE/GeorgeApr09.jpg)
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Just so sad :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Oh Gillian I am so very sorry. Heartbreaking :'( Glad for you both that he went so peacefully. So sorry for your loss :hug: :hug: :hug:
RIP gorgeous George :( :(
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Gillian that has brought tears to my eyes :'(
Massive hugs to you
Such a shock
RIP George...play hard at the bridge and please give Sooty, Milly and Barney headbutts from me xxx
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Gutted for you Gillian :'( :hug: Sounds like it was the kindest decision and the only one that could be made :hug:
RIP George, safe and sound at the Bridge by now xx
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I am so sorry Gillian. RIP George , it was a pleasure to meet you.
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I am so sorry :hug: George was a beautiful boy. You must be heartbroken :'(
He had the best possible life with you, and I know this doesn't help now, but a peaceful end :hug:
It all seemed to happen so quickly, and took me right back to my Gizzy again.
I am so sorry for your loss :hug: :hug: :hug:
RIP Gorgeous George :'(
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Sorry Gillian - It is such a horrible thing to go through :'(. He was a lovely boy :Luv2:
RIP Lovely George
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Oh Gillian :'( :'( I am so sorry. :hug: :hug:
Thinking of you. :hug:
RIP Sweetheart.
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So sorry to hear this Gillian :hug: Poor George, play hard at the Bridge sweetie x
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15 is a good age, just think of all those wonderful years you gave him.
RIP George sweetheart.
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:'( i'm so sorry to hear of your loss i know we have never met or spoke but sending some hugs to you :hug:
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I am so sorry to hear this Gillian, it is so much harder when it is unexpected. RIP little one
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Thanks all :hug:
I'm now wondering if I should have even allowed him to stay in on the drip, if he was at home I could have kept him hydrated througout the day and encouraged him to eat with hand feeding perhaps? At the surgery they just put food in a bowl in front of them and thats it - I know they monitor, but doesnt go as far as handfeeding. I know I still would have lost him, but he would have been at home and I'd have had the vet come out.
I've lost 6 cats in the past 3 years, I feel broken and empty :(
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This is the guilt part of mourning kicking in Gillian, resist from thinking that cos am sure that the IV was absolutely necessary :hug: :hug:
You give all your cats such a lovely life and you care for them so much I dont think George would want you to think like that, he is most likely up there with his old mates and saying look at that Chico .... didnt she do a good job :hug: :hug: :hug:
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If you hadn't left him at the vets you would always be wondering if that might have helped him, a horrible catch 22 situation Gillian but you gave him every chance :hug:
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For what it's worth Gillian, I think you did the right thing by him, you wouldnt have been able to keep him as well hydrated with sub-q's at home, and a dehydrated cat wont eat, and he would have felt a bit worse. It might have also been harder on him to travel from the vets home, to be messed with, and then for the vet to come out.
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Thanks all :hug:
I'm now wondering if I should have even allowed him to stay in on the drip, if he was at home I could have kept him hydrated throughout the day and encouraged him to eat with hand feeding perhaps? At the surgery they just put food in a bowl in front of them and thats it
:hug: I went through the exact same thing with Clapton. Even when I had the "come as soon as you can" call, I took some favourite food with me and even put it in the bowl when we were left to say our goodbyes. I, like you, was beating myself up and saying to OH that all they would have done is put a bowl of renal wet down. Maybe we could have made a difference, but it would have been a day or 2. A few morsels of food really wouldn't have made any difference :hug:
I was also told that at a certain stage, sub-q really isn't enough. You did the right thing - the best you could :hug:
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Thinking of you Gillian :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Gillian, I think the "what if's" are a normal part of the process when we lose a furbabe; I do it every time. Yes, there are some things that may bring an animal a day or so extra, but would they be truly happy? I think you knew it was time to let go, and that's why you did. The reason you're questioning it now is down to how much you miss George. You love him and he was a massive part of your life. You take care. :care: I'm thinking of you.
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RIP George
:hug: :hug: :hug: to you Gillian
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Thanks :thanks: I know what you've all said is right and in my heart of hearts I know nothign could have been done for him, but I just miss him so much. :(
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I am so pleased you have posted cos was getting worried about you :hug: :hug: :hug:
Its so very hard when you lose a special friend and George was soooooooo special to you
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Oh Gillian :hug:
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Oh Gillian - Its so hard and such a shock when they are taken so suddenly. Similar happened with my Timmy a couple of years ago.
Sending you these today :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Picked up his ashes today, so he's home.
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So pleased that George is back home with you :hug: :hug:
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So glad he is now home forever :hug:
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No rainbow yet - but my cats seem to like sending amazing sunsets as an alternative! - there was one tonight - I think it was a party up there - a welcome for George perhaps? :Luv2:
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I'm sure there was a party :hug:
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Gillian :hug: :hug: for you, i am sure there was a well come party for George.xx
Thinking of you. :hug:
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Oh Gillian, how did I miss this? So sorry :hug: :hug:
I agree - no matter what the circumstances, you always think back and wonder whether you should have done something different. But you did everything you could for George :hug:
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I am sure they were welcoming George and on the day before Christmas the path will open for a very short while for you to wish him a happy Christmas :hug: :hug:
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and on the day before Christmas the path will open for a very short while for you to wish him a happy Christmas :hug: :hug:
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You will also be able to light a candle for him here on Christmas eve :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: