Topic: Fingers crossed for Jeannies bloods (Read 24163 times)

clarenmax · « **Reply #150 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:26:25 AM »

I'm so sorry Desley, sending you a big

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #149 on:** February 23, 2009, 07:30:07 AM »

Aww, thanks, that is really sweet.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #148 on:** February 23, 2009, 02:04:19 AM »

RIP Jeannie xxx

Des you truley are worth a million dollars....Thanks for being you!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #147 on:** February 22, 2009, 10:21:38 AM »

Thanks everyone

Janeyk · « **Reply #146 on:** February 22, 2009, 08:23:45 AM »

Godbless that much loved boy

RIP Jeannie xx

pappilon · « **Reply #145 on:** February 21, 2009, 20:51:48 PM »

RIP Sweetheart.

x

Baggy · « **Reply #144 on:** February 21, 2009, 20:41:36 PM »

Sorry to hear Jeannie has gone. He had four months of the best care a cat could ask for.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #143 on:** February 21, 2009, 17:28:03 PM »

Thanks - I worked the dates out last night and he had 15 weeks here, so very nearly 4 months, and longer than even I expected.

bonnielass · « **Reply #142 on:** February 21, 2009, 00:15:19 AM »

Its always a hard decision to make but you obviously made the right one ,hard tho it was

and just think at least he had extra time because of you and now hes gone with dignity,no more pain and suffering,and altho you couldnt be there you have nothing to reproach yourself about,it was the right time to let go

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #141 on:** February 20, 2009, 23:54:29 PM »

Thanks - certainly not an easy decision, but at least the vet agreed it was his time, it does make a big difference. House is just so quiet, I have had very noisy cats in the kitchen since Nov!!

JackSpratt · « **Reply #140 on:** February 20, 2009, 23:32:18 PM »

I'm so sorry Desley.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #139 on:** February 20, 2009, 23:21:42 PM »

I met the rescue at lunch, and was in tears handing him over, i dont like not being the one there at the end, and this evening has been really hard, he isn't here, but the emotions are different as I wasn't there at the end. I did get a text at 3 to say that the vet had agreed it was time, and they had stayed with him. The house is so quiet tonight, that is both loud disabled cats gone within a month of each other - I was convinced that jeannie would be the first to go though.

Millys Mum · « **Reply #138 on:** February 20, 2009, 14:52:01 PM »

Sorry to hear hes leaving you today

I agree that eating isnt always a ticket to continuing on, ^george^ ate well throughout his illness but i still had to let him go

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #137 on:** February 20, 2009, 12:21:33 PM »

I am sorry to hear this but know that in sparing him suffering, you have Jeannie's interests first and last.

xC

JackSpratt · « **Reply #136 on:** February 20, 2009, 10:51:49 AM »

Does that mean you're letting Jeannie go today? I'm so sorry, I know you've tried really hard with him and have always been a little concerned that his quality of life isn't what it should be.

It's another of those times I think I couldn't do the job you do. Well done for giving him love; Jeannie sounds like he deserves and needs it. Gentle fuss to the old man.

tab · « **Reply #135 on:** February 20, 2009, 09:09:25 AM »

Im sorry

love
Tab

Janeyk · « **Reply #134 on:** February 20, 2009, 08:18:21 AM »

oh Desley

bonnielass · « **Reply #133 on:** February 20, 2009, 07:51:30 AM »

Im so sorry to read this

i know youve tried so hard with him and i know you are only doing whats best but its still so very sad,

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #132 on:** February 20, 2009, 07:37:57 AM »

I am going to get the rescue to pick him up at lunchtime, he is marginally better, but I dont want to take the risk of coming home and finding him barely able to stand again. At least someone who knows him will be there with him, I just wish it could be me.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #131 on:** February 19, 2009, 20:57:33 PM »

Well, it looks like I got the timing sort of right - Jeannie's legs are very weak tonight, he is struggling to walk - have given him a dose of Metacam, and waiting for the rescue to ring to see if they can pick him up tomorrow rather than make him wait till SAt (unfortunately I can't get out of work tomorrow, we have a major deadline and my colleague ended up in hospital last night) - I so wanted to do it before his legs got too bad though. Despite the fact he is struggling to walk, he is still eating, bless him, although I learnt last year that eating well isn't always a good indication, and not always a good reason to keep them going. ~He wasn't this vocal when he first came, so something is definitely changing, and he has always been blind and deaf, so it isn't that

Janeyk · « **Reply #130 on:** February 19, 2009, 16:59:30 PM »

Yes and I think deaf and blind cats are even more likely to do that Schui is all those things and will yowl outside although he doesn't in the house they seem to be more vocal in my experience maybe for expression.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #129 on:** February 19, 2009, 16:50:29 PM »

I think the yowling could be dementia. I suppose it's harder to gauge disorientation with Jeannie being blind and deaf. It's difficult because you can't know if it's pain that making him yowl.

I know you'll do what you think's best for Jeannie, Desley.

Janeyk · « **Reply #128 on:** February 19, 2009, 09:39:53 AM »

That is what I was going to ask, does he eat well as usually that's what I go by (unless they have brain damage) usually if we feel ill we don't eat so that is a good sign. Sometimes I think old cats yowl if they have a bit of dementia or do you think it could be because of pain? poor boy - just wondering why you think he is suffering badly with his arthritis or is he struggling to walk?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #127 on:** February 19, 2009, 08:32:06 AM »

STill yowling lots, he weed all over the kitchen floor on Tues, woke me up at 3.30 am yowling that night, sick all over the kitchen floor yesterday!! The app has been made for Sat, unless I change my mind between now and then, or if the vet refuses on Sat cos he doesnt feel it is time, although he will then have to find something for his arthritis, as i haven't found anythign yet that helps it, and that isn't fair - it is such a shame though, as his fur is shiny and he eats well.

Janeyk · « **Reply #126 on:** February 19, 2009, 08:26:52 AM »

How is Jeannie Desley?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #125 on:** February 17, 2009, 08:14:37 AM »

He is in a room of his own Jane, and he actually yowls more when I am in his room (which is the kitchen). I can't work out why he is yowling, when I cooked my tea on sun, he was really unsettled, i tried taking him to the tray, fussing him, putting him back on his bed, nothing worked - although thinking about it, he was a bit quieter when I left the room, and his yowling last night was also when i was in the kitchen, and again, fussing him didn't help. When i am upstairs, he does yowl from time to time, but not as much as this weekend.

Janeyk · « **Reply #124 on:** February 17, 2009, 08:03:04 AM »

You don't think it could be other cats that worry him/you not being there and that when you aren't in the room he is worse?......just a thought as you said he was like it the other night when you were at your neighbours and I had a cat who yowled but was fine when he had lots of people company and was not with other cats. It must be awful having to hear him and not knowing why.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #123 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:57:52 AM »

I have spoken to the rescue, they are going to make me an app for Sat, but if he gets worse they will come and pick him up for me. his back legs really weren't good last night. The rescue were very nice though, they didn't expect him to come back from his first vet visit, and then when he had his bed wetting accidents we thought it was the start of the end, so to have just over 3 months is more than any of us expected, and it is better for him to go now, even if it is a week or so too early, than wait for his arthritis/yowling to get worse. I was on the phone to them for 20 mins, and he had at least 4 yowling episodes in that time - he does seem worse if I am in the kitchen, I wonder if the light being on disturbs him?

clarenmax · « **Reply #122 on:** February 16, 2009, 13:26:01 PM »

Fingers crossed for him

Janeyk · « **Reply #121 on:** February 16, 2009, 11:16:16 AM »

oh dear Ihope he perks up this week

tab · « **Reply #120 on:** February 16, 2009, 08:32:53 AM »

love
Tab

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #119 on:** February 16, 2009, 08:30:10 AM »

We have had a really bad weekend, I am going to ask the rescue to make an appointment for Sat, which gives me a bit of time to see if it is just a one off, and whether i am 100% sure the time is right for his final visit, I can't put my hand on my heart and say this is a happy cat, and I Can't think of anything i can do to make him happier, so I think it will be his time. His back legs still aren't great either, and nothing i try helps those either, whehter he is in pain or they are just weak, I dont know. he has had just over 3 months here, which is more than i thought, and am sure more than the rescue thought.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #118 on:** February 14, 2009, 20:58:55 PM »

Quote from: Desley (booktigger) on February 14, 2009, 18:56:35 PM

Part of it seems to be after he has used the tray, but yet the tray doesn't move, so I do wonder if he is getting disorientated, and how much is fair on him.

Old Mog does the same; she "lets me know" she's used the loo after everything.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #117 on:** February 14, 2009, 19:04:35 PM »

WEll, in that case he should be eating it, cos I was kind enough to think 'oh, he liked that when we had some donated, I shall treat him to a full box'!! At least he ate the food I treated him to last week, so one out of 2 ain't bad.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #116 on:** February 14, 2009, 19:00:47 PM »

Quote from: Desley (booktigger) on February 14, 2009, 18:56:35 PM

why is it you get somethign donated, the cat likes it, you buy a full box, they dont???

Well, if I were superstitious, I'd say that love tastes better than money.

But I'm not, so I won't. Dunno, Desley

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #115 on:** February 14, 2009, 18:56:35 PM »

Jeannies yowling is getting worse - I popped into my neighbours last night, his TV was off and I could hear him, fortunatley my neighbour couldnt, but just shows how loud he is. Part of it seems to be after he has used the tray, but yet the tray doesn't move, so I do wonder if he is getting disorientated, and how much is fair on him. Gave him some different food tonight, so he has't eaten mcuh - why is it you get somethign donated, the cat likes it, you buy a full box, they dont???

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #114 on:** January 30, 2009, 08:05:56 AM »

Thanks - back onto being worried about Jeannie now, it is the first time in a couple of months she has been in a room by herself, so can actually monitor what she is doing - she had been a bit sick overnight (typical as I changed her bedding last night!!), and had 3 decent size wee's, despite the fact she hadn't eaten that much wet yesterday (although her teatime pouch had finally been eaten by this morning, it hadn't when I went to bed), and the water bowl didn't look to have been touched that much. She hasn't yowled as much though, which is good, it is the quietest day we have had in nearly a week.

Janeyk · « **Reply #113 on:** January 30, 2009, 07:56:14 AM »

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #112 on:** January 29, 2009, 23:10:33 PM »

Sorry Des

RIP Norman

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #111 on:** January 29, 2009, 22:33:36 PM »

Yeah, I did, just wish the decision didn't keep getting harder, I would have loved not to have had to do that tonight, but i knew it had to be done for him.

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