I can't believe that we have lost Tatty now, so soon after loosing Gizzy
When Jim got home from work yesterday, he thought that Tatty was just sleeping in the bin bed in the living room. When Jim went to sit down, Tatty attempted to get out of the bed, but was very unsteady on his paws, and started going round in circles. When I got home, Tatty was in a collapsed state, so instead of waiting for the out of hours appointment that had been made, we rushed him into the vet. They gave him oxygen, and when the head of the practise checked him over, they said that he was very dehydrated, and they suspected that he might have kidney failure. They admitted him straight away, and let us briefly say goodbye to him.
When Alan, the head of the practise rang us later in the evening, he said that the blood tests showed that he wasn't suffering from kidney failure, and his heart was strong. His potassium level was raised, so they gave him some antibiotics, and kept him on the drip to rehydrate him. We were supposed to ring them this morning to see how he was doing.
I knew as soon as Alan called me at work at about 9:15 that something was wrong, because I was supposed to call them. He said that he checked Tatty late last night, and he was OK, but when he checked him first thing this morning he had not survived the night.
I sat at my desk and cried. I have been crying all day. Our brave boy is gone. I don't understand why. Its not fair - it seems like such a short time that he had with us. We love you always baby
