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I am so sorry for your loss. Rest assured you did the right thing and stepped up to the plate.
The hardest decisions are usually the right ones.
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Oh no, Don. I saw this and my heart sank for you. But remember we only get to love our furkids so long on earht but they will see us again when we meet them at Rainbow Bridge. My sincere condolences to you, and I know with holiday season this makes a loss even more painful. May God Bless you and Chewy.
Sending a hug...so sorry. Chewy had a wonderful home with people who cared.
Had this exact experience with my tuxedo cat. He lost function of back legs so was put down.
It's a very sad time...but soon you'll be remembering the good times and blessings he brought your family.
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Originally Posted by don1945
Tonight my son had to make that horrible decision that all of us have to eventually make, to let go of a friend you have had for years and years.
He came home and found Chewy laying on the floor, unable to move his back legs, and panting heavily. Chewy was fine this morning, jumping up on the counter while I made my morning coffee, but the last couple of weeks he has been less peppy than normal. We rushed him to our local vet, and they said to rush him to Specialized Veterinary Services, the same place we had his cat scan and MRI last June.
The Dr came in and said Chewy had thrown a blood clot to his rear legs (said it was common) and that he was in congestive heart failure. He said 50% of the cats that have this happen never go home, and his prognosis was not good at all. He didn't feel there were any heroic measures to take, all of them seemed to not be helpful, so my son and I talked it over, and felt it was best for Chewy to not let him suffer any longer.
We both cried a lot, still are teary, and it will not be a good night or good day tomorrow. Sure gonna miss little Chewy, he was a bad little Tuxedo (in a wonderful way) and was always into something. We stayed with him as they injected the final shot, and kissed and petted him as he passed. I hate days like this.
Oh no, Don. I saw this and my heart sank for you. But remember we only get to love our furkids so long on earht but they will see us again when we meet them at Rainbow Bridge. My sincere condolences to you, and I know with holiday season this makes a loss even more painful. May God Bless you and Chewy.
movintime, thank you for the very kind personal message you sent me, it meant a lot, just as every other kind person has meant through their posts on here.
I have always been a weakling, and do not do well with death, so I have never been able to stay with any of our cats when they did that injection. But this time I had to, for Chewy and for my son who was holding and kissing him as he took his last breaths. I am glad we stayed, Chewy was such a loving, wonderful kitty that he deserved no less from us.
We are both a little teary today, and the house seems a little emptier somehow. But time will help us heal, and even though my son has made me promise not to bring another kitten into the house to fill this hole in our lives, maybe the time will come when it will be appropriate for him to start thinking about giving another little cat the same love and safe home we gave Chewy. That time is just not now.
Thanks again, to everyone, it makes it a little easier.
Don, my heart goes out to you and your son. Those little heart thieves are family, they greet us when we come home, make us feel good when we are down. Chewy will never be forgotten or replaced but both of you may be able to open home and hearts when you have gone through some healing.
Today they delivered Chewy's ashes in a little wooden box, and a paw print on a round ceramic plate. More tears when we saw them. We gave Chewy a place of honor on one of our living room display stands, now he is home and will be with us forever. We sat the box down for a moment, and Daisy ran up and was rubbing on it....more tears.
I am going to go to a trophy shop and have a brass plate made up with his name on it and some saying, and will put that on the box. I didn't realize how much he added to this house, it sure seems like something is really missing right now, even Daisy and Lucky are not themselves.
I am so sorry. ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))
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I saw this and my heart sank for you. But remember we only get to love our furkids so long on earht but they will see us again when we meet them at Rainbow Bridge. My sincere condolences to you, and I know with holiday season this makes a loss even more painful. May God Bless you and Chewy.
