This is an update on my 14 y.o. kitty Peaches who has a sore on her haunch that she won't heal. She's had it for a year and a half... test results show she's mostly healthy and has no cancer. The vet says there's a lot of blood flow to the area and that's why it won't stop bleeding. They don't know what to do short of amputating her leg... (we won't do that). I realize that I also named this thread "She won't LET it heal" that's not the case. It just won't heal.
We put her on antibiotics and she didn't heal at all. We had a cone on her head for almost 6 mo. trying to get it to heal, but nothing helps... We cleaned it and put on an antibacterial cream that the vet gave us... so the last couple months we've been bandaging it up every week and washing it. Today we tried to take it off and it looks like it's bleeding already, or maybe it was on too tight and it cut into her leg (I hope that's not it... that thought breaks my heart...)
I am so heartbroken .... we've tried everything and now honestly it seems like the only thing we can do, is put her down... she's very uncomfortable... although she seems pretty happy and healthy otherwise. My parents are at their wits end and don't want to clean up the blood anymore...
At this point I don't know what to do? What would you do? Is it wrong for me to want to try and keep her alive regardless? My parents seem to think it's cruel...
We put her on antibiotics and she didn't heal at all. We had a cone on her head for almost 6 mo. trying to get it to heal, but nothing helps... We cleaned it and put on an antibacterial cream that the vet gave us... so the last couple months we've been bandaging it up every week and washing it. Today we tried to take it off and it looks like it's bleeding already, or maybe it was on too tight and it cut into her leg (I hope that's not it... that thought breaks my heart...)
I am so heartbroken .... we've tried everything and now honestly it seems like the only thing we can do, is put her down... she's very uncomfortable... although she seems pretty happy and healthy otherwise. My parents are at their wits end and don't want to clean up the blood anymore...
At this point I don't know what to do? What would you do? Is it wrong for me to want to try and keep her alive regardless? My parents seem to think it's cruel...