I started a thread on my Tigger a few weeks back. Unfortunately his diagnose became painfully clear today - cardiomyopathy with a side effect of thromboembolism. The heart murmer showed up this week when I took him in for a follow up blood test. This afternoon, the pain became very obvious and he was not only near total heart failure, but nearly paralyzed from the thrombosis. This is a bad disease that hits mostly male cats in their middle to late years and more often than not, without a lot of warning. Heart murmers don't always show up until it is in an advanced state.
My other cats started picking on him in earnest this week. That alone had me worried more than anything. We were waiting on the blood work to decide what our next steps would be. Tigger decided for us.
Tigger was my wild child, and not one to accept any intervention in his life. It was simply his time and I held him close as we put him to sleep. Just the fact that he let me hold him close for the first time in his entire life (he would be turning 9 years old next week) tells me that he had given up on life.
My Tigger boy, Tiggly-Wiggly, Iggers, Iggie-Wigs, Igums, Tiggers.....no one really understood you as well as I did. You never let them know you. Life just scared you for some reason and you loved me because I understood that about you. You got your name because as a kitten, you had a lot of "bouncy-bouncy fun" just like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh.
I'll miss you my precious child!
My other cats started picking on him in earnest this week. That alone had me worried more than anything. We were waiting on the blood work to decide what our next steps would be. Tigger decided for us.
Tigger was my wild child, and not one to accept any intervention in his life. It was simply his time and I held him close as we put him to sleep. Just the fact that he let me hold him close for the first time in his entire life (he would be turning 9 years old next week) tells me that he had given up on life.
My Tigger boy, Tiggly-Wiggly, Iggers, Iggie-Wigs, Igums, Tiggers.....no one really understood you as well as I did. You never let them know you. Life just scared you for some reason and you loved me because I understood that about you. You got your name because as a kitten, you had a lot of "bouncy-bouncy fun" just like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh.
I'll miss you my precious child!
