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If anyone has previous advice on elderly cats and strokes I would really appreciate it!! I found my 23 year old cat Sooty on the floor last Sunday night, she couldn’t walk or stand or even hold up her head. I rushed her to the vet who told me it was most likely she’d had a stroke and she needed to go home and rest.
They called back in 48 hours, I explained she was eating and drinking and could now hold up her head, but the vet said I needed to think about whether it was her time to go.
I wasn’t ready to say goodbye then. It’s now a week later and I’m completely stuck as to what to do. She still can’t walk, but she can sit up on her own and can stand for short periods if I stand her on all 4 feet, though eventually she loses her balance. She meows when she needs the litter tray and I take her to it, although I have missed it a few times at night and she’s wet the bed. I can tell that this is upsetting for her and it breaks my heart, but otherwise she doesn’t seem to be in pain and she’s still eating well.
She is my best friend and honestly I want to do right by her. I don’t want to keep her here selfishly if she can’t walk and I don’t believe she’ll have quality of life. But equally I want to give her a chance if she’s fighting to walk. She has no other pressing health issues, although she does have some kidney damage and she did have a previous stroke back in March which she recovered from within 2 days.
Thank you for your help in advance
Any advice would be so so appreciated. I should add that I have to work away some nights, this past week I’ve cancelled work to care for her but unfortunately I can’t continue that forever. I can get somebody to stay with her while I’m gone. Which is necessary for her to eat and go to the toilet. But the thought of leaving her with somebody else is honestly so scary right now. I couldn’t live with myself for for something to happen and for her to pass away without me there, part of me thinks is it better to go painlessly with me next to her as the vet things. But also if people have recovery stories that her walking again is possible, I don’t want to give up on her.
They called back in 48 hours, I explained she was eating and drinking and could now hold up her head, but the vet said I needed to think about whether it was her time to go.
I wasn’t ready to say goodbye then. It’s now a week later and I’m completely stuck as to what to do. She still can’t walk, but she can sit up on her own and can stand for short periods if I stand her on all 4 feet, though eventually she loses her balance. She meows when she needs the litter tray and I take her to it, although I have missed it a few times at night and she’s wet the bed. I can tell that this is upsetting for her and it breaks my heart, but otherwise she doesn’t seem to be in pain and she’s still eating well.
She is my best friend and honestly I want to do right by her. I don’t want to keep her here selfishly if she can’t walk and I don’t believe she’ll have quality of life. But equally I want to give her a chance if she’s fighting to walk. She has no other pressing health issues, although she does have some kidney damage and she did have a previous stroke back in March which she recovered from within 2 days.
Thank you for your help in advance
Any advice would be so so appreciated. I should add that I have to work away some nights, this past week I’ve cancelled work to care for her but unfortunately I can’t continue that forever. I can get somebody to stay with her while I’m gone. Which is necessary for her to eat and go to the toilet. But the thought of leaving her with somebody else is honestly so scary right now. I couldn’t live with myself for for something to happen and for her to pass away without me there, part of me thinks is it better to go painlessly with me next to her as the vet things. But also if people have recovery stories that her walking again is possible, I don’t want to give up on her.