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i am still struggling with what I had to do the other day. I had a 12 year old male cat...sweet as can be put down because I came home from work and found him sitting there with sunken eyes, dehydrated, meowing in pain weakly, and unable to really move a lot. I recognized this as a cat that was in the process of dying from shock and dehydration. it happened so quickly.....My cat had severe IBD. I was giving him steroids and bubesonide in a treat form. Occasionally he got metrondiazonale. He ate Hills ID which worked well for awhile. However, over time he was losing weight despite eating over 4 cans of Hills a day. His appetite was never satisfied and he would always cry for food. The past two days there were piles of diarrhea liquid all over my floor. I guess I figured it was just poo and not realizing he needed fluids as badly as he did. Exactly two days later I found him in shock. I gave him 50 cc's of sub q fluid but after hearing his weak cry I was worried the fluid might not process correctly with his heart being so weak so I stopped that and ran to the vet. The vet said she could not get a catheter in my cat and the cat was almost comatose (in and out of consciousness). She gave him 200 cc's of fluid sub q and then came to talk to me. She said there was no way we were going to be able to get blood and that this cat might die any minute now and what did I want to do...I chose to put him down because I did not want him to suffer and even if he would have survived which would have been questionable given his near death state at the time, he would have gone through so much...all to just come back and experience the IBD and the constant hunger that would never be satisfied. I feel bad though because I have never heard of a cat having IBD so bad as to need to be put down. If it was cancer or something like that I would be ok with it but IBD and pancreatitis? It was so hard to do but I certainly did not want my cat to die at home when I have no way to euthanize and take out of pain. Emergency room vets are a crime and given that it would have been questionable whether he would pull through I chose not to try that route. i loved my cat a lot and I can't seem to stop struggling with guilt over this. The necropsy report showed white spots on the pancreas and a medial 1 cm black mass. The liver had tan spots on it and parts were nutmeg shape. I don't know what that means really...Medical jargon. The report also said the lymph nodes were swollen in the abdomen and the intestine was severely distended. The fluid in the vessels from the lungs were somewhat frothy...suggesting possible edema but I don't know maybe edema can come after the cat passed because he was given guild sub q just prior. The diagnosis was IBD, possible lymphoma and pancreatitis. which really doesn't say much without a biopsy.