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I cannot believe I'm here again and making this post. Yesterday morning I lost my sweet angel Sandy in the most shocking and traumatic way. I don't understand how this happened or what lead to my sweet baby passing away so suddenly when she was fine only moments before. Everything was fine, Sandy was laying on the sofa next to me and acting like her usual self, completely normal. She seemed happy and content to me and there was nothing at all that I could see from the way she was acting that could have ever prepared me for what would happen in the next couple mins. She was laying next to me on the sofa, I got up to use the restroom quickly and literally a minute later I hear my brother call for me and say "I think something is wrong with Sandy!" I didn't understand what he meant when i was with her just a few moments ago and she was fine. I rushed out to her and I see her laying on the floor right near the sofa where she had been laying and she looked like she wasn't there, like she was unresponsive to her surroundings. She was not moving, i tried to wake her up, calling her name, petting her, doing everything i can to wake her up. i carried her and laid her on the sofa but she was not responding to my voice or anything around her. When i was carrying her I felt something change inside of her (thinking back now, I think it may have been when her heart stopped beating, i just didn't realize it at the time.) Her body was completely limp and wobbly. I was in so much shock. She was fine just moments before. I ask my brother what happened when I had left to use the restroom because she was fine right before. He told me he heard her let out a small meow then he saw her on the floor (but didn't notice when she had jumped down from the sofa) he told me it looked like she was having a seizure (she has never has one before in her life) He said he noticed her laying on the floor taking long slow breathes. Her tongue was sticking out. He thought maybe she was choking or trying to vomit/cough and was unable to, he said he tried to help her. He said he also noticed her limbs moving violently at the same time. He laid her on her side and then that was when he called for me. i was crying so much and in complete shock. I just kept saying she was fine a few mins ago how did this happen.. When i laid her on the sofa she was not moving, she was completely unresponsive and to me it looked like she was no longer breathing and I didn't feel a heartbeat. I checked a couple of times, tried to listen to see if i can hear or see any breathing or a heartbeat but I couldn't. I opened her mouth to see if maybe she had choked on something and I noticed her tongue was stuck against the roof of her mouth and it was very pale. I reached out to several vets, a pet ambulance company, I couldn't find anyone who was open near me that early in the morning on a Saturday. Finally was able to speak with someone and he told me it seems as though she may have passed after i explained to him what happened. He told me there is a way I can check and know for sure if I wasn't certain. He told me to take a finger and try to touch her eye, if she reacts then she may still be able to get help, if not, then he said that means she has passed already. I did as he said and she didn't respond or react, her eye felt like rubber. I finally found a vet who was open soon after that and rushed her there. They examined her and confirmed what I had already known, my sweet angel has already passed. She was non responsive, no heartbeat and her breathing had stopped. The vet told me it could have been a cardiac related problem. She literally passed away within mins. She told me there was nothing I could have done, if it was her heart as she suspects, she said sometimes you never see any signs or symptoms at all. They will seem completely fine and then they can go like just like that. The vet told me she had a dog who passed away the same way. She said that at least i can take comfort in knowing it was not painful for her and that it was very quick.
I am traumatized and still in shock. I would have never expected something like this to happen to my sweet girl. Sandy was my youngest cat out of 4. I had recently lost my two oldest ones not very long ago. My darling Rosie at the end of 2018 and then my darling Sparkles in 2020. Now Sandy so soon after. I don't know why this keeps happening and so soon after each other. I always say I can't go through losing another one of my babies. Rosie was 17, Sparkles was 18, and Sandy my youngest was 14. My heart is broken once again. My heart cannot take all of this loss. I can't believe i started with four beautiful cats and I now have 1.
Sandy was the sweetest cat in the world. She had such a sweet and loving personality. All she ever wanted was to be loved constantly. She adored being pet, she would let you pet her for hours on end. I used to call her Sandykins, she loved it. And sometimes I would play her the song "Oh Sandy" from the movie Grease she loved it so much. Oh, how I miss my sweet Sandykins, I wish i could see her and my other babies one last time. There's so much I want to say and share but I feel unable to say anything more at the moment. I am absolutely devasted. RIP My beautiful Sandykins. I love you so much.
I am traumatized and still in shock. I would have never expected something like this to happen to my sweet girl. Sandy was my youngest cat out of 4. I had recently lost my two oldest ones not very long ago. My darling Rosie at the end of 2018 and then my darling Sparkles in 2020. Now Sandy so soon after. I don't know why this keeps happening and so soon after each other. I always say I can't go through losing another one of my babies. Rosie was 17, Sparkles was 18, and Sandy my youngest was 14. My heart is broken once again. My heart cannot take all of this loss. I can't believe i started with four beautiful cats and I now have 1.
Sandy was the sweetest cat in the world. She had such a sweet and loving personality. All she ever wanted was to be loved constantly. She adored being pet, she would let you pet her for hours on end. I used to call her Sandykins, she loved it. And sometimes I would play her the song "Oh Sandy" from the movie Grease she loved it so much. Oh, how I miss my sweet Sandykins, I wish i could see her and my other babies one last time. There's so much I want to say and share but I feel unable to say anything more at the moment. I am absolutely devasted. RIP My beautiful Sandykins. I love you so much.
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