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Where do I start? My beautiful, beloved, treasured 17-year-old Siamese, Milo, who has been with me through young adulthood to middle age, has started on a downward trajectory.
To me he is the most beautiful cat with the sweetest, gentlest disposition.
His health condition is that he has stage 2 kidney disease and I have been giving him fluids twice a day. He also has a large liver tumor that was believed to be benign. Then we noticed blood in the litter box, then he was straining to pee. After numerous vet visits, it seemed like the cause was kidney stones that were clearing.
Just in the past two days he has been straining a great deal but not passing urine. We thought it was stones again but the ultrasound showed that the tumor has spread to his bladder, giving him the urge to pee all of the time--but nothing comes out. He has also stopped drinking but I still give him sub-Q fluids.
The vet said he has less than two weeks and that we should help him cross. The concern is he could take a sudden turn for the worse and die a painful death (let's say the tumor started bleeding internally). But where I am struggling is that he is still walking, still responsive, still purrs, enjoys being petted, and looks pretty good!
He's on pain meds now and isn't even straining to pee--BUT he also hasn't been drinking.
I don't know what to do. He is my little baby. I feel so horrible and so guilty taking any of his time from him. He still looks happy, although maybe a little uncomfortable at times. He doesn't seem to be in a great deal of pain, just pain from arthritis and pressure from the tumors.
His vet has been great in the past so I do trust her but at the same time, what if he could pull through? Or what if he could have 3 more months? It's painful for me to deal with having to wait and wonder that long, but at the same time I would love to have more time. The whole process is very painful for me either way.
What do you think? How can I make the decision?
To me he is the most beautiful cat with the sweetest, gentlest disposition.
His health condition is that he has stage 2 kidney disease and I have been giving him fluids twice a day. He also has a large liver tumor that was believed to be benign. Then we noticed blood in the litter box, then he was straining to pee. After numerous vet visits, it seemed like the cause was kidney stones that were clearing.
Just in the past two days he has been straining a great deal but not passing urine. We thought it was stones again but the ultrasound showed that the tumor has spread to his bladder, giving him the urge to pee all of the time--but nothing comes out. He has also stopped drinking but I still give him sub-Q fluids.
The vet said he has less than two weeks and that we should help him cross. The concern is he could take a sudden turn for the worse and die a painful death (let's say the tumor started bleeding internally). But where I am struggling is that he is still walking, still responsive, still purrs, enjoys being petted, and looks pretty good!
He's on pain meds now and isn't even straining to pee--BUT he also hasn't been drinking.
I don't know what to do. He is my little baby. I feel so horrible and so guilty taking any of his time from him. He still looks happy, although maybe a little uncomfortable at times. He doesn't seem to be in a great deal of pain, just pain from arthritis and pressure from the tumors.
His vet has been great in the past so I do trust her but at the same time, what if he could pull through? Or what if he could have 3 more months? It's painful for me to deal with having to wait and wonder that long, but at the same time I would love to have more time. The whole process is very painful for me either way.
What do you think? How can I make the decision?