This morning my wife woke me as Vicki - my three legged cat was 1000 per cent the opposite to any way she has ever been. She was spitting at everything, growling and when I went to her as she has always come to me, she bit my thumb that hard in a few places that she caught the bone.
Anyway, we have just come back from the vet as e managed to get her into an emergency and the vet has sedated her for the next hour. The vet has confirmed that she is critically ill (this happened overnight) and her weight is nothing like it has been - she eats for Britain though and also her temperature is incredibly low.
His feelings are that it may be a catasphrophic failiure of her kidneys. She has been very vicious this morning, nothing like that adoreable cat I love and have for nearly three years.
She has been given a sedative for an hour whilst blood is taken, however, if the bloodwork comes back and states that the problem is not / can not e sorted, then I have signed the forms for euthanasia for her and at the same time, I have said my goodbyes.
Its now just turned 11.05 gmt, I will know by noon if I stil have the balck and white love of my life or it has ben better to let her slip away whilst she is asleep with the sedative.
This is going to be one incredibly long hour for me and i wonder where the hell we went wrong ? Did we miss something in the last day or so. The vet has confirmed that this can just happen - please keep her in your thoughts for me and the next hour. I knw one way or the other the news is not going to be good for us and have a feeling at the end of the day, I may be down to one cat.
God bless her if its the worst - as least the sedative will mean she will not know about it.
kev
Feeling as though a truck just hit me.
Anyway, we have just come back from the vet as e managed to get her into an emergency and the vet has sedated her for the next hour. The vet has confirmed that she is critically ill (this happened overnight) and her weight is nothing like it has been - she eats for Britain though and also her temperature is incredibly low.
His feelings are that it may be a catasphrophic failiure of her kidneys. She has been very vicious this morning, nothing like that adoreable cat I love and have for nearly three years.
She has been given a sedative for an hour whilst blood is taken, however, if the bloodwork comes back and states that the problem is not / can not e sorted, then I have signed the forms for euthanasia for her and at the same time, I have said my goodbyes.
Its now just turned 11.05 gmt, I will know by noon if I stil have the balck and white love of my life or it has ben better to let her slip away whilst she is asleep with the sedative.
This is going to be one incredibly long hour for me and i wonder where the hell we went wrong ? Did we miss something in the last day or so. The vet has confirmed that this can just happen - please keep her in your thoughts for me and the next hour. I knw one way or the other the news is not going to be good for us and have a feeling at the end of the day, I may be down to one cat.
God bless her if its the worst - as least the sedative will mean she will not know about it.
kev
Feeling as though a truck just hit me.