Coping With Pet LossThis section is a place to share stories about Coping With Pet Loss. Below are entries of those who have already shared their stories. We hope that you find their experiences helpful to your own situation. To quickly access health information from your website's browser, download My friend Pookie passed away today My kitty passed away today. The feline leukemia virus in her blood was too much for her furry little body to handle. I could sense something was wrong for a while, ever since she stopped being so spunky and was instead more sleepy. I took her to the vet when she started sneezing. I took her again when she started to lick the walls. I was worried that something more serious was wrong with her than allergies but they said she was fine. Then she started tinkling on the living room floor and started drinking a lot of water and eating very little food. The vet said it was only a UTI so I started to give my little friend antibiotics twice a day. She hated it but she did it for mommy. Over a little more than a week of the meds she became even more lethargic and just wanted to rest her head on mommy’s chest. She stopped purring all together. When she stopped eating as well she decided that she wanted to stay in her room. One night she had an accident on herself in her bed. I knew something was seriously wrong. She started screaming and went to her litter box where she slept all day and all night. I constantly checked on her and talked to her that day but she only got worse. She started struggling to breathe. I promised her I’d make it better and I called the vet (AGAIN!) to see if he would see me even though it was a Sunday and he kept saying it was not an emergency. By the time he saw me the following afternoon I was surprised she was still alive. Her precious little furry face and her poor little kitty eyes were straining to make contact with mine. The vet was shocked that her temperature was so low but he still sent me back home, told me to warm her up, and to come back in five hours! I went straight to a different vet office where he tested her for feline leukemia and found her to be positive. Through her weak meows she kept begging me to take her home and make it better but I couldn’t. I asked if there was anything I could do for her and he said there wasn’t, then he asked if I wanted to end her suffering. Without any hesitation I said yes. I couldn’t bare to think of the pain that she had felt all day Sunday and even before when they kept misdiagnosing her. I’ll never see her playful pounces again or feel her rough little kisses on my face anymore but I’ll always have a special place in my heart for my little momma-kitty…Pookie. Comments
July 2007
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