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Good-bye friend
Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 11:36 AM<< Previous | Read comments | Respond | Email link | Next >>
So, last week my husband and I noticed that one of our cats, Bosie was acting strangely. He was being very affectionate...which for him was strange. We'd been having a lot of problems with him terrorizing one of the other cats for about a year. I wrote about it when it started, here. Anyway, on Friday we noticed that he was being very lethargic and seemed smaller (for the record, last time we took him to the vet's he was well over 20 pounds). We made a vet appointment for Saturday morning. On Saturday, the vet thought that Bosie was having liver failure, which was not good. He gave some some antibiotics for Bosie in case it was an infection and told us to take him home and monitor whether or not he eats. Also, he weighed about 16 pounds - which I don't think he'd weighed in a long time. He didn't eat, until Sunday night when he ate a spoonful of yogurt and a quarter pouch of tuna - this was a cat that would knock the feeding dish out of your hand if he thought you weren't feeding him fast enough. We were hoping for the best but fearing the worst. Yesterday, we brought him in and the vet thought that since he hadn't eaten and over the weekend had developed problems walking and breathing...that maybe he had cancer, which he couldn't tell us for sure without extensive testing. The vet also told us what he would do if it were his cat. I have to admit, that I really like our vet and trust him as he's been really good with our dogs and the other cats. So, we decided to have Bosie put to sleep, we didn't want to prolong his suffering nor did we want to have invasive surgery done that may or may not have made him better. It was weird waking up this morning without Bosie around to beg for more food - or to hear him terrorizing the other cats during the night. An unexpected nice thing to come from this though, is that the cat whom Bosie terrorized the most has come out of hiding and is joining the rest of us constantly - I would hazzard a guess that she's the only one who is happy that Bosie is gone (even if he was her brother). Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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Chantal, I am truly sorry for your loss. It is never easy to lose a family member, no matter how many legs they have. May God send your family comfort during your time of mourning.
Thank you for your kind words.
I'm also very sorry for your loss. I know how hard it is, especially when you have to make that decision yourself.
Mary
Chantal, I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of Bosie. I know it's hard, especially when the decision lies with you. Your in my thoughts and prayers.
I am so your loss on Bosie. He looked like a happy guy, and he was blessed to be a part of your life for so long.
If you are interested in pet memorial markers i know a good company for those.. you can facebook me about that, should you'd like to do that.
I have 5 markers out back.
Our pets have all been blessings to us throught the years, and the ones living now are such a part of the house i cannot imagine life without them.
I am praying for you.. during this time of change.
For those who do not have pets, it may be hard to understand the feeling of loss, but it is real. We have loved and lost many pets over the years, but it does not make it any easier.
Bosie may have been fighting this since he started terrorizing his sister. And although his sister is coming out more, she might have understood that he was not himself.
We are sorry for your loss and know you other pets will help.
Thank you everyone for your kind words.