Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Sending you hugs. Me, too.... bless your heart! :-( When my dogs died I cried for 2 weeks. They were old and sick and had to be put down, so I put them down together, just like they had always lived... together. Broke my heart and I still choke up 9 years later when I think about them. It does get better though... I promise. Hang in there, JaydenStart the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I can understand, or start to, since I have a Boston Terrier, Minnie, who I say is the daughter I never had! (I have 2 grown sons, but Minnie is my constant companion.) There is nothing more loyal than a pet. I sympathize with your loss. Wishing you well at your new doctor visit. Marcie Jul wrote: Well, I finally made an appointment with Dr Priscilla Hollander to seeabout the low Aldosterone. It'll be on the 31st. Thankfully, not toolong of a wait, esp for a new patient. Usually it seems you waitmonths. I hope it goes well!!Sunday night I had to put my dear sweet kitty to sleep (the one whoI've mentioned before having hyperthyroidism). I'm not handling ittoo well. I feel like I lost an actual child (being childless, he wasas close to an actual baby to me as a pet could be). I've been cryingnon-stop. It all happened so fast that I didn't have a lot of time toreally prepare. Last Monday morning he seemed just fine. I came homefor lunch maybe 3 hours later and he was most definitely not fine. Hejust got worse and worse as the week went on.Today is my first day back at work since last Monday and I'm justbarely making it. I worked an hour last Tuesday but then I got thenews from my vet that probably had cancer and/or renal failureand I pretty much lost it. I took the whole rest of the week off andthen Monday and Tuesday I took to grieve his death.Nothing we did improved him and he was barely even able to walk. Idecided not to put him through ultrasounds and biopsies at the lastminute since after looking into his eyes Sunday afternoon, I suddenlyjust *knew* he wasn't going to make it no matter what we did. I'dfelt it since he first got sick which I'd never felt that way theprevious times his kidneys would get bad. He always bounced back butnot this time. Not even admitting him to the hospital for the weekendto be on continuous IV fluids helped, or at least enough to make adecent improvement. He still looked awfully sad and miserable. Ijust couldn't watch him suffer anymore.I've been so extremely stressed out all week. Can't sleep, havehardly any appetite and am just so down feeling. I can't stop crying.But for the first time in about 8 nights, I slept straight through thenight last night. I hope that continues because if it doesn't, I'mgoing to wind up back in Dr Owens office begging for sleeping pillsand such which I don't want to take. I hate the way they make me feelthe next day (even the ones that aren't supposed to cause fatigue thenext day do just that in me). but I can't go much longer on suchlittle sleep and stay sane.I'm so frustrated, too, because while I wasn't feeling great, I wasdoing fairly well up to this point. I feel like I just took a hugeslide backwards AGAIN. I hope it doesn't take months and months toclimb back up again like it did back in the Fall.I hope this new doctor will help with this one area and that it willbe what I've needed all along.Just needed to vent a bit I guess. At least I have my other baby,Ellie. Who, as far as we know, is perfectly healthy! She's stillyoung (4 years old) so hopefully it's a very, very long time before Ihave to go through this again. wasn't that old (12) but I guesswhen it's their time, it's their time.Jul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Jul, So sorry about your loss. Our animals are part of our family too…even our goats. They sure work their way into our hearts. Sending you hugs. Kim in No Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I am so sorry to hear of your loss. You did everything you could for him. He is over the rainbow bridge, with several of my guys. We use to show cats and we raised Tonkinese cats, as well as rescued many. We have had as many as 24 cats (had a litter of four on the ground at the time). After that we were holding around 18 cats for several years. Last year we lost 3 cats, and we have already lost one this year..so we are down to 11 cats. I have one that is on borrowed time right now. I saved him from kidney failure a year and a half ago. Five of those cats are over the age of 10 years old. I just got off the phone with a friend(we showed cats together) who is going to go pick up a cat() from getting an MRI and a spinal tap. He has meningitis and a brain tumor. The vet has given him 2-3 weeks. So she has to decide if she is going to take him home or put him to sleep. Anyhow..I've rambled....you will miss him and nothing will take his place. But please don't let your health suffer...your sweet kitty wouldn't want that. Purrs and biscuits, Kate At 12:04 PM 1/23/2008, you wrote: >Well, I finally made an appointment with Dr Priscilla Hollander to see >about the low Aldosterone. It'll be on the 31st. Thankfully, not too >long of a wait, esp for a new patient. Usually it seems you wait >months. I hope it goes well!! > >Sunday night I had to put my dear sweet kitty to sleep (the one who >I've mentioned before having hyperthyroidism). I'm not handling it >too well. I feel like I lost an actual child (being childless, he was >as close to an actual baby to me as a pet could be). I've been crying >non-stop. It all happened so fast that I didn't have a lot of time to >really prepare. Last Monday morning he seemed just fine. I came home >for lunch maybe 3 hours later and he was most definitely not fine. He >just got worse and worse as the week went on. > >Today is my first day back at work since last Monday and I'm just >barely making it. I worked an hour last Tuesday but then I got the >news from my vet that probably had cancer and/or renal failure >and I pretty much lost it. I took the whole rest of the week off and >then Monday and Tuesday I took to grieve his death. > >Nothing we did improved him and he was barely even able to walk. I >decided not to put him through ultrasounds and biopsies at the last >minute since after looking into his eyes Sunday afternoon, I suddenly >just *knew* he wasn't going to make it no matter what we did. I'd >felt it since he first got sick which I'd never felt that way the >previous times his kidneys would get bad. He always bounced back but >not this time. Not even admitting him to the hospital for the weekend >to be on continuous IV fluids helped, or at least enough to make a >decent improvement. He still looked awfully sad and miserable. I >just couldn't watch him suffer anymore. > >I've been so extremely stressed out all week. Can't sleep, have >hardly any appetite and am just so down feeling. I can't stop crying. >But for the first time in about 8 nights, I slept straight through the >night last night. I hope that continues because if it doesn't, I'm >going to wind up back in Dr Owens office begging for sleeping pills >and such which I don't want to take. I hate the way they make me feel >the next day (even the ones that aren't supposed to cause fatigue the >next day do just that in me). but I can't go much longer on such >little sleep and stay sane. > >I'm so frustrated, too, because while I wasn't feeling great, I was >doing fairly well up to this point. I feel like I just took a huge >slide backwards AGAIN. I hope it doesn't take months and months to >climb back up again like it did back in the Fall. > >I hope this new doctor will help with this one area and that it will >be what I've needed all along. > >Just needed to vent a bit I guess. At least I have my other baby, >Ellie. Who, as far as we know, is perfectly healthy! She's still >young (4 years old) so hopefully it's a very, very long time before I >have to go through this again. wasn't that old (12) but I guess >when it's their time, it's their time. > >Jul > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 > Anyhow..I've rambled....you will miss him and nothing will take his > place. But please don't let your health suffer...your sweet kitty wouldn't > want that. Easier said than done! lol I'm trying not to. I'm eating even though I have no appetite and trying to get as much rest as I can. Cross your fingers I have another good night's sleep tonight. That will certainly help! Jul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Aww, that is awful to have lost both at the same time. But would have been heartbreaking as well to have watched one continue to be ill and still grieve for the other. Thankfully, my Ellie has been coping ok. She's become very affectionate since, too. But then again, maybe she always was but couldn't show it because hogged all the attention. lol She's not a vocal cat at all but she's walked around mewling a bit this past week so I know she's grieving, too. She's also sleeping up near my head now when for years she slept at my feet. Jul > > > > In a message dated 1/23/2008 12:53:44 P.M. Central Standard Time, > CAdata4u@... writes: > Me, too.... bless your heart! :-( When my dogs died I cried for 2 weeks. > They were old and sick and had to be put down, so I put them down together, > just like they had always lived... together. Broke my heart and I still > choke up 9 years later when I think about them. It does get better though... > I promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Oh Jul, I am so sorry. I was so hoping for the best. Hope you feel better soon. Sleep well. Darla > > Anyhow..I've rambled....you will miss him and nothing will take his > > place. But please don't let your health suffer...your sweet kitty wouldn't > > want that. > > Easier said than done! lol I'm trying not to. I'm eating even though > I have no appetite and trying to get as much rest as I can. Cross > your fingers I have another good night's sleep tonight. That will > certainly help! > > Jul > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks so much. It's been a really difficult week, that's for sure! Jul > Oh Jul, I am so sorry. I was so hoping for the best. Hope you feel > better soon. > > Sleep well. > > Darla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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