ozzy is in heaven :( opinions please (new here)

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hi everyone I'm new him, I've come for info before on feline diabetes. ozzy was diagnosed about 3 months ago. everything was going well, but we had to keep upping his insulin. he was on 4 units twice a day, seemed to be working, he was drinking less and begging less for food. but id say the past two weeks he started drinking a lot again is what we first noticed, me and my brother were planning on doing another curve, because i testes ozzy the other day and his BG was 700! so obviously the insulin was not enough, but we wanted to do a curve before we upped it. well. i got a call yesterday to go to my dads house cause ozzy was not doing well, he refused to eat since the prior day and couldn't even walk around. i rushed there, he even refused to eat for me, his body was limp. he couldn't even walk. it was a weekend so i found the closest animal hospital and brought him there. Now, i have prior experience with diabetics, i worked with children who had it. so i knew humans could get ketones, now our vet NEVER warned us about this. and ozzy had all the symptoms. my parents split up, and mom moved out and she was the one to take care of ozzy, ozzy was still getting his insulin daily due to me and my brother going there to administer it (my brother lives there i do not) but he wasn't getting all the attention he was used to. i felt awful, but i wasn't there i couldn't do anything. well, needless to say at the vet i asked her if it could be ketones she said "possibly" i asked her how to treat it and she said he would need to be hospitalized and it would cost a minimum of 4000 :( now i live on my own i can't afford that :( i knew ozzy wasn't getting the attention he needed so we just had to put him down. and i feel awful :( its 6am here and i can't sleep. i feel so bad. i feel guilty cause i didn't have the money to see if i could even save him. i just hope he knew how much i loved him, he's with our other cats now in heaven. i mean the poor thing couldn't even stand up, couldn't even lift his head (we went even pos it was ketones, just assuming) i just came here for some support. i miss him so much already and i just hate the guilt. i tried my best i really did. i also just recently read online the lancus insulin he is on can go bad after a month even if refrigerated (vet never told us that either) so i believe that why his BG was so high recently and he was drinking a lot again. oh this is just no fun, I'm just feeling guilty and sad. does everyone think this was an ok choice to make ? thanks guys.
-Kelly

Rest in the sweetest peace ozzy, i love you very very much. i hope your healthier where you are baby. <3
 
(((((((Kelly))))))) Big Hugs!
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Ozzy knows how much you love him, and that you did all you could for him.
He'll be waiting for you at the bridge with all the other gone ahead furbabies.

Fly Free and Happy, Ozzy.

Please find a way to tell your mommy it's okay.
 
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Kelly,

I'm so sorry Ozzy is gone. He's happy, healthy, and waiting for you. And yes, he knows you loved him and did the best you could for him.

Guilt is a horrible thing. It will cause you to beat yourself up mentally when there's no cause to do so. You did the best you could for Ozzy given the information you had and your situation, which includes you finances. You didn't stop Ozzy's insulin nor did you didn't abandon him. You loved him. It would have been wonderful to have tons of money so you could afford the financial realities of Ozzy's care, but that's not the place you're in right now. Someday you'll be in that position and you'll honor Ozzy's memory by helping another cat.

It's OK to hurt over losing a friend. Remember the good times because Ozzy knows you loved him.

Christine
 
Kellyagrace said:
hi everyone I'm new him, I've come for info before on feline diabetes. ozzy was diagnosed about 3 months ago. everything was going well, but we had to keep upping his insulin. he was on 4 units twice a day, seemed to be working, he was drinking less and begging less for food. but id say the past two weeks he started drinking a lot again is what we first noticed, me and my brother were planning on doing another curve, because i testes ozzy the other day and his BG was 700! so obviously the insulin was not enough, but we wanted to do a curve before we upped it. well. i got a call yesterday to go to my dads house cause ozzy was not doing well, he refused to eat since the prior day and couldn't even walk around. i rushed there, he even refused to eat for me, his body was limp. he couldn't even walk. it was a weekend so i found the closest animal hospital and brought him there. Now, i have prior experience with diabetics, i worked with children who had it. so i knew humans could get ketones, now our vet NEVER warned us about this. and ozzy had all the symptoms. my parents split up, and mom moved out and she was the one to take care of ozzy, ozzy was still getting his insulin daily due to me and my brother going there to administer it (my brother lives there i do not) but he wasn't getting all the attention he was used to. i felt awful, but i wasn't there i couldn't do anything. well, needless to say at the vet i asked her if it could be ketones she said "possibly" i asked her how to treat it and she said he would need to be hospitalized and it would cost a minimum of 4000 :( now i live on my own i can't afford that :( i knew ozzy wasn't getting the attention he needed so we just had to put him down. and i feel awful :( its 6am here and i can't sleep. i feel so bad. i feel guilty cause i didn't have the money to see if i could even save him. i just hope he knew how much i loved him, he's with our other cats now in heaven. i mean the poor thing couldn't even stand up, couldn't even lift his head (we went even pos it was ketones, just assuming) i just came here for some support. i miss him so much already and i just hate the guilt. i tried my best i really did. i also just recently read online the lancus insulin he is on can go bad after a month even if refrigerated (vet never told us that either) so i believe that why his BG was so high recently and he was drinking a lot again. oh this is just no fun, I'm just feeling guilty and sad. does everyone think this was an ok choice to make ? thanks guys.
-Kelly

Rest in the sweetest peace ozzy, i love you very very much. i hope your healthier where you are baby. <3
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I know we all live with that feeling of fear of losing our baby....so I won't be depressed all the time, I try to realize we did the best we could and try to live with that. My Ozzy is 14 and I just want the diabetes to get under control and for him to feel like his old self....prayers for all of us taking care of them.
 
So sorry for your loss, you did the right thing, Ozzy didn't suffer being hospitalized, he is at peace now. It sounds like he was very sick so even if you had the money he probably would have died. Also he may have died alone in a cage at the hospital when you weren't there and that is devastating, it happened to us. We left our cat at a hospital and he died alone in a cage. We had a dog who had cancer, we did way to much to save her, she died anyway and I regret all the things the vet had us do to try to prolong her life. I wish we just fed her and kept her on pain meds. Everyone second guess themselves when the lose a pet, Lantus doesn't go bad after a month, you can keep it for at least 3 months or more. None of this is your fault, you did everything you could. Ozzy is alive and well with God waiting for you. God bless you.
 
Sending purrs and prayers.
Lantus can last a long time. It took me a year to use up a vial of Lantus and it worked until it was gone.
Ozzy could have had a high-dose condition like acromegaly. My MurrFee had that and he ended up requiring 50 units twice daily.
 
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