My cat is very very sick, please help

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Sara and Buttercup

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I brought my cat home who may die of kidney failure. i didn't know where else to turn. my heart is breaking. she's very very sick. i should have had her euthanized but i was scared. i don't want to watch her die. i don't know what to do. there's nothing left to do for her. i'm a terrible person. i'm scared she's suffereing but i'm too scared to eithanized her. i love her so much. she is not making urine anymore. her potassium is high. her heart is slow. her temp is low. i may take her to a speciality clinic tomorrow but i'm too tired to drive there tonight because it's three hours away. i don't think she will make it and they already said they don't think there is much that can be done for her. i can't stand to watch her suffer. she is the sweetest, nicest, gentlest most perfect cat. how can i hurt her. i don't want her to suffer. i've spent thousands of dollars on vet care but there's really not much else that can be done. i can't bear to be here with her when her body is shutting down and just standing by. there is no 24 hour vet here. they don't want me coming in to emergency for euthanasia. please help me i don't know what to do.
 
So sorry to hear about your kitty. You obviously love your kitty so don't be so hard on yourself. It's always hard to say goodbye, I'm sure she knows you love her.
 
This has got to be hard. My dad recently had to put down two of my childhood dogs last week (one on monday and one on friday) and he wouldn't let me be there and didn't tell me about the 2nd dog until after she had passed. I know its really hard to be in this situation right now but try and give her all the love and affection you can. I wish I would have gotten to do that for my dogs. Jeez, now I'm crying. I don't know what more to say, but if you need someone to talk to feel free to PM me, I'll probably be up all night. You both are in my prayers!
 
thank you for writing. i do feel like she thinks i don't love her because i just brought her home to what suffering i don't know instead of euthanizing her. i can't bear to euthanized my cats. she's laying in front of the fire place stretched out. i think she is happy to be home but medically very very ill but there's not much else to do for her except the possibilty of an iv tomorrow but her kidneys aren't working so that's a risk and the vets don't htink it will do much good. i just feel sick with sadness and anxiety and fear. my cats usually die at the vet clinic on an iv or something but in this case i brought her home. i don't even want to be in the same room withher i'm so scared. i'm checking on her every now and then and eventually i have to go to sleep but i'm scared when i wake up she'll be gone. the whole thing is sickening. i feel so helpless and sad. thank you for writing. also, if i stay up all night with her i won't be able to drive her to the specialsit in the morning although i don't think there is anything they can do for her anyway and it's a 6 hour round trip.
 
Just checking up on you! How is she? Worse? Same? I hope you got some sleep last night so you can take her to the vet and put her to rest. Like I said, I'm here. I hope to hear from you <3
 
Sara, I'm very sorry to read this and I know exactly how you feel, that awful sick feeling of dread. Have you got a friend nearby who can come and be with you, and help you through this? It's so hard in your own, I know - somehow everything is worse because we are trapped in our own nightmare, whereas at least if there is another human being around they can say or do something to break that spell, if you see what I mean.
Failing that, do take people here up on their offer of a PM conversation, if that would help. Other people do care, a heck of a lot, but can be more objective than you right now.
Thinking of you,
Diana
 
I am so sorry that you are faced with this. I know the pain that you are feeling right now. All you can do is make her comfortable, spend as much time as you can with her and pray.
If you do have to say goodbye at least you had this time with her and she knows that you love her. We mere humans can only do so much so you should not feel guilty however I know that it is easy to say that but not very easy to do. I will be keeping you both in my thoughts and prayers. :cry:
 
If she is no longer capable of making urine, her body is poisoning itself with waste products and she is getting sicker and sicker until the inevitable.

Recall how you've felt when you had stomach upsets and couldn't eat or drink, and imagine that just getting worse and worse. It is suffering and you can give her one last gift of peaceful release. Yes, it is hard, but you do it out of love and kindness for your precious companion. There may be a vet who can come to your home so you can avoid the car ride.
 
I am very sorry for your dear Kitty. Letting them go is among the hardest things we must do. Although I did not think I had the strength, I was there when we let both of our cats go, one at the vets the other at home. As hard as it was, I believe it helped start our healing process and gave us one last chance to show our love and appreciation for the love we received.
Dana
 
thank you everybody. she passed away at home in my arms a few hours after i wrote that first email and i've been grieivng and very busy since then so i didn't write. i appreciate all the support more than y ou know. this was the only place i had to turn that night. she was 17 1/2 years old and we had a wonderful life together. i want to write more but i am too tired right now. i'm sorry this wasn't about diabetes, i used to have a diabetic cat and that's why i am on this site but she wasn't diabetic. i just know how great the people here are and how quick they are to respond when something like this happens. so grateful to all the people who offered their support here. huge comfort to me to know there are people out there who understand and care. thank you.
 
I am so sorry for your loss. Please know that with you was the best place that she could be, for both of you.
 
I'm so sorry to hear about Michelle, Sara. I remember you and Buttercup. MIchelle lived a long life, filled with love, wonderful food and your friendship. A kitty couldn't ask for more. We are never ready to say good by to a dear friend, but you gave her a love filled send off in your arms. I hope your memories will bring smiles rather than tears, someday soon.
 
Lighting a ring of candles, in loving memory of your beloved kitty Michelle. Goodbye sweet darling, you were so deeply loved.
 

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thank you everybody. yesterday i felt "ok" about her loss and today I feel terrible again. i think e.m. forster or some writer said "loss is a function of the passing of time" and that makes it even more sad. i loved her so much and she loved me so much... it's just the emptiness, the sick feeling in the heart and gut that you really can't control and i won't see her alive again. i am trying to remember the good times we've had but it is too soon. she did have a wonderful life with her mom and sister for almost the whole time. i'm pretty depressed tonight. and having financial problems as well because i've spent so much on vet care which doesn't help. i guess i should be writing in the grief section now. i'm sorry i'm posting this in the diabetes health board. any7way, thanks again. i am going to try to get a good sleep tonight. i feel like maybe i should be on medication or something because i'm pretty down. it's just that my cats are almost my whole life and they mean absolutely everything to me...more than my own life, more than money, yet they keep dying off. i know they can't help it but it is devastating.
 
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