Bruce's Journal

[Bruce]

RIP Samantha. She was 16 (80 in people years according to the chart on the wall at the vets), we got her at the Humane Society about 11 years ago. She had diabetes for the past 3 years but was dealing well with the twice daily glucose tests and insulin. But she really cut back eating starting some weeks ago and was getting thin and bony. Last vet check in Oct she was about 12 pounds. Took her to the vet Monday, she had barely eaten anything the prior few days, she was only about 7.5 pounds. She's not eaten anything since Monday morning and that was about 2 licks of the food.

In short her kidneys were shutting down. She was at the vet overnight last night for treatment of what issues could be treated and if anything her numbers were worse this morning than the results from Monday. No kidney infection, that actually would have been a positive since it could be treated. Didn't make sense to let her starve to death at home over the next few weeks or spend thousands of $$ to see if there was anything else that could be done that would extend her life (with who knows what kind of quality) for a few months.

 

[Mike CHS]

They grab your heart strings don't they.

 

[Hens and Roos]

sorry to hear

 

[Rammy]

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RIP Samantha. She was 16 (80 in people years according to the chart on the wall at the vets), we got her at the Humane Society about 11 years ago. She had diabetes for the past 3 years but was dealing well with the twice daily glucose tests and insulin. But she really cut back eating starting some weeks ago and was getting thin and bony. Last vet check in Oct she was about 12 pounds. Took her to the vet Monday, she had barely eaten anything the prior few days, she was only about 7.5 pounds. She's not eaten anything since Monday morning and that was about 2 licks of the food.

In short her kidneys were shutting down. She was at the vet overnight last night for treatment of what issues could be treated and if anything her numbers were worse this morning than the results from Monday. No kidney infection, that actually would have been a positive since it could be treated. Didn't make sense to let her starve to death at home over the next few weeks or spend thousands of $$ to see if there was anything else that could be done that would extend her life (with who knows what kind of quality) for a few months.

Sorry to hear about your kitty.

 

[Latestarter]

Tough loss Bruce. Sorry. Take solace in the fact that you provided her the best, longest, fullest life she could have had.

 

[RollingAcres]

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss Bruce...

 

[greybeard]

 

[Bruce]

Thanks all. She did have a pretty decent and long life. Wasn't ever a lap cat which is why we didn't notice the weight loss sooner. But she was a "sit beside you" cat with a purr that could be heard 30' away and she usually slept between DW and me.

 

[Bruce]

On DD1's computer. My 2 month old computer has decided to have a hardware problem with the graphics card I think. Taking it in on Monday. If I am not on often or am MIA for some days, I probably haven't died.

 

[Baymule]

I am sorry about your cat. You get a lot of family history wrapped up in a pet. They intertwine themselves in our daily lives and then they aren't there anymore and we miss them so much. Your cat obviously was loved and well cared for to have such a long life.