My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Gina
C & J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you all for your kind thoughts and suggestions for Tomi.
He had a pretty good day yesterday, he was watching the birds outside the
window for awhile and purring as I petted him. He was even interested in
eating some food.
Today was not such a good day. He seemed ok first thing this morning, but
when I gave him a bit of food, he promptly vomited up. He was then a little
out of breath from vomiting, and cried a bit because I believe he was scared as
he was trying to catch his breath. He also peed himself for the first time
ever :(
After that, he had no energy to move all day. He basically stayed in my
bedroom the whole day, lying under the sink. I gave him some towels to lie
on, and he peed again tonight on those, too weak to get up.
My vet clinic doesn't do house calls, so if I need to euthanize him, i'll
have to call around and see if anyone will do a house call. I don't think he
can handle a car ride at all now.
Even the thought of putting him to sleep has me in tears every time, but I
think he's at the point now that he is getting no pleasure out of life. I
think he is waiting to die :(
Cassandra
----- Original Message -----
From: C & J
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:18 PM
Subject: I believe I am going to lose Tomi soon
I've been hoping and praying that Tomi would somehow pull through this, and
last week he did seem to be doing better on the 2 prednisone per day.
But now, the last few days, he's been going downhill fast.
Today, he is out of breath just walking a few feet, and breathing fast. I'm
still able to coax him to eat a bit of baby food, but he just threw up the last
bit of food I gave him. He never throws up normally.
I guess I have to finally accept the fact that he's not going to get better.
I've been thinking about the whole euthanizing thing, but I honestly don't
know how I could do that to him. To spend the last hours of his life doing to
him what he hates the most (car ride and vet visit), seems too hard for me to
handle. I don't think i'm strong enough to make that decision. To me it feels
like I would be personally ending his life.
I don't want him to suffer either, and i'm not sure at all how much longer he
will last when he is having difficulty getting enough oxygen circulated due to
anemia.
I still can't believe all this has happened. Two months ago I was positive
he would one day become a chunky, lazy old tom cat, lounging in the sun. I
would never have dreamed I would lose him after only 2 and a half years.
Over the last 7 weeks, i've become even closer to him than ever as I've been
trying to nurse him back to health. He's always been so loving and tolerant
of my hugs and kisses. Life is going to feel so empty when he is gone.
Cassandra
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