Sorry for your loss John and my condolences. That's a long life for a domestice cat - continue to savor the memories she and you had. Some of the saddest things in my life involved having to put down ouw animals.
-----Original Message----- >From: ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >Subject: Re: Baxter > >John -- >So sorry to read that.. glad you had her for as long as you did.. >It's just not fair that our animals live such shorter lives than we do... > >ann > > >On 3/11/2019 7:57 PM, John wrote: >> https://flic.kr/p/xtqGRY >> >> https://flic.kr/p/HPPRDh >> >> I had to take Baxter to the vet tonight. She was 21 years old and was >> barely eating. I managed to coax a bit of food into her the last week >> by puréeing chicken breast & chicken broth in a blender. >> >> But today she wouldn't even eat that. >> >> Then when she jumped out of my lap this evening she couldn't walk, >> couldn't stand up. >> >> The vet said she had severe kidney failure and could probably live >> another week with three days of IV fluids and if I'd learn how to give >> her subcutaneous fluids at home. But even with that massive >> intervention, she wasn't going to last much longer. >> >> I was afraid she was going to suffer too much so I had her euthanized. >> It was time. I wasn't ready & I didn't want to, but it was the best >> thing for Baxter. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
