Thanks For Your Support W/my Max Options

[catlover2]

Hi all,
thanks for all the support on the loss of my beloved kitty Max. He lived a short (8 yrs) and that is what makes it hard. Did I do enough to save him? He got sick really fast and crashed hard..he was diabetic (but misdiagnosed up until a couple of weeks ago) but we couldn't regulate him and I could see him failing fast. He was getting worse by the hour. I knew I had to end his suffering and not wait until I found him dead inside the house or in a diabetic-induced coma. He lived a "larger than life" type of life...he was the best outdoor kitty. He would be in everynight w/me and has been my buddy for the last 8 years. He was here before my husband or kids! I never expected our 15+ year old cat (Sam) to outlive our other pets. Sam was my husband's cat when we got married but he is my baby too but never has or will take the place of Max. We lost our beloved lab who was barely 9 or 10 a few years ago. It is so hard...I can honestly say that I miss our dog everyday still and I miss Max terribly. I know it will get easier but the guilt kills me. I keep questioning should I have tried more options? Should I have given it more time? But, I made the best decision for him...I couldn't let him suffer any more than he already had..he had been in/out of the vet and his poor arms/legs were a pincushion. He was so badly dehydrated and lethargic, so in that respect taking him to be put down was a bit of a relief. I knew he no longer was in pain and I wasn't worried sick about him anymore. Still, no matter what losing a beloved pet is the worst. Nobody else gets it..... it was an emotional ordeal and I'm still trying to recover.
thanks again for the support, it really does make a difference! I had been on a feline diabetic website (www.yourdiabeticcat.com) to get help for Max and they were all great too, good info and lots of wonderful help/advice to get cats better. But, you know your cat the best and know when to say when. He couldn't go on the way things were (he also was believed to have pancreatic cancer)...so I know I did the right thing. Just so hard when you sign those papers to put down your animal. Yuck-
Thanks again, rest in peace to my Max and all the other beloved pets out there who I know we will see again. :)
Cheri

[LoveThem]

I don't understand this post. You mention putting him down because you did not want to come home and find him dead or in a coma whereas your previous posts said you gave him to people who could give him the care he needed. That alone would have prevented your coming home and finding him dead. I did read all your posts in here and the Sickness Section (although I just modified my answer there after reading what your final decision was), and I don't understand why you are now questioning your decision to go get him back from people who were treating him and put him down.

Only you could make such a decision and it is evident that you did what you felt you needed to do to find peace.

I am sorry Max became ill and needed the treatment you talked about. We have all been through illnesses...that's why we are here...and whatever decisions we make, we know we must always put the furbaby's needs before our own. I never had the option of treatment....I always had to have them put down because there was no treatment to improve their lives. As far as mine were concerned, I would have given anything for that option, instead of being forced to make that final decision that we all have to live with the rest of our lives.