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 remember this post you put in this form on 2/23 in a new topic in this Section. Perhaps others didn't see it.

You said:

"Hi all, I just posted on the sick pet area but thought I should do it here too and although my cat didn't die, I feel like he did and am grieving the loss just the same. My cat was sick last week and although he can live many more happy years he is going to require close monitoring and managed care. My work/school schedule does not allow me to be home much and I couldn't care for him the way he needs. So, I found another home for him where he will be given wonderful care. I just miss him and am so sad. I have had pets my whole life and have had them until their end (they either died of natural causes or I had to have them put to sleep). I have never given a pet up before and it breaks my heart. I just was trying to do what was in my cat's best interest. So hard...."


I wanted to read your WHOLE story so I read: in Pet Disease "had to give pet up for adoption". I read in the Death Forum "Gave Sick Cat up for adoption" (where you mention you considered he was at a "retirement home for cats"). I also read in Death Forum "My Boy is gone" and then lastly read here this topic "Thanks for your Support". As I said, after reading all these posts and everything you said, I still say your post here confuses me. Maybe others may not bother to read the whole story as I did because the parts that confused me are not referred to..as part of the whole story. In particular I reread the above post you did that I just quoted here. Again, it is confusing as it stands.