I have to smile though, because I get all teary thinking about all this stuff, and I look at Homer, who takes himself sooooo seriously, and he's giving me this face.
It's just pitifully comical. :~)
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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Good luck with that kitty. Are you going to keep her after this, or send her to a good home? Sorry I haven't been on much. I've been busy planning a friend's bridal shower, and job hunting (aaaack) and and and..... needless to say I haven't gotten ANY riding time in AT ALL.
Oh - we'll keep her. What's another mouth to feed :~D
Good luck with job hunting, and my condolences on the bridal shower... they're dreadful things :~D
Well, that's a bummer about Miss Kitty, but it sounds like the only real good option. Like you said, she would probably die if she tried to have them. Hopefully the kittens will make it, but I can understand how they wouldn't. Cat gestation periods aren't that long, so proportionally speaking when compared to humans, every day early is a long time as far as development goes. But you did the best for her, so that's what matters.
Yeah - the kittens would have killed her. She's just too tiny and thin to be a momma right now. They'll have to be bottle fed, if any make it. I'm not expecting that, but we'll see.
Reposted from the HH:
There's bad news on the kitty front. The vet just called, and she was on the operating table and things were very bad inside. Her uterus had ruptured some days ago, all the kittens were dead, and her insides were very contaminated. Even though I expressed a lot of hope that she seemed to feel pretty good before the surgery, he was very skeptical that she could pull through the inevitable infection that would certainly come. She's just too weak. He said "where our chances were 75% for success before, they're 25% now, and that's only after many days of expensive hospitalization. It might run to a thousand dollars in ICU and she still might die." He said "I've never seen anything like it... it's like she was thrown from a car, or kicked or something".
I said "You really think the best thing is to put her down, don't you?" he said "I think you'd be setting yourself up for a heartbreak to keep going".
Darnit. I'm full of regret and doubt, because she hadn't seemed to be too terribly sick or in pain before, but I said to go ahead and put her down.
Darn it.
I'm so sorry.
Becky
I am so sorry to hear about the kitty. But, as heartbreaking as it is that you weren't able to save her life, you did give her a few days of loving kindness and a comfortable end instead of the terrible death that awaited her alone and untreated.
Angels come to us in all shapes and sizes.
Hey Cindy. I'm thinkin I need to get CPR certified sometime this summer. Are you set up to do that yet?
Thanks all... been goin' around huggin' my other pets, it's all I can do :~)
She must have been sicker than she looked, I don't think the vet thought to take her temp even, he looked her over and we decided what to do, and he said he was surprised by what he found inside. The other doctors too, their cat specialist I also know, was called in to look too, and there were bits and pieces, like it had happened some time ago and the kittens were deteriorating inside. He said even if they got all the pieces, she'd soon be very sick, and very infected, and she was just bones... she didn't have the kind of reserves to make it through that.
Anyhow... At least she had peace, she would indeed have had a terrible end on her own, and she was spared that. It still made me pretty sad, but I'm better now.
I was afraid they were gone but didn't want to worry you. Sounds like she was probably already septic. As someone else said though, you gave her comfort at the last . Sometimes that is all we can do.
Next Thur at 2pm:') Soon I'll be starting Sat classes.
I have to smile though, because I get all teary thinking about all this stuff, and I look at Homer, who takes himself sooooo seriously, and he's giving me this face.
It's just pitifully comical. :~)
What a great photo! He knows you are sad and is trying to give you some doggy love to cheer you up.
He senses you are sad. Good dogs are great comforts.
I am so sorry Hair, but thank you from her and me for the love you gave her, and for choosing to let her go in the caring hands of a doctor instead of severe pain from infection on her own.
LOL,, what a sweet sad boy for you.
Susie is the first dog I've ever owned that I swear she knows my moods before I do:), and acts accordingly. Dogs are amazing:)
Becky
Becky, if I don't get a chance to get back on, I wish you luck on your ride. Have fun!
UUUUMMMMMMMMM....No:)
My stomach has gone from flipflopping to cartwheeling:).
But that's just me, it will do that till Sat. morning when I finally mount, then I'll be fine.
Today, is "get the trailer set up and packed day", and get the house cleaned up.
Oh, and I still haven't practiced lunging, so that will happen probably twice today, once this morning then again this evening.
Mosquitoes have been bad here to all ready. along with ticks. I hate ticks and they are everywhere.
Becky
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