Everyone, I appreciate your generosity. But there's bad news. 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.
I don't know if or how much they'll charge me. He wasn't interested in talking about the bill right now, but it will be considerably less than it was gonna be and we won't ask for help with such a depressing last chapter.
Darnit.
Crap. I barely knew the poor thing, but she had really started to grow on me.
Crap.
(((Hair)))
Oh my...
:-(
You're a good person. I've said it before. I'm sorry about all this but that poor kitty had someone look after her when she needed it and finally someone to do the right thing by her.
What a shame.
Oh MAN!! That's awful and I sure hate it for ya! I know she'd only been around for a couple of days but she'd really wrapped herself around all our hearts. It sounds like she never really had a chance, but at least her last days were in a good loving home.
Oh no! What a terrible turn of events. ~sigh~
(((Hair)))
Take comfort in knowing that her last days were full of love, with a full belly in a warm house - all because of you being such a "softy".
God'll bless you for it, sis.
I'm so sorry your kitten didn't make it. It was such a kindness for you to take her in and feed her and love her for even a few days. Have no doubts or regrets, you did what needed to be done, even though the results weren't what we wished.
yuh did the right thing... I know it's hard... that's all I can say...
here's muh shoulder...
So very sorry.
Terrible news. My heart breaks for you to have to make that decision. Poor kitty. You're a good person, Hair, with a big heart full of love. And kitty's life was better for it.