It’s been 2 weeks since we made the decision to end our FIP-afflicted kitty’s life. PTS, put to sleep, entered our vocabulary of life’s acronyms. While the melancholy of our sudden loss did not collapse into life-disrupting despondency like I originally feared, the stab/twinge/shock of sorrow occasionally arrives unannounced, unbidden. Whether it be during the long commute to and from home, or … Continue reading There Was Something About Drogo
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
2/1 Monday
I had a very rough night and I am convinced that we are prolonging Drogo's life artificially. I dread waking up in the AM because I fear to see him pass in the night. The man and I had some half-sleep conversations of bringing this to the end; we just don't see any more progress and we don't his last days to be full of suffering and misery.
Dropped him in his crate, he went #1 in litter. Spent most of the day on the bed.
10a 10mL Hills a/d, 1mL prednisolone
Let him outside in the backyard, he explored the patio between rest breaks. He was definitely alert to the new environment but his energy didn't allow him to explore his surrounds fully..
Made a few calls, Dr Cowser concurred that PTS was the humane option. We scheduled an appointment at Eldorado Animal Hospital due to distance and affordability.
Drogo was put to the final sleep on Monday afternoon. The procedure was quick and painless, perhaps too abrupt. Many tears were shed as even at the last minutes of his life, Drogo displayed vestiges of his old self, meowing incessantly for reassurance and rolling on his back to allow his tummy to be rubbed.
This was one of the most heartbreaking days of my/our lives.
Dropped him in his crate, he went #1 in litter. Spent most of the day on the bed.
10a 10mL Hills a/d, 1mL prednisolone
Let him outside in the backyard, he explored the patio between rest breaks. He was definitely alert to the new environment but his energy didn't allow him to explore his surrounds fully..
Made a few calls, Dr Cowser concurred that PTS was the humane option. We scheduled an appointment at Eldorado Animal Hospital due to distance and affordability.
Drogo was put to the final sleep on Monday afternoon. The procedure was quick and painless, perhaps too abrupt. Many tears were shed as even at the last minutes of his life, Drogo displayed vestiges of his old self, meowing incessantly for reassurance and rolling on his back to allow his tummy to be rubbed.
This was one of the most heartbreaking days of my/our lives.
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