Ladies - I just stopped by in the hopes that you could help me with a very sad and difficult decision. This morning I was on the computer when my beloved persian kitty Mozart, started stumbling as he was walking. I was horrified to see him walk and fall several times. Well, I immediately grabbed him up and took him to the vet. The news was not good. He has an abdominal mass that she thinks is cancer. She can feel it, but can not see it on the MRI. His kidney function is poor, he has a heart murmur and she thinks the sinus infection that won't go away is probably cancer too.
Mo is seventeen and I knew this time would come. I had noticed that he was not looking well back in January, but they said he was fine and sent him home with me. He was a beautiful persian kitty, but all of a sudden he started looking quite straggly:wondering I had a feeling something was wrong. A momma knows...:s Anyway, now he is a mess. The vet seems to think he is not in pain. She thinks I could take him home until I feel like he is suffering, but I am worried that he is already suffering? She doesn't think so, but how can she be sure and is it right to wait?
Mo had a twin brother that ended up getting bone cancer several years ago. So, I have had to make this decision before. Last time, I feel like I waited too long because I couldn't let go. It was horrible watching my kitty waste away. This time, I want to do the right thing for him and in some ways for myself. I don't mean to sound selfish, but this whole thing is going to be horrible. So, my question is... Should I bring him home and give him a good life until I am sure he is in pain or should I let him go now before we both go through a lot of suffering?
Can you guys help me with this one? I will be there for him until his last breath, but I don't know what the right thing to do is. My mom thinks I should let him go now. What do you think?
Thank you for helping me on this one. I just don't have it in me to decide...:cry:
Here is Mo when he was just a little baby.
Mo is seventeen and I knew this time would come. I had noticed that he was not looking well back in January, but they said he was fine and sent him home with me. He was a beautiful persian kitty, but all of a sudden he started looking quite straggly:wondering I had a feeling something was wrong. A momma knows...:s Anyway, now he is a mess. The vet seems to think he is not in pain. She thinks I could take him home until I feel like he is suffering, but I am worried that he is already suffering? She doesn't think so, but how can she be sure and is it right to wait?
Mo had a twin brother that ended up getting bone cancer several years ago. So, I have had to make this decision before. Last time, I feel like I waited too long because I couldn't let go. It was horrible watching my kitty waste away. This time, I want to do the right thing for him and in some ways for myself. I don't mean to sound selfish, but this whole thing is going to be horrible. So, my question is... Should I bring him home and give him a good life until I am sure he is in pain or should I let him go now before we both go through a lot of suffering?
Can you guys help me with this one? I will be there for him until his last breath, but I don't know what the right thing to do is. My mom thinks I should let him go now. What do you think?
Thank you for helping me on this one. I just don't have it in me to decide...:cry:
Here is Mo when he was just a little baby.