Sad news I am afraid, my old pal passed away peacefully in his bed this afternoon.
As a family we have been so fortunate to enjoy his company over many years and he will always be in our memory.
Ok thank god hairy back. Yesterday she had a seizure that went on for 4 minutes. She then went completely limp and unresponsive. About three minutes of that then she slowly regained awareness but got up and walked in circles doing a weird meow. A couple of minutes of that then she realized I was there. I filmed the event (won’t post that it’s not pleasant) because I had that happen to sooper dooper and the vet told me to film it if it happens again or they don’t have enough info to diagnose.
So the good news is she is home. The bad news is after the vet watching the video and seeing all the left hand turns hairy made it implies a “lesion” on that side of the brain. If that is the case there is nothing I can do. So I gotta fill some anti seizure meds at the human pharmacy and try to give hairy pills “it is easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle” tha. Give a cat pill. And don’t give me that BS about breaking it up in their food because it’s extended release you can’t break it and they just eat around it anyway.
So now I got a 24 year old cat with every ailment you can imagine and unknown age hairy having seizures. Wtf it’s becoming a third job pets are supposed to be fun.
Sad news I am afraid, my old pal passed away peacefully in his bed this afternoon.
As a family we have been so fortunate to enjoy his company over many years and he will always be in our memory.
One of our daughters sent me these images today and I must confess they made me smile, some may remember little Ralph, he is growing to be a wonderful boy, intelligent and obedient as well as loving 🥰
A certain truth in this one 😀
Sad news I am afraid, my old pal passed away peacefully in his bed this afternoon.
As a family we have been so fortunate to enjoy his company over many years and he will always be in our memory.
Sad news I am afraid, my old pal passed away peacefully in his bed this afternoon.
As a family we have been so fortunate to enjoy his company over many years and he will always be in our memory.
Anyway I found it interesting as he told me he ends up in tears at the end of the day telling people the bad news and having to put pets down. He got his license in Canada and finished it up here in the US. Very nice guy it was interesting hearing him explain how the job impacts him I just kind of thought it becomes matter of fact to them, definitely not the case with this guy.
I think most vets get into it because they love animals. Having to put them down all the time can't be easy, and there are times when the decision isn't based on medicine, but on money. I'm sure those are the toughest. My wife wanted to be a vet, but decided that she couldn't deal with having to put animals down...
Not sure about the US, but there is a shortage of vets here in Canada, and the pandemic where everyone seems to have bought a pet (many from places where the animals have health issues) has caused a large strain on the vets here. I know our primary care vet is not taking on new animals, and the specialists we have used are always swamped.
Sad news I am afraid, my old pal passed away peacefully in his bed this afternoon.
As a family we have been so fortunate to enjoy his company over many years and he will always be in our memory.
