Grieving the Loss of a Pet-Almost done
Hello from beautiful Montana;
Just want to tell you that the eBook on Greiving the Loss of a Pet is almost done. Summer and life keep getting in the way of my writing time.
The submissions from animal lovers has been incredible. I will share another one here.
Tiger
Hello,
I don’t know if you would be interested
in my story or not. My cat has not died
yet but more than likely we will put him to sleep in a few days. But my cat Tiger is five years old. In
December 2007 he developed a mass on his neck that my older son found. I took him to the vet and they tried to
biopsy it but to no avail. Once it
started interfering with his eating about a two months later I took him back to
the vet and had them just remove it.
They sent it off and it came back malignant-cancer- large cell
lymphoma. If I opted to do nothing then
he had until June to live- 3 months. I
couldn’t see spending money for chemo just to extend his life for a few
months.
So, June has come and gone and he has deteriorated in
the last few days. So… I was told by
the vet (who is a good acquaintance of mine). Others acted sympathetic cause
Tiger is such a sweet cat. I had many
people tell me to go ahead and put him to sleep. My problem is I feel like if I do then I am
cutting his life short. However, he is
at the point now that I don’t think he can really go on. I plan on having him cremated. I will more
than likely buy a brick to go into a memorial garden that our vet has.
What has helped me to heal? I think just knowing he will be pain free
will give me peace enough. At this
point, he has a bad ear infection and the vet gave me antibiotics for him. His
head is tilted and cannot walk. I have to pick him up and put him in the litter
box for him to use it. He eats maybe once a day. I have watched a lively cat go
down to nothing in a couple of weeks. It
is extremely sad.
I am not happy
because we took him to the vet the day before yesterday to have him put to
sleep and the vet convinced me to give him antibiotics for his ear and see if
that helps. Good grief! He has cancer!
He won’t get better. It is hard to convince myself to shove pills down his
throat when he doesn’t want to move. I
think this is all in vain.
Thanks-
Ellen, Tiger’s Mom
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