Should have declawed the damn husband and then thrown him out.

Luckily I have no similar experience but some wisdom on this matter.
Mermaid Wrote:

First of all, declawing cats? Whoever the h*ll thought of that? Tha
would be the same as taking your son or daughter to the hospital t
have the tongue removed because he/she only uses it to makes faces a
everyone with. But anyways.
Mermaid Wrote:

It very well might have been. A vaccin most of the times is a weakene
sample of the disease the recipient is supposed to get immune for. Th
recipient develops the immunity because the white bloodcells fight of
the weakened disease-sample and then recognize it faster when the rea
disease might hit, so they can react to it faster. So, when receiving
vaccin, -any- vaccin, a recipient (be it a cat or a dog or a human) mus
be in good health and strong condition. A vaccin should -not- be give
just before or during an operation under anasthesia. Any vet doing tha
does (in my opinion that is) not know how a vaccin works.
Mermaid Wrote:

I know how you must feel; two years ago five of my cats died due to th
extreme summer heat. As to why this happened to your cat, well..
unfortunately, you can never be sure. Despite having a clean bill o
health, he might have had something slumbering. My dearest darlin
Venus once needed to have her teeth cleaned, and she scared me and th
vet's assistant to death by not even wanting to wake up from th
anasthesia, despite several attempts plus a stimulating injection
Eventually we -got- her to wake up, but she's definitely not gettin
any anasthesia ever again! And she's an indoors cat with a perfec
health record, only thing she has is that she sniffs and sneezes al
the time, but that's just something chronic. Coming month however she'
up for an FIV test, because that might have been the cause of her ba
reaction to the anasthesia and the constant sniffling.
So, no matter how healthy a cat may seem to be, you can never know i
there is something that may cause an unexpected and bad reaction t
medication or whatever. But once again, a vaccin given just before o
during anasthesia... let me just tell you what most vets in th
Netherlands think of that: I did a study which contained a par
veterinarian assistant, and if -I- would have given a cat a vaccin jus
before or during anasthesia, I would have flunked my study. That just i
a stupid thing to do. If I were you, I'd ask around at othe
veterinarian clinics about their opinion about this, and right awa
start looking around for the services of another veterinarian clinic
Because if I understood it right, you had just this one cat, and yo
should -so- get another. It still is the best way to overcome you
grief, believe me.
We're feeling with you over this sad loss.
A soothing hug from Fritti, and a sweet purr and nudge with the hea
from Venus, Tibsy, Sabine, Cleo, Jolie, Shandy, her 7-week-old daughte
Reverse, Whoopi, Bisou, Toby, Frolic & Syrius

--
Fritti

"Rise up slowly, Angel.  It's hard to let you go...."
Sincere sympathy.  I lost my little Punkin (Long time ago) after he was
neutered by an incompetent Vet.  I'll bet your husband does feel guilty
for wanting the kitty's toes cut off.  MLB

When you feel the time is right go to one of the cat rescue groups and
see if they have a cat or kitten that was declawed. Most of them have at
least one or more that were already done, also you can go to the SPCA or
Humane A.

Sorry about the loss

Dave

I thought it was illegal to declaw cats?

I'm so sorry for your loss.  I'm also sorry that some people chose to
give you a hard time about the declawing, many people do it, you could
just as well been having his teeth cleaned or some other procedure.  I
can only dread what you must be feeling right now.  My kitten was
recently diagnosed with cancer (feline lymphosarcoma).  Since then I
have been reading a lot about feline health.  I was really worried
about vaccinations because she is also 16 years old.  She is 100% in
doors.  Everything I have found, and from conversations with 2 vet
specialists (internal medicine and oncologist), all signs point to NO
on vaccinations.  The vets said her risk for getting one of the
diseases was so small compared to the risk of her potential reaction to
a vaccine, considering her age and cancer.

This happened because from day one until forever, things will happen
every day that humans cannot understand.  Now that I know Kazimere and
I have about 2 years left together, and not the 10 I was truly
expecting, I have asked myself a thousand times, "Why?"  Why does this
special living creature that makes my life so wonderful have to leave?
No answer can stop your heart from breaking.  The only thing I can do
is to be grateful that with all the millions and millions of factors
affecting every tiny aspect of life, Kazimere and I found each other,
on the same continent, state, city, etc.  All the stars were aligned
just perfectly to create the circumstances that allowed me to love her
for the next 16+ years.  When things like that happen, no one ever asks
"Why"?  So when I ask myself why she has to go, I tell myself, the
same reason your life was blessed with her, and that works for me.  If
you need someone to talk to, you can visit my site, it's about
Kazimere and what we are going through.  You can email me from there, I
would be happy to talk to you.  I really hope this helped you.  Also,
try to take solace in the fact that he knew you loved him.
http://kazimere.blogspot.com/

I'm sorry for what happened to you, I have lost my cat when we took her in
for a check up they came out and said she flat-lined. I don't think that a
vaccine did it but you should try talking to the vets and ask them exactly
what caused the death and exactly what they did.
                Sincerly,
                        Kris