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Please help. My cat "SweetiePie" was diagnosed 6/22/05 with having a tumor in the jaw bone. She is unable to open her mouth to wide to eat. I have been advised to give her anything she wants because she has only (?) weeks left. She lost 5lbs. very quickly. She's going to be 11 in August (God willing) HELP! Suggestions? Advice? Thank you all. > Please help. My cat "SweetiePie" was diagnosed 6/22/05 with having a tumor > in the jaw bone. She is unable to open her mouth to wide to eat. I have > been advised to give her anything she wants because she has only (?) weeks > left. She lost 5lbs. very quickly. She's going to be 11 in August (God > willing) HELP! Suggestions? Advice? Thank you all. Post this in rec.pets.cats.health+behavior. Ping to Phil Pass. If there is one man who has an idea of what to do to help your cat, it's him.  Signature·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* Aloha!!!!! "There is no remedy for love but to love more"... ~~Henry David Thoreau > Please help. My cat "SweetiePie" was diagnosed 6/22/05 with having a tumor > in the jaw bone. She is unable to open her mouth to wide to eat. I have > been advised to give her anything she wants because she has only (?) weeks > left. She lost 5lbs. very quickly. She's going to be 11 in August (God > willing) HELP! Suggestions? Advice? Thank you all. If your cat can't eat, she's going to starve to death. And if the vet told you she only has weeks to live, obviously he/she considers the tumor to be inoperable. Take a good long look at her and ask if she's suffering. If she is, then ask the vet if anything at all can be done to alleviate that suffering apart from euthanasia. If the answer is no, then, sad as it is, the kindest thing you can do for her is to have her put down, if there's no other way to ease her misery. Otherwise she'll have a long and painful death. Get back to your vet posthaste and talk all this over. Believe it or not, you have my sympathy in this desperate hour. TheLouise....... one of the greatest gifts that we can give our animal friends (apart from a loving, caring home) is a painless, peaceful death. I know that to have to make a decision to have a beloved pet euthanased is a terrible thing...... but often we delay the inevitable for our own - can I say it? - selfish reasons! We selfishly don't want to be parted from our much loved pet, with whom we have joyously shared a great part of our life. So, we delay, we hope, and pray that some "miracle" might occur, and that somehow we may be able to keep them with us forever. But realistically that is not how life is! Life and death, happiness and sadness, health and illness, that is reality.... and so is pain and peace. In so much of life we do not have any choice, as more often than not we just have to cope with what fate deals out to us, to a greater or lesser degree. But in this kind of situation you DO have a choice. You have the choice of condemning your darling cat to several weeks of discomfort - and possible great pain - or, the choice of a gentle painless release. Give SweetiePie the ultimate gift that you as her loving owner can give her..... don't let her suffer for weeks and weeks, until the inevitable occurs. Let her go gently, without prolonging a cruel last few weeks of existence. Let your memory of her be that at the end of her life, you were able to give her what so many of us wish we could give to our human loved ones..... a painfree, gentle end to life. My heart goes out to you, as I have had to make this awful and heartbreaking decision on a number of occasions on behalf of several of my beloved pets over my 60 years of life. And even though it was traumatic to do so, I knew in my heart of hearts that it was the right decision. Have courage...... show you love your darling pet, and don't let her suffer when you have the power to take her pain away. My heart goes out to you...... this kind of decision is so difficult, and heartbreaking. Love, and peace SignatureBobby Bagshaw (Sec.) Friends of the RSPCA Geraldton Auxiliary Western Australia email: rbagshaw@midwest.com.au >> Please help. My cat "SweetiePie" was diagnosed 6/22/05 with having a >> tumor [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Believe it or not, you have my sympathy in this desperate hour. What kind of a vet do you have that left you hanging this way? He[she]should have advised you on some sort of liquid diet chucked full of vitamins or that you should put her down.I hope at least you were given pain medication for her.Be the best and kindest friend your dear kitty could ever have and put her down now so you can forever have gentle loving memories of her instead of heart wrenching ghastly ones of her suffering needlessly.Do the right thing now for you and for her. >>Please help. My cat "SweetiePie" was diagnosed 6/22/05 with having a tumor >>in the jaw bone. She is unable to open her mouth to wide to eat. I have [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Believe it or not, you have my sympathy in this desperate hour. I totally agree with NooncatNick on this one. Sometimes you have to do the hardest things so that the ones we love don't have to suffer anymore. I surely wouldn't want to be in your shoes right now. My prayers are with you during this most heart wrenching time and decision. If surgery is not an option, try baby foods they are high in calories and offer good nutrition. Work with your vet on a balanced diet as cat protein needs differ from humans (for example without essential amino acid taurine added to their diet they will die from heart problems). Also good high calorie liquid foods like ensure and the like. > Please help. My cat "SweetiePie" was diagnosed 6/22/05 with having a > tumor > in the jaw bone. She is unable to open her mouth to wide to eat. I have > been advised to give her anything she wants because she has only (?) weeks > left. She lost 5lbs. very quickly. She's going to be 11 in August (God > willing) HELP! Suggestions? Advice? Thank you all. |
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