Cat had to be euthanized a week after routine check-up

[Journey'send]

Thanks TommyCat,

It helps to know that others understand. I too am sorry for what you went through with Tommy. I agree it is very upsetting when you take a cat in who seems healthy and come home with a sick one. This happened to me before with this same Vet service. That time my cat was also healthy, but by the next day she was staggering and her pupils were not the same. When I called about it, as an emergency, the vet said if her eardrum was punctured and he used alcohol to clean her ear it could have caused that problem. He then asked me what he used on her. My cat Scitty almost died then and the only way she lived was by me feeding her warm baby food every two hours when she cried for it for many weeks and holding her water bowl for her to drink. She was never the same after that and seemed like her jaw was out of place when she chewed.

I don't think I could get anything else out of them since I told the one I saw last all of this, and he didn't offer any further explanation. It is something I will consider though.

I am feeling better grief-wise, and today was a good day for me.

Thanks again,
Journey'send

[TommyCat]

Hi,
I am glad you are doing better. It takes time. These little furbabies give us such unconditional love and companionship. Do you have another remaining kitty? I was sorry to hear what happened with Scitty, too, with the same clinic. I prolbably will never learn exactly what happened that day with Tommy, but like your kitty, he never recovered and was so traumatized. The Vet did E-mail me with a detailed letter with the steps she did with him and her best reasaons as to why he came home so terribly ill that day. Now I try and focus on the good memories of Tommy and the funny things he did, and I'm so grateful that I had him for 16 years. Take care of yourself.

[Squeak's Mom]

Hi,
I took my babies for their checkups the first week of October and then my Squeak became ill on about 2 weeks later. She seemed to perk up so I didn't go back to the vet right away but in a few days I knew it wasn't getting better.

I am so sorry your vets didn't have good communication with you. I feel totally lost right now without my baby but my dr has tried to go over everything with me. She did an autopsy as well since the "illness" came on so quickly and had no telltale signs of what it was.

There are so many illnesses a cat can have without symptoms showing to their parents. It is heart wrenching.

I am so sorry your baby had to go. Feel free to email me if you need to talk more. I'm grieving as well. I never thought in a million years that my baby would be leaving me so soon.