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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:
bold'>Dearest Kacy…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:
bold'>I have had many many cats in my lifetime and always when it is near the
end they always go off their food for at least two days and are very lethargic
or wobbly when they walk. I have never had to put a cat down for they always
seem to curl up near me and when I checked on them they were gone. Cats, unlike
dogs, do not make a big production of the dying process. They go quietly,
either in your arms, at the foot of the bed or quietly on the sofa. Even in the
end they die with dignity. Hope this helps…<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:
bold'>Susan and 6 critters<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> kacy green
[mailto:greenlikethecolor@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 01, 2011
12:31 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> dailydrool@dailydrool.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Dailydrool] How to
decide when "it's time..."</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>My dad's cat, Mau, is about 14 years old and is very ill. We found her
a kitten in a rainstorm and she has been around ever since. She has always been
a fierce feline, scaring away the other cats and ruling with an iron paw. Now
she is ill, semi-incontinent and lethargic but the vets can't seem to figure
out what it is based on the testing my dad has agreed to thus far. When they
hydrate her she rebounds but then eventually becomes ill and lethargic again.
Over the past 2 months she has lost 40% of her bodyweight (10 lbs now
down to 6). <br>
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Last week she was so ill and my dad decided she would need to be put down. His
wife wanted him to wait though because she was on a business trip until Friday
evening. He has never had to make this decision before but he knew he couldn't
let Mau continue like this. He made the appt for Friday night and then waited
until his wife returned but of course, Mau then rebounded and has been doing
well again thus far - eating, going outside, etc. Her tramadol is running out
and he fears/knows she will further decline in health soon. The problem is, he
can't decide when is the "right time". Do you wait til she is doing
bad again and then worry you've let her suffer too long? Do you put her down
while she seems well and happy because you know the end is any day now? Will
the vets look at him like he's crazy if he brings her in while she seems fine?
These are the issues he is struggling with and I feel so bad for him having to
decide this. I've offered to go with him, and also to take her on my own if
they can't handle it, but they just can't decide when to do it. <br>
<br>
To make this basset-related - the boys are scared sh*tless of her and will not
approach my dad's house if she is anywhere in the front yard. Rupert will
literally cross the street to avoid certain cats, and Mau is one of them. :) <br>
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Drool to all,<br>
Kacy with Cowboy and Rupert<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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