Scooby PTS 7.4.2013
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:17 pm
My little boy Scooby was put to sleep on Sunday after developing FIP. Feline Inflamatory Peritonitis. He was 9 years old and I had been his mummy since the age of 7 weeks. I first noticed Scoobs had become unwell the Wednesday before. He wasn't going to the toilet and he had lost his appetite. He seemed very lethargic and not himself. He had started to hide in my daughters wardrobe most of the day which was odd. Took him to the vets Thursday and was told he wasn't constipated but had a distended abdo and very high heart rate. Was told this could have been kidney, heart or cancer. He recommended blood tests be taken the next day and see where we went from there. From the on Scoobs just seemed to go downhill I couldn't get him to eat or do much. The vet had given him dieretics to try and get rid of the fluid so he started drinking and weeing a lot. I thought this was a good sign and he even ate a tiny bit of ham Saturday. By Monday I was beside myself and hassles the vets for the results and was told the kidneys And liver were fine but that there was raised protein and white cells. Vet recorded he draw fluid from the abdo but I insisted he check Scoobs out again as I was convinced he was dying. To cut a long story short the results came back and the vet said he had FIP. I was devastated when the vet said there was no cure or treatment. I asked what to do and he said as I had said I didn't want him to suffer the kindest thing was to put him to sleep. Talk about devastated. I have never felt so heartbroken in my life. My daughter was at school so I told the vet I wanted to take him home to see her first and the although the vet said there was no rush I booked him back in for that evening. We took him home for three hours to say our goodbyes. Heartbreaking. I was with him when he passed and it was quick and painfree. We took Scooby home and buried him
In our garden. The problem is how do I get rid of this pain I have and this longing and loneliness and guilt ? I have never felt this way. He was my boy and I love him. I will never hug him again. He was so soft and furry. He followed me around like a dog. He lay on the ironing board while I ironed. He drank water from the tap when I brushed my teeth, he watched me in the shower. Everything!! I am heartbroken.
In our garden. The problem is how do I get rid of this pain I have and this longing and loneliness and guilt ? I have never felt this way. He was my boy and I love him. I will never hug him again. He was so soft and furry. He followed me around like a dog. He lay on the ironing board while I ironed. He drank water from the tap when I brushed my teeth, he watched me in the shower. Everything!! I am heartbroken.