Everyday i'm around animals being euthanized. And most of the time its easy. To have to go over all the paperwork and make sure that this is the disicion that people really want. Most of the time it is sad but doesnt bother me, and then other times you get really attached to clients and there pets. Well today i have a new outlook on this task. Today i had to put down one of my own children. And although i didnt have Bob for long maybe a month at the most, but this was a cat that didnt have the greatest life to begin wih.
B.O.B. came to me from Chevc. He was a stray that was brought in as a possible hit by car. He was exactly what his name declares. A bag of bones, there was nothing on this cat no meat, no fat, just bones and fur. He had nerological problems, couldnt walk right, acted almost blind, and wasn't strong enough to get up to walk to the litter box. For the first week B.O.B. was with me almost 24/7 i hand fed him, gave him water through a syringe and was constantly cleaning him up. Finally B.O.B. started to get stronger, he started eating on his own, and drinking on his own. he was still having issues using the litter box but most of the time found the strenght to get to it on time. He was at least starting to look better, his eyesight was starting to improve and his eating habbits, well he ate all the time, i was constantly having to refill the food dish. B.O.B. got along well with Kayson and Creepers, and surpisingly Kayson didnt do much hissing at him when he first came home with us. Which i mind you is rare. They accepted him and it could be the two knew he was sick and just took it easy on him, or it could have been because he was an unfixed male cat lol.
April 3,2008 I went into my bedroom to get ready for work and out of nowhere herd this god awful growl from under the bed. It just didnt sound right. And under the bed was B.O.B.'s favorite place to lay. So i knelt down to see what was going on. He was crouched there just in a blank stare drooling excessivly. I didnt know what was wrong i called him and called him but he was in some far off place in his head. I wasnt sure what had happened to him. I fianally went to the other side of the bed where i could reach him better but not well enough to get him out. Finally after about 5 mins Kayson walked under the bed and up to him and he just snapped out of it. I took him into work with me to have him evaluated. The Dr. told me it was possibly a seizure, And as much as ive been doing my best with him, it was prob a nerological issue that was never going to get better. That if he cont. down this path euthanasia was prob the best desicion for him. And i knew it was. Its not fair for him to have to suffer. Later that night he was given SQ fluids and by the time we were getting ready to get off work he looked bunches better..
Tonight we were home letting the dogs out to go to the bathroom and B.O.B. was out in the living room as the dogs ran up to him he started freaking out. He went into a seizure. So Justin and I decided that the best thing for him was to have him put to sleep. So we drove up to Chevc with him and stayed with him until he took his last breath.
The one thing that makes me feel a million times better is knowing that he knew what it was like to have a home, to have a family, and to be loved. And he will always be apart of our family, and always be in our hearts.
REST IN PEACE BAG OF BONES,
YOUR IN A BETTER PLACE NOW WHERE NOTHING WILL HURT YOU, AND YOU'LL FEEL NO MORE PAIN.
AND ONE DAY WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN...
B.O.B. came to me from Chevc. He was a stray that was brought in as a possible hit by car. He was exactly what his name declares. A bag of bones, there was nothing on this cat no meat, no fat, just bones and fur. He had nerological problems, couldnt walk right, acted almost blind, and wasn't strong enough to get up to walk to the litter box. For the first week B.O.B. was with me almost 24/7 i hand fed him, gave him water through a syringe and was constantly cleaning him up. Finally B.O.B. started to get stronger, he started eating on his own, and drinking on his own. he was still having issues using the litter box but most of the time found the strenght to get to it on time. He was at least starting to look better, his eyesight was starting to improve and his eating habbits, well he ate all the time, i was constantly having to refill the food dish. B.O.B. got along well with Kayson and Creepers, and surpisingly Kayson didnt do much hissing at him when he first came home with us. Which i mind you is rare. They accepted him and it could be the two knew he was sick and just took it easy on him, or it could have been because he was an unfixed male cat lol.
April 3,2008 I went into my bedroom to get ready for work and out of nowhere herd this god awful growl from under the bed. It just didnt sound right. And under the bed was B.O.B.'s favorite place to lay. So i knelt down to see what was going on. He was crouched there just in a blank stare drooling excessivly. I didnt know what was wrong i called him and called him but he was in some far off place in his head. I wasnt sure what had happened to him. I fianally went to the other side of the bed where i could reach him better but not well enough to get him out. Finally after about 5 mins Kayson walked under the bed and up to him and he just snapped out of it. I took him into work with me to have him evaluated. The Dr. told me it was possibly a seizure, And as much as ive been doing my best with him, it was prob a nerological issue that was never going to get better. That if he cont. down this path euthanasia was prob the best desicion for him. And i knew it was. Its not fair for him to have to suffer. Later that night he was given SQ fluids and by the time we were getting ready to get off work he looked bunches better..
Tonight we were home letting the dogs out to go to the bathroom and B.O.B. was out in the living room as the dogs ran up to him he started freaking out. He went into a seizure. So Justin and I decided that the best thing for him was to have him put to sleep. So we drove up to Chevc with him and stayed with him until he took his last breath.
The one thing that makes me feel a million times better is knowing that he knew what it was like to have a home, to have a family, and to be loved. And he will always be apart of our family, and always be in our hearts.
REST IN PEACE BAG OF BONES,
YOUR IN A BETTER PLACE NOW WHERE NOTHING WILL HURT YOU, AND YOU'LL FEEL NO MORE PAIN.
AND ONE DAY WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN...
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