"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>A few here know about this but my oldest cat had to be laid to rest
>yesterday. On Thursday he was acting not himself and by around 2am he was
>struggling to breathe so we went off to emergency. I had to leave him, but
>long story short, by morning he'd gotten much worse and if he wasn't on
>oxygen he struggled. Vet at first thought congenital heart failure but
>after xrays wasn't sure if it was his heart or his lungs because both were
>suspect. After the radiologist came in she said to rule out heart failure
>and try to treat his lung disease she needed more tests. In the meantime he
>was going downhill because oxygen and Lasix wasn't helping. I had to make a
>decision quickly which way to go and I decided to end the suffering. He
>was only 15. He has left a Shamrock-shaped hole in my heart. "Goodbye good
>boy, mommy already misses you so much".
>

Very sorry. I always miss Maui when I am sick. She always knew when I
wasn't feeling well. She would get on my pillow, on top of my head and fix
my hair for me. Took me quite a while to undo all of the damage that she
created but I know she loved me.