"graham" > wrote in message
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> On 25/01/2016 11:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "KenK" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Cheryl > wrote in news:56a3f63b$0$9208$c3e8da3
>>> :
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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".
>>>>
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>>>
>>> My condolences. Unfortunately, I've been though that several times. I've
>>> gotten so I'm afraid to get another cat and go though it again. I'm
>>> lonely.
>>
>> Yes, I know very well how hard it is, but think about rescue animals?
>
> But NOT those muts and moggies from other countries!!!

We have plenty lost souls here to take care of. We don't need to look
elsewhere. I do hope people in their own countries will look after those
poor souls.


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