I am new to this board but very happy to see that there is a resource like this on the net and finding other good support sites also.

My family and I (husband and son) brought one of our cats Gordy to the Vet and were told that we needed to leave him overnight to rehydrate & have blood tests to see if he had one or more of the following; Diabetes, Thyroid Problems, Liver Damage and/or cancer. This would cost us about $350 Canadian for starting cost and then see afterwards.

Gordy is my baby even at his old age and it was the most difficult decision in the families life to put him down on Sunday. We have a limited income and we unfortunetly can not afford the costs. We probably could afford the first $350 but at his age and talking to the vet we decided it was time to stop his suffering.

We unfortunetly are being a little selfish and waiting till Sunday to put hime down. Family & Friends are going to spend time with Gordy tommorrow and I will be holding him when Gordy has his last medication.

I was wondering if anyone here has any suggestions for us regarding helping us in the next day and following.

Thank you for listening to me.
Alexandra

Alexandra,
God bless you and your family during these difficult days. Your precious Gordy is indeed fortunate to have belonged to such a loving person. I cannot offer advice, only support. Rest assured that during these difficult times, you have friends on this board that care. Please take comfort in the good times, and take care.
Pat

Cherish the next few days with you beloved friend. I would suggest taking lots of pictures, and even better to take some home video. Seeing my girl in action on home videos really makes me feel good. Hold your friend and talk to him as he crosses over. It is so comforting to them when they know their mommy is there with them and that everything will be ok.

I am so sorry you and your family are having to go through this. There isn't much that can be said to prepare you for the emptiness you will experience after your friend is gone, but know that you are doing what is best for him. You love him enough to not let him suffer......God bless you for that.

come here and talk about Gordy as much as you like....we are here for you.

Your friend in grief,
Kim

Thank you for your responses to my post.

It's been very difficult today as we made the appointment for tommorrow at 11am.

We are have many second thoughts about it being the right choice or not and we have been all very emotional. We have friends & family over to support us but its been so hard....

Gordy came out twice from under the bed (in which he's been hiding since we cam back from the vet yesterday). He actually ate & drank more and has filled out... Which made us double think if it's the right choice.

I don't know if I can follow with this... It is so hard.

We have been taking times to talk to Gordy and telling him what is going on.... Telling him how much we love him and how much will miss him.

When Gordy came out last he seemed healthier and it made me double think...

What to do?

Alexandra

We could not put Gordy down today and I am very happy we made this decision.

I do not think we are seeing into things and hope we are not. I stayed up with Gordy all night and late into the morning. We were able to get him to eat quite a bit of soft cat food in which we added water to. He also drank an average amount of water. Used the kitty liter a few times and nothing was unusual with it. He seems to be hydrating himself quite well.

I don't know if we jumped to conclusions or not after seeing the vet? However we are going to see how he does today and hopefully postpone everything for awhile or for a very long while.

We are going to phone the vet tommorrow and see how much the blood tests and x-ray are because we have people donating money and we will see from there? We hope most of the $350 CDN was the overnight & iv at the hospital.

Again I like to thank eveyone for their support and if you can light a candle for us.

Alexandra

Just take it one day at a time Alexandra, I'm very happy you haven't had to put Gordy to sleep.

And so happy to hear you are recieving donations.

God Bless!