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Thanks for the responses everyone.Awwww no way
:(:( RIP Max. What happened? That is THE most beautiful photo ever and so apt.
A few weeks ago we'd noticed some blood in his pee, stupidly, after it had disappeared a few days later we put it down to a kidney infection (hopefully someone reading this will have thought the same as I did and changed their mind, bring your dog to the vet).
Last week while out cutting my lawn I was doing my usual kicking the dog for Max, halfway through I kicked he fetched doddled back to me and collapsed. Straight to the vets, initially thought it was rat poison but the blood tests would tell us for sure.
Blood test showed it wasn't rat poison but worryingly it showed his red blood cell count was dangerously low. They considered lots of things and said he needed a transfusion but the problem was his body was attacking his red blood cells faster than his body was producing them so a transfusion would be pointless. They done numerous other tests but still had no definitive answer as to what it was. He was put on a drip while in the vets.
We were allowed to take him home on Tuesday hoping he would improve more in his own environment with the steroids to try and build him up again and his blood count up, he didn't improve, in fact he got worse He couldn't walk the 10 or so meters outside to go pee and back without fainting. That really broke our hearts.
Yesterday afternoon he was so bad he couldn't lift his head, but still wagged his tail!!! We had to make the decision then when tests showed his blood count was getting worse even after double dosing the steroids. Horrible horrible thing to have to do, but it was for Max's benefit. The Vet told us that it was pretty certain it was a form of leukemia but it was too far advanced for anything to be done...
Just over a week ago he was out chasing the hares and pheasants from the garden and yesterday a lifeless dog barely able to move
This morning was really tough, no excited paws running on the floor when he heard me rattling the keys, no pup to give my toast crusts too... but worst of all no Max there to cheer me up when I was often like this (due to depression)
Best dog ever, rescued 5 years ago almost to the day. Miss you Buddy
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Beloved Kiki had to be let go yesterday. She was too old and sick and there wasn't anything to be done. No quality of life left to her, and we think she knew that too.
13 years of being part of our family: so clever, full of personality.
So much more I could say, but I think I will have to leave it there.
IF IT SHOULD BE
If it should be that I grow weak
And pain should keep me from my sleep,
Then you must do what must be done,
For this last battle cannot be won.
You will be sad, I understand.
Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
For this day, more than all the rest,
Your love for me must stand the test.
We've had so many happy years.
What is to come can hold no fears.
You'd not want me to suffer so;
The time has come -- please let me go.
Take me where my need they'll tend,
And please stay with me till the end.
Hold me firm and speak to me,
Until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time that you will see
The kindness that you did for me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
From pain and suffering I've been saved.
Please do not grieve -- it must be you
Who had this painful thing to do.
We've been so close, we two, these years;
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.
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Can't believe I'm posting this in here this morning. Beanie passed away last night and I am just gutted. He was the sweetest, most gentlest cat I've ever met and so much fun. He had a heart made of gold and he has been the bestest little flatmate buddy for the last 3 1/2 years. RIP Beanie, I loved you very much xx
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Irish Stones wrote: »Anniehoo, what happened to your beautiful Beanie?
Sorry if this a bit graphic and maybe a bit too medical,but I like to know the terminology associated as it helps me understand what happened a bit better, so may help someone else someday reading this.
He had an aneurysm in an artery in his neck (the dorsal-cervical artery at the thoracic inlet thrombosed and ruptured causing a hemothorax). He bled into his chest area and went into circulatory collapse.
There was nothing that could've been done tbh either to save him or prevent it happening.It was just "one of those things" the Pathologist said.He said he's hardly ever seen it in a cat before,but could be just because not that many cat PMs are called for.
The apartment is so quiet without him, it was awful coming home to see his empty bed and his little toys around the place. I'm very glad i got a post mortem done as although he was young, there was nothing i could've done to stop it happening. He's also gone for individual cremation, so i'll get his little ashes back in a tribute box in a week or 2. I was blown away yesterday by all the lovely messages and calls from everyone. He was a very special little cat and everyone (animals included) absolutely loved him. I don't think I've cried this much since my dog died in 2010. Just gutted.0 -
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So sorry for your loss, Anniehoo. It's as bad as losing a best friend.
He was such a beautiful cat, you must be devastated. Beanie R.I.P.
Thanks zef, he was a special little guy alright. I fought to keep this thread as a sticky awhile ago and I'm so glad I did. I've posted lots about Beanie over the last few years, I just can't believe I had to post his RIP yesterday.
Grief is a "funny" thing and i don't mean this flippantly at all.Longterm posters will know how much Beanie meant to me.I bawled my head off Sunday night, laughed, bawled again,made jokes,talked about his post mortem, cried again etc etc. I literally have gone through the weirdest spectrum of emotions in the last 72hrs.....and I don't really care.
I am so SO lucky, to have lots of people around me who understand the joy a cat (or any animal in fairness) can bring to your life.THEY make you love them,not the other way around. Even people who don't "really" get it, gave me a call/text to send their wishes because they knew how much he meant to me.
I got Beanie (settle in folks, it's a long but nice story :P) 2 months after my dog died. I was heartbroken and thought I'd never ever (and swore) i would never feel the utter pit of my stomach,throat lump sobbing grief i felt after my dog died. Horrendous.
But. After 2 months of a clean apartment (boring), petsitting other people's pets etc, i got Beanie (originally called Bernard). Through Boards actually.It was spontaneous...and the best "decision" I ever made :pac:
March 2010 i brought him home and I'll be honest, i thought he was deadly....i liked him a lot, but the "love" really took time.
Over the years,as short as it was, we developed a routine,without me even realising it.It was only 3 1/2 years but feels like longer.It didn't matter what time I was awake or asleep, he was always delighted i was there. I'd hit the hay at whatever time and he'd leg it to one side of the bed or the nearest bed to me and settle down. The alarm would go off in the morning and he'd give me "one snooze" before he was nuzzling for his brekkie. 3 snoozes and there was major head butting going on
He wasn't a "meiower". At best, I got a squeak. It made Sunday morning all the more poignant.He yelled his little head off for me to get him.
He used to do the cutest little "chatter" looking out the window at the birds he would loved to have catched,he never did until one morning when he gave me a heart attack, and managed to drag a massive magpie into my bedroom.
I think even he was shocked. :pac:
He was my best "fly killer", he'd hear them buzzing before I did.He had a favourite bed,the right one at the window, and I glanced up every morning to look at him as I was going to work. He was there everyday when i got home too,got up from his bed and met me at the door. I didn't even realise how automatic it was until today, when he wasn't there.. gutting
He was the sweetest boy (too sweet) and let any other dog or cat I brought home sleep in his bed(s) too. He would literally see a new animal or person walk in the door,take 10 seconds to decide what was going on....and be fine.
I ignored his hints until recently that he wasn't too happy.I complained about the peeing on things,cushion, curtains etc.I posted about this recently and made changes that majorly helped and it was improving.
The big mirror that weighted down his scratching posts,I can now move to wherever I want and his litter trays that I hated cleaning are now empty and there's no granules tracked along the floor,ones i used to instantly sweep up when i came home from work.:o It was so automatic i didnt even realise.
He had a luxated patella in 2011 and by the skin of his teeth avoided surgery, but we did 6 weeks of crate rest and his patella stayed in. He was fantastic.
He adored cheese and tuna,would give anything for a bit of chicken,did the best head rubs,loved rubbing his face on the ground outside and purred to beat the band. There'd be 5 bowls of water in the house and he'd still drink out of my glass.:pac:
The vet asked me to "talk" to him on Sunday and without even thinking i went into the embarrassing high pitched voice you only use at home "hey beanie chops....handsome boy!" and his ears perked forward, a phrase that written down looks silly, but walking in the door this evening I would've given anything to have said it one more time.
This thread means a lot to me folks.Lot's of us lose pets, but sometimes in real life for whatever reason, people around you "just don't get it".They don't understand the bond you have with your animal whether it be a horse or a hamster or anything in between.
It is "OK" to be completely devastated when you lose them,it really is. This is what this thread is for.If nobody around you understands, there are many people who do.I have seen hard as nails men crumble when their dog dies or hate cats but adore the kitten that they've accidentally adopted.
I feel sorry for people who don't love animals, I really do, it's a whole other kind of emotion that I am very glad I can appreciate.
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homer simpson wrote: »Thanks for the responses everyone.
A few weeks ago we'd noticed some blood in his pee, stupidly, after it had disappeared a few days later we put it down to a kidney infection (hopefully someone reading this will have thought the same as I did and changed their mind, bring your dog to the vet).
Last week while out cutting my lawn I was doing my usual kicking the dog for Max, halfway through I kicked he fetched doddled back to me and collapsed. Straight to the vets, initially thought it was rat poison but the blood tests would tell us for sure.
Blood test showed it wasn't rat poison but worryingly it showed his red blood cell count was dangerously low. They considered lots of things and said he needed a transfusion but the problem was his body was attacking his red blood cells faster than his body was producing them so a transfusion would be pointless. They done numerous other tests but still had no definitive answer as to what it was. He was put on a drip while in the vets.
We were allowed to take him home on Tuesday hoping he would improve more in his own environment with the steroids to try and build him up again and his blood count up, he didn't improve, in fact he got worse He couldn't walk the 10 or so meters outside to go pee and back without fainting. That really broke our hearts.
Yesterday afternoon he was so bad he couldn't lift his head, but still wagged his tail!!! We had to make the decision then when tests showed his blood count was getting worse even after double dosing the steroids. Horrible horrible thing to have to do, but it was for Max's benefit. The Vet told us that it was pretty certain it was a form of leukemia but it was too far advanced for anything to be done...
Just over a week ago he was out chasing the hares and pheasants from the garden and yesterday a lifeless dog barely able to move
This morning was really tough, no excited paws running on the floor when he heard me rattling the keys, no pup to give my toast crusts too... but worst of all no Max there to cheer me up when I was often like this (due to depression)
Best dog ever, rescued 5 years ago almost to the day. Miss you Buddy
They say time is a great healer, but its not easy still miss my big edjit Max
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@homer,
Every one of us who's lost their very special fur baby understands how you feel and, although time is a good healer, you will never forget that connection.
When I start getting a bit weepy thinking about my Molly (RIP), I try to remember the good times we had together and just what a pain in the butt she could be, god bless her!
Maybe you could do the same thing too and if it all gets too much, you can always come here where there's tea and sympathy
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Was it yourself who got him the reindeer fleece for his bed? Washed and put it away the other day and smiled remembering the first Secret santa he got it from.anniehoo I'm very sorry to hear about Beanie
A beautiful looking cat.
Beanie was myself & Rufus' secret santa the xmas gone by. I hope the few toys gave him plenty of fun times over the last few months.
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Ah sure yeah, janey im getting them all mixed up. He especially loved the big giant black spider toyNo it wasn't me that got the fleece.
Alot of reminders around the place I'm sure. It's hard to be positive right now I'm sure but try and remember all the smiles and funny moments Beaniw gave you. 0 -
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Im so sorry to everyone on this thread who has lost a loved one
Im sorry about your puppy....junkyard wrote:Having read a post of how upsetting it is to loose a pet I decided to start a thread or a " In loving memory" thread if you like for our departed animal friends.
I miss my kitty so much........ She passed on 2 days before christmas.....
I love you kitty!!!!
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I got Beanie's ashes back today If anyone wonders what the vessels are like, this is what I got. Its called a "tribute box" and is a 6" x 6" pine box with his name engraved on a gold tag with space to put a photo. It's actually really lovely. Inside his ashes are wrapped neatly in decorative paper.
It probably is a bit odd posting the pic, but might be helpful if anyone is considering the cremation option in the future. I find it much easier to go through this process than burying a pet, but everyones different.
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