lost another furbaby

[TsPoet]

I am so sorry for your loss!
I imagine that the symptoms are weird enough that the vet just didn't catch them. I also bet that cats do weird things, and when you see that every day of your life, as the vet does, you stop paying attention.
Which doesn't make it any easier for you or your daughter.

[OakLeaf]

Oh becca, I'm so sorry.

((((((((beccaB))))))))

[spokewench]

So, sorry Becca - Your Kitty will be at the rainbow bridge with all of our loved furry ones.

[redrhodie]

(((beccaB))) I'm so sorry for you loss. I'd weigh whether filing a complaint will make you feel better, or just draw out your grief, before going through with it. You tried your best to get her help. You may have been able to prolong her life a little, but it sounds like she was in a bad place.

I went through a long, drawn out, painful death of a cat, and a short and sudden one, and in both cases, I felt a lot of guilt that I didn't do the right thing, that if I had done something different, they wouldn't have died. In hindsight, I know I did my best for them. So did you. I hope you can find comfort in that.

[bmccasland]

(((((Becca)))))
So sorry for your loss, and under strange circumstances must make it even harder.
Two TE kitties in a matter of days. There'll be nose sniffing at the Rainbow Bridge for certain.

[WindingRoad]

)))))))Becca((((((( I am sorry to hear about your kitty, it's never easy, they become such a big part of our lives. Take comfort that she isn't suffering now and is playing with the giant ball of yarn in the sky with all her litter mates.

[arielmoon]

(((Becca))) so sorry to hear this and the circumstances. It is always harder when we think that there is something we (or someone else) could have done differently.

[smilingcat]

Always saddens me to hear about a death of a kitten. It is never easy and always filled with lots of emotion. Profound sadness, second guessing on what we should of, could of...

It's okay for every one to cry and mourn the loss of innocent little kitten. It's normal.

As for the kitten, it may have had some fatal issues. Having allergy so bad to have a hematoma on the ear to needing steroids is very serious. Steroids are very hard on the liver and certain ones have been known to cause cats to permanently become diabetic (from a single steroid shot).

Even if the vet was more experienced, kitten most likely would not have survived. You can't administer steroids so routinely. It is very serious.

Eating of cat litter is also a very serious problem especially if the litter is the clumping clay kind. Next time you decide to have a kitten to brighten up you life, I would highly recommend using wheat scoop brand of litter. It is wheat based so that the kittens/cats can pass it through their body. It's also non-toxic and eco friendly.

I belong to a cat rescue group and we have had our share of kittens not surviving. Combined with our years of experience, vets who specializes in cats, and we still can't cure all the kittens and we still are left in the dark as to why a kitten didn't get better.

My heart goes out to you, your family and especially to your daughter. No one is at fault.

Sincerely,
smilingcat

[Gowest]

Couldn't have said it better myself smiling cat....

Hugs from all of us cat ladies.....

[beccaB]

Thankyou to everyone for your thoughts. I did actually explain to one of the vets from that clinic that we had seen one of their vets and explained the cat litter eating scenario and how it was not really addressed at that time. That vet said that the kitty probably had some kind of end stage cancer and there might not have been anything they could have done about it. I do understand that, I just wish we would have known something really serious was going on so we would have had time to prepare for her unexpected and rapid demise and death. This was a total shock really. The cat was actually around 11 or 12 years old. I wish I would be one of those lucky people to have a cat live to be 25! As for the rainbow bridge, I have always had cats and dogs, and when I am ready to join all of them in heaven, how will I ever have enough time to play with all of them