My nine year old kitty Kotick is my baby. He was diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism about a month ago and was started on medication. The first week I saw improvements and was very hopeful. The past few days though he started eating less and yesterday refused any food so I went to the store and bought him a baked chicken and some wheat grass to munch on (after trying every single flavor of canned cat food we had so there's like seven opened cans in the fridge). He ate some of the chicken and grass so I was hopeful again that we were getting somewhere but today (keep in mind that today to me is still Sunday cause I go to bed really late in the morning) he had his head constantly turned to the side and was very wobbly. He's gotten a lot worse in a short amount of time. Maybe his medication was never working. I highly doubt that it's an inner ear issue since he has an underlying condition that can cause that.
I'm calling the vet when they open in the morning at 8am to see if they can see him later today. I feel like I'm prepared for the worst but I still want to try my best to keep him alive if I can. I've been force feeding him but it's probably not enough and he does hate it a lot.
I went on a cat forum a little while back but I hate posting on there because everyone judges you horribly if you don't immediately take your pet to the vet. We're very poor living off of disability and I've been using the Care Credit card to pay his vet bills. I don't think I can afford to hospitalize him and I definitely can't afford to take him to the pet ER that's a few towns away. It's not that I don't want to. I feel horrible. I've already had my mom and mother in law say that we should probably just let him go, as in stop taking him to the vet and just slowly watch him die. I could never do that.
I don't think I'll be able to sleep before I call the vet. I'm constantly checking on him to make sure that he's still breathing. All he wants to do is lay under my old computer desk near the front door. I've set up a litter box and some water near him. I hate that vets aren't open on the weekends.
Edit: He passed away on Monday.
I'm calling the vet when they open in the morning at 8am to see if they can see him later today. I feel like I'm prepared for the worst but I still want to try my best to keep him alive if I can. I've been force feeding him but it's probably not enough and he does hate it a lot.
I went on a cat forum a little while back but I hate posting on there because everyone judges you horribly if you don't immediately take your pet to the vet. We're very poor living off of disability and I've been using the Care Credit card to pay his vet bills. I don't think I can afford to hospitalize him and I definitely can't afford to take him to the pet ER that's a few towns away. It's not that I don't want to. I feel horrible. I've already had my mom and mother in law say that we should probably just let him go, as in stop taking him to the vet and just slowly watch him die. I could never do that.
I don't think I'll be able to sleep before I call the vet. I'm constantly checking on him to make sure that he's still breathing. All he wants to do is lay under my old computer desk near the front door. I've set up a litter box and some water near him. I hate that vets aren't open on the weekends.
Edit: He passed away on Monday.
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