GOOD BYE PHATTIE CAT
Today I had to put my deer sweet Phattie Cat to rest. She’d been slowly declining in health over the past few months. Over the weekend she lost most function of her lower half, including bladder and bowel control and was in obvious pain.
She wasn’t a young cat she was about 16-17 years old, that’s about 98-100 years old to a human. (Find your cats age @ http://www.catage.com). She lived longer than the average cat, had a good life and I had the honor and pleasure of being her companion for about 8 of those years. Through those years she brought me and many others great joy and amusement. She helped me through many tough times, I will deeply miss her.
She was buried by my father and I near a big old oak. Last week when the weather had warmed up and she still could walk Phattie and I spent some time enjoying the sun and breeze and each others company under that tree. I felt it fitting to bury her there.
The Country Cat Hospital Veterinarian said Phattie appeared to have a spinal lesion or tumor that had been slowly growing that was why she was losing control of her lower body and that she was also in kidney failure. That even if she was a younger, healthy cat treating spinal problem like this would have been expensive and no guarantee that the cat would survive or gain any function back.
I know that I couldn’t have stopped this but I could have made her last few weeks more comfortable with pain meds or such.
I had taken Phattie to the Hamburg Veterinary Clinic in December for an abscessed tooth. It was the closest one to our house. I had asked that Veterinarian about Phattie’s problems walking and bloated abdomen. I’m angry that she just told me it was old age and only treated her for the tooth. Watching the Country Cat Vet perform today compared to the Hamburg Vet it’s obvious the Hamburg Vet didn’t even do a thorough exam!
The Hamburg Vets office was so attentive to the patients welfare and the owners concerns (Heavy Sarcasm). The receptionist told me to come back in a week, to updates shots and pull the tooth (which is an elective procedure) and would be a minimum of $300. ‘That is with a discount on the shots for having a surgical procedure performed’ she informed me. She tells me this After I had just explained to her that I was unemployed, disabled and had very little money. I wanted to say “wake up &*%$# I make less per Month than you do in a week, I just spent my monthly grocery money brining in my cat today!”
Phattie never had a problem with her teeth after that initial infection was cured, she didn’t need a tooth extraction, her primary problems always were her spine and urinary system as was confirmed at today’s pre-mortem examination before she was laid to rest.
Even though it’s a little longer drive to Country Cat Hopsital I will gladly take that drive if my other cat ever needs care. I will NEVER AGAIN go to the Hamburg clinic with there sub par medical care, and money hungry owner.
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