I love my cat Leo. He is now 13 years old. He has been with me since he came out of the womb. He and I have been through so much together and we have traveled to many places. He is my best friend. No matter what I have gone through, he has always been there and welcomed me with love in his eyes and a gentle purr. He warms me on cold nights and snuggles close at bed time. In the morning with a touch of his paw he wakes me to be fed. He listens to me when I sing to him and meets me at the door when I come home. A true best friend.
Recently, Leo was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. A condition that in cats is fatal. He was going into congestive heart failure before I even knew that he was sick. a rush to the vets office and a week in the hospital he was sent home on medications that would help his condition. The prognosis was not what I wanted to hear. He was given two to six months before his heart would finally give out.
He greatly improved on the meds and became playful again after about three weeks on his medications. We are now going on six months since his diagnosis. The medications are making him sick with diarrhea and vomiting. It greatly breaks my heart to see him go through what he has been through in the past couple of weeks.
Yesterday I noticed that his breathing was a little abnormal so I have been keeping him under close observation. with the advise of his veterinarian I have increased some of his meds to help draw the fluids off of his lungs to keep him from going into congestive heart failure again. I am watching my best friend die. At what point do you have to decide that enough is enough and take him to be put down and end the chance of suffering.
I am literally watching my best friend die at the moment and there is nothing that I can do. It breaks my heart to know that such a good loving animal has to leave this world in this way. He is my best friend!
