purplebumble
Warren Veteran
last night...well 22nd jan......bertie had become pretty congested for 24hrs..BUT he sneezed up a lot of white thick snot so we knew it was a big problem but because hes only been on septrin for a few days we thoguht wed wait.
well al day yesterday (23rd jan) he was sniffly snotty and a bit chesty...but was still ambling aorund looking for treats and nose rubs..even tho eating and drinking has become a chore and catching his breahts a bit harder than usual..
1pmish i rang the vet who dealt with bertie last time he was like this..and i told him what was going on and he said if the snot was being sneezed out it was still flowing not hardened...but it could chamge and totally block his sinuses and nasal passages and hed die.
I asked him what i could do as he is on virtually the same meds as he was in hospital...cept he had bisolvon injections there. he said to continue with septrin and take him down to the local surgery for a shot of alamycin la....its an antibiotic thats very good with rhinitis. On its own bertie had become immune to it or seemed to...but along with septrin whilst he was hospitlaised it helped a lot. he came home sounding like this and within 2hrs he stoped sounding like bellows on legs.
i think im cruel..ive started to cry on phone to vets just as i said goodby..altho the silent tears had already escaped. The taxi driver upset me on way home....and to hear and see bertie like this made me cry a lot and im at it again
Quality of life is what counts right? The fact he ambles across to see what nikkis doing on the bed settee and if shes got anything norty for him to have as a treat. but he loves his nose rubs.
Today he did that this evening...and scoffed half a bag of cut mint...a nice handful or two of sliced greens and 3/4 grated carrot...he loved it and tried to eat with gusto..but had to stop to try and breathe.
eventually he lay down with bluebell and they had a quick cuddle and a wash...and i realsied how hard his sides were going up and down and how awful he sounds...it goes quiter if he doesnt move or try to eat and drink.
shes not spending much time with him..is it becasue he smells of the vets office...or does she sense something tragic in the offing.
If he wasnt eating drinking weeing and pooping and trying to remain mobile like he does then id not have a qualm about having him pts. But these displays make me think hes determined to stay as long as possble without dying in agony.
But am i being selfish..am i seeing things that arent there....is it because my dad died of resp failure after being in hospitla hooked up to venitlators etc that wants bertie to stay a bit longer but also break my heart as im transported right back to 2006 And seeing bertie in so much discomfort...
if hes no better by morning..im giving the alomycin shot a chance to work overnite. Then i will ask for him to be admitted...if i get up and hes dead..ill not forgive myself....if the vet says its kinder to have him pts even tho hes showing signs of some quality of life....then i will go by vets judgement...im biased and in tears....cant make that descision on my own.
last time i felt like this was with my cat salem and a few hours later he died in agony of heart failure on the floor in front of us after jumping off the low edge of the bed settee.
where do you draw the bloomin line...where where where
well al day yesterday (23rd jan) he was sniffly snotty and a bit chesty...but was still ambling aorund looking for treats and nose rubs..even tho eating and drinking has become a chore and catching his breahts a bit harder than usual..
1pmish i rang the vet who dealt with bertie last time he was like this..and i told him what was going on and he said if the snot was being sneezed out it was still flowing not hardened...but it could chamge and totally block his sinuses and nasal passages and hed die.
I asked him what i could do as he is on virtually the same meds as he was in hospital...cept he had bisolvon injections there. he said to continue with septrin and take him down to the local surgery for a shot of alamycin la....its an antibiotic thats very good with rhinitis. On its own bertie had become immune to it or seemed to...but along with septrin whilst he was hospitlaised it helped a lot. he came home sounding like this and within 2hrs he stoped sounding like bellows on legs.
i think im cruel..ive started to cry on phone to vets just as i said goodby..altho the silent tears had already escaped. The taxi driver upset me on way home....and to hear and see bertie like this made me cry a lot and im at it again
Quality of life is what counts right? The fact he ambles across to see what nikkis doing on the bed settee and if shes got anything norty for him to have as a treat. but he loves his nose rubs.
Today he did that this evening...and scoffed half a bag of cut mint...a nice handful or two of sliced greens and 3/4 grated carrot...he loved it and tried to eat with gusto..but had to stop to try and breathe.
eventually he lay down with bluebell and they had a quick cuddle and a wash...and i realsied how hard his sides were going up and down and how awful he sounds...it goes quiter if he doesnt move or try to eat and drink.
shes not spending much time with him..is it becasue he smells of the vets office...or does she sense something tragic in the offing.
If he wasnt eating drinking weeing and pooping and trying to remain mobile like he does then id not have a qualm about having him pts. But these displays make me think hes determined to stay as long as possble without dying in agony.
But am i being selfish..am i seeing things that arent there....is it because my dad died of resp failure after being in hospitla hooked up to venitlators etc that wants bertie to stay a bit longer but also break my heart as im transported right back to 2006 And seeing bertie in so much discomfort...
if hes no better by morning..im giving the alomycin shot a chance to work overnite. Then i will ask for him to be admitted...if i get up and hes dead..ill not forgive myself....if the vet says its kinder to have him pts even tho hes showing signs of some quality of life....then i will go by vets judgement...im biased and in tears....cant make that descision on my own.
last time i felt like this was with my cat salem and a few hours later he died in agony of heart failure on the floor in front of us after jumping off the low edge of the bed settee.
where do you draw the bloomin line...where where where