She was not thriving after being here. I would go out and find her asleep with her head in her food bowl (even wet food!) Her breathing was labored- her stool the color of jaundice and stinky as all get out. She was eating AD. I was supposed to wait one more week to take her in for a re-check as the vet thought she might have asthma or heartworm but she was so anemic and depleted he wanted her stronger. I didn’t wait. I went in this afternoon with her because her breathing was just odd.
He heard muffled breath sounds and took an x-ray. Not a good thing to see on the films. She had apparently been hit by a car several months?Even a year ago and developed a diaphragmatic hernia. For those of you who might not know what that is- it is a tear in the stomach and after a certain period of time the intestines come coiling out. She had air in her lungs and her colon and no clear tract from her stomach to her colon. She was passing out while she was eating because she couldn’t breathe and eating fatigued her! The surgery is thousands of dollars- and only 60% make it through and those are the cats who have been recently hit by a car. So we kissed her forehead and laid her down and stamped her Bridge Pass. She did not go easy- Steve said it was because she couldn’t breathe- but now she can. She running heaven’s grasses free and breathing and one day I will scoop her up and give her a hug and let her know she was very much loved…if only for just a few days-
that is just so so sad, that poor kitty what she had to go through and so beautiful. I will have to give my babies a bigger hug tonight and tell them how very much I love them and cry for Bella. So glad you didn’t wait and she is at peace.
That poor cat. Who knows how much more suffering she would have endured if she hadn’t come to you? It was good that she knew a kind touch and cheerful word before she left. Godspeed, Bella.