What Would You Do?
Question by Charlie: What would you do?
11 year old female cat catches cold, scratches eye, deveopes HUGE ulcer on cornea. 2 months of “treatment” involving blood draws twice a week, meds 6 times a day (4 times a day of eye ointment, antibiotics twice a day) Cornea could (and probably will) rupture at any time. Which would mean removal of eye ball. Eye ball removal $ 300, two months of treatment, about 250. Said 11 year old cat has horrible arthritis and chronic ear infections. You’re broke and don’t want her to go through two months of this eye pain, then probably recovery from eye removal. Thoughts?
she’s had horrible arthritis for about five years. She’s very stiff legged, can’t jump well. Her ear infections have been tested repeatedly, repeated treatment with antibiotics don’t help. She’s had a very wonderful life here. It’s not about money. It’s about her. I didn’t expect her to make it through the winter, so the decision was made based on what I think she deserved. I dont think she would have been happy going through all of that. Blood work, meds, pain. I put her to sleep yesterday. I just wanted to know that others would have done the same thing. My vet is a friend, she asked me to consider if money were not an object, would I still have made that decision, and I do believe I would have. All that agony for an other year or two? Of more agony? The arthritis was bad, vet said not much would help with that that wouldn’t cause GI problems. Wouldn’t tell me what she would do, said it wasn’t the wrong choice for my cat.
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Answer by sally
I have no idea. It sounds so hard for you.
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