| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
mum2paris 
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: Palmy
Points: 6611
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote  Reply
 Topic: Alright! enough already!
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 11:43am |
ggrrrr, I don't know what i did to piss of Murphy in a past life but he better leave us alone from now on.
Today, we have to put down our gorgeous ginger kitty, - Joey, who we've had for 6 years.. he was our practice child.
He turned up a day ago and it looked like he had some dags on his tail.. we hardly see him anyway cos he stays away - the kids are a bit much for him. Anyway last night i got mike to hold him still so i could have a lcoser look and it wasn't just dags.. it was blood and tissue etc, and his tail felt really hard. took him to the vet this morning, and he had caught his tail somewhere and broken it.. about quarter of the way down from his back, and the rest has died... It sucks cos it's something so little, but was gonna costs us $500 to get it amputated.. we just don't have that any more.. 2 weeks ago we could have.. but today, we had to go the cheaper option..$50.. to end his suffering.
We took him early this morning and I said to mike i just couldn't make that decision there and then, so left him there and came home and talked it out.. but came to that conclusion..
Mike has just taken Paris back to say goodbye she doesn't understand, he will go back later this afternoon once they have done it and pick Joey up so we can put him in his favourite sunny spot in the garden.
 MURPHY! LEAVE US ALONE!
If anything else goes wrong I'm gonna end up in the loony bin. seriously.
I knew it was all too good to be true, argh, Am kicking myself for saying to mike "It's all going too well, what's gonna go wrong?" a few weeks back.
Edited by mum2paris
|
Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
|
 |
|
Sponsored Links
|
|
|
Rachael21
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: New Zealand
Points: 4700
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 11:51am |
Aww that sucks big hugs for you guys. Hopefully its time for some good things to happen, maybe you will win lotto 
|
|
AlyAyde
Senior Member
Joined: 02 September 2003
Location: Whangarei
Points: 3371
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 12:35pm |
|
|
|
Jayde 25/12/04
Alyssa 08/04/03
http://Alyayde.bebo.com
|
|
Paws
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: Auckland
Points: 5860
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 1:31pm |
|
I'm so sorry to hear that! Big hugs to you.
We did have all our cats insured but we decided not to continue the policy once we are on income as it was a little too much for 3 cats...of course I'm dreading something major happening and having to make the same choice you did. I'm almost temtped to re-insure the younger 2 now at the very least.
Hope your luck changes really soon!
|
|
|
|
Guests
Guest
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 2:12pm |
|
Im so sorry to hear about your kitty!! I dread the day that one of ours passes coz i know Ella loves them already!
|
|
my2angels
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Points: 3943
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 2:28pm |
|
Thats horrible. Its hard aye, we couldnt afford to fix out dog if anything went wrong and im always worried i will have to make that decision.
Hope murphy buggers off and leaves you alone now.
|
|
Bombshell
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Points: 6665
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 5:05pm |
|
I am so sorry to hear about your cat...
I too recently had my 17 year old boy put down due to finding him lying down having had a stroke - I seriously cried more on that day than at most funerals - and i set off everyone who came into the vet clinic as i sat holding his cage....
remember your cat fondly - they are wonderful friends to us and true constants in our lives
|
|
aimeejoy
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: Dannevirke
Points: 6415
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 5:20pm |
Oh Janine, I am really sorry to hear about Joey  Hope things start improving asap.
|
|
Aimee
Hannah 22/10/05
Greer 11/02/08
|
|
jack_&_charli
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: christchurch
Points: 7155
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 September 2006 at 9:03pm |
|
|
|
|
|
nuttymama
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: christchurch
Points: 1090
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 8:26am |
|
To all you wonderful ladies that have had to make that horrible decision, hers a poem that our vet sent us after we ahd to get our beautiful dog tess put down due to age.
If it should be that I grow frail and weak
and pain should keep me from my sleep
then you must do what must be done
For this last battle can't be won
You will be sad, I understand
Don't let this grief then stay your hand
For this day, more than all the rest
Your love and friendship stand the test
We've ahd so many happy years
what is to come can hold no fears
You'd not want me to suffer so
When the time comes just let me go
Take me to where my needs they'll tend
Only stay with me until the end
and hold me firm, and speak to me
Until my eyes no longer see,
I know in time you too will see
It is a kindness you do to me
Though my tail it's last was waved
from pain a suffering I've been saved
Don't grieve that it should be you
who has to decide this thing to do
We've been so close we two these years
Don't let your heart hold any tears.
Edited by vick
|
|
Abigail 06/01/2005
Jayden 21/11/2001
Micheal 03/04/1997
|
|
jack_&_charli
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: christchurch
Points: 7155
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 8:33am |
i only got through the first line~!! 
|
|
|
|
nuttymama
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: christchurch
Points: 1090
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 8:35am |
|
Janine I'm so sorry but don't feel bad, years ago we had to get our cats tail amputated and it cost a fortune in excess of $700, as there is all the after care as well. We were lucky at the time we had two wages and only one child so we were able to pay. We now only have a bird and fish as with three kids there is no way we could pay that sum now. Geez it's bad enough when one of the fish die with the kids. Things have to get better soon, Fingers andtoes crossed for you.
|
|
Abigail 06/01/2005
Jayden 21/11/2001
Micheal 03/04/1997
|
|
aimeejoy
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: Dannevirke
Points: 6415
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 9:14am |
What a lovely poem. And how nice of the vet to send that out...
|
|
Aimee
Hannah 22/10/05
Greer 11/02/08
|
|
Maya
Senior Member
Joined: 16 September 2003
Location: Sydney
Points: 23297
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 10:00am |
|
Big hugs Janine! I have a strict policy on pets - we don't have them. Only because I get too attached and can't let go. We had to have our very old cat put down when I was 17 and I did not cope well at all. So now I spare myself the agony...
Sending you some sunshine and happy vibes and hoping things look up for you!
|
 Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
|
|
nikkitheknitter
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: Westie
Points: 7556
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 10:31am |
Good plan Emma.
I don't have a particular affinity with animals, hell, I barely like children! But it does suck that you have to let go of your pet like that, when it is something relatively simple to fix - but so damn expensive!!! Atleast the poor cat won't be in pain anymore. That must have been very sore!
Hope you guys are doing ok. 
|
|
Bombshell
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Points: 6665
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 2:59pm |
|
vivki - all our vet sent us was a bill - they used to send a condolensces card so i wasnt very impressed esp after all the money my little ratbag had spent in their surgery over the years...a lot of freinds did send the rainbow bridge poem though - that is soooo lovely...we know they are in a better place - over the rainbow bridge...
|
|
Guests
Guest
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 September 2006 at 3:41pm |
|
i know a friend whos cat fell off their 2 storey house and broke both its front legs and shoulders and broke her jaw. They spent $2k on getting her all fixed up. Shes a little cutie to!
|
|
Alright! enough already!
