Well this is unfortunate ... (pet misfortune)

Woooo that's a huge incision.

Glad to hear a good outcome. I'd be a little more cautious with that conservative 6 days of "no jumping". I'd stretch it as long as you can. Our orders after the pacemaker were to remove everything in the room(s) we were going to confine the cat to that would allow her to jump on and potentially injure herself or dislodge the wiring/pacemaker/cause the incisions to bust.

So we took the bed in that room off the frame and put it on the floor, removed chairs, etc. Just a thought.
 
Jimmy_Russells said:
I wish you luck. This part of pet ownership sucks.

I had to put down my cat, who was 18 years old, last weekend. He had been on medication for a hyper thyroid for several years, and the medication wasn't really working well anymore. He lost a lot of weight and had a heart murmur which continued to worsen over time. When I took him there to put him down the vet said his heart function was very bad and he probably wouldn't last more than a couple more days anyway. He was tough as nails man, he had been through a lot.
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I've often wondered what animals were thinking or if they were even reflecting on their current situation. They're our modern day knights from Monty Python. "Ugh..I've lost my arm, it's but a flesh wound...Is that all you've got!?.". lol
 
Hillbilly Deluxe said:
Woooo that's a huge incision.

Glad to hear a good outcome. I'd be a little more cautious with that conservative 6 days of "no jumping". I'd stretch it as long as you can. Our orders after the pacemaker were to remove everything in the room(s) we were going to confine the cat to that would allow her to jump on and potentially injure herself or dislodge the wiring/pacemaker/cause the incisions to bust.

So we took the bed in that room off the frame and put it on the floor, removed chairs, etc. Just a thought.
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It's actually 2 weeks of no jumping so we're more than halfway there. They have their own room for one of two litterboxes which only contains a futon which has been lowered to the floor. This is where is spends most of his time as there's nothing for him to jump on. However, my wife hates having him cooped up so we'll let him walk the hallway and into our bedroom but not unsupervised. She's been with him constantly and we've spent most of our time with him when we're home.
 
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BMWTurboDzl said:
It's actually 2 weeks of no jumping so we're more than halfway there. They have their own room for one of two litterboxes which only contains a futon which has been lowered to the floor. This is where is spends most of his time as there's nothing for him to jump on. However, my wife hates having him cooped up so we'll let him walk the hallway and into our bedroom but not unsupervised. She's been with him constantly and we've spent most of our time with him when we're home.
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Will the Maine Coon be OK?
 
Cujet said:
Will the Maine Coon be OK?
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Yes, until he's not. The median survival rate on surgery alone is 3-12 months so based on the prognosis we may get 12 or more months. I'd be thrilled if we got 2 or more years out of him. He would be 13 yrs old at that point which is kind around the average lifespan of a MC.
 
BMWTurboDzl said:
Yes, until he's not. The median survival rate on surgery alone is 3-12 months so based on the prognosis we may get 12 or more months. I'd be thrilled if we got 2 or more years out of him. He would be 13 yrs old at that point which is kind around the average lifespan of a MC.
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Our dog lasted 6 weeks and it came back. We had him put down at that point
 
UPDATE: The poor guy had to be euthanized yesterday morning. He developed a blocked urinary tract in which his kidneys were severely damaged. I missed it due to his general litterbox aversion (He started to prefer to go outside) combined with the fact that we thought he was dealing with some residual pain from his surgery which was impacting his eating habits. The poor guy was in so much pain yesterday.

We're going to miss him so much. My wife is taking it the hardest because he was her "couch potato" and would always comfort her when she was feeling sad this past year due to the passing of her mother.

Working from home has been both a blessing and a curse because our pets become more engrained in our day to day lives so the pain from their loss is just greater. They become part of our daily routines such as sharing ice cream after dinner, or turning on the bathtub faucet so they can have a drink before bed while you're brushing your teeth. Waking you up in the morning with a bump on the elbow because it's feeding time. UGH. Sucks so bad, but this is what one signs up for as pet owners.
 
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So sorry to hear about your loss. I’m sure your baby was best off with you, and you’ll be able to know that.

My son is 10 and intent on getting a yellow Lab, male, and wants to name him Bruno. That specific. We had a black Lab named Bruno whom I had when single. My son was only 2 1/2 when he passed. I had him 14 years so it was rough.

The other day we ran into a 10 month old Golden and my son was lit up meeting him. Like you said things are a blessing and a curse…I suppose there are always two sides to everything. Somehow it’s disappointing to me to know our pets cannot live as long as we will…
 
John105 said:
So sorry to hear about your loss. I’m sure your baby was best off with you, and you’ll be able to know that.

My son is 10 and intent on getting a yellow Lab, male, and wants to name him Bruno. That specific. We had a black Lab named Bruno whom I had when single. My son was only 2 1/2 when he passed. I had him 14 years so it was rough.

The other day we ran into a 10 month old Golden and my son was lit up meeting him. Like you said things are a blessing and a curse…I suppose there are always two sides to everything. Somehow it’s disappointing to me to know our pets cannot live as long as we will…
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I still get emotional whenever I see a Golden which looks like the one I had during my teenage years. Goldens are complete clowns, gentle, and so tolerant of kids. When we were leaving the vet yesterday morning a golden was coming in. It was a big boy, so happy, tail wagging, carrying a big fuzzy ball in his mouth.
 
BMWTurboDzl said:
UPDATE: The poor guy had to be euthanized yesterday morning. He developed a blocked urinary tract in which his kidneys were severely damaged. I missed it due to his general litterbox aversion (He started to prefer to go outside) combined with the fact that we thought he was dealing with some residual pain from his surgery which was impacting his eating habits. The poor guy was in so much pain yesterday.

We're going to miss him so much. My wife is taking it the hardest because he was her "couch potato" and would always comfort her when she was feeling sad this past year due to the passing of her mother.

Working from home has been both a blessing and a curse because our pets become more engrained in our day to day lives so the pain from their loss is just greater. They become part of our daily routines such as sharing ice cream after dinner, or turning on the bathtub faucet so they can have a drink before bed while you're brushing your teeth. Waking you up in the morning with a bump on the elbow because it's feeding time. UGH. Sucks so bad, but this is what one signs up for as pet owners.
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Very sad to read this. Just remember you gave him an awesome life he'd never have had without your family. Can't ask for much more than that.

Please tell you wife to offer that life to another couch potato - or 3, like us haha. As I posted, after losing our first 3 cats at around 17 years my wife immediately found 3 more that needed homes at a local rescue. I thought it would be hard to embrace the new cats because we were so close to the previous 3. But we fell in love with them almost immediately. 2 would have probably have never found a home due to age and one having been feral. But we have quite a loving little family again now. I couldn't imagine us not having them. I'll bet you and your wife can fall in love all over again with a new family member, too. :)
 
Triple_Se7en said:
Losing long-time household pets is like torture to our body and soul.
Hang in there Bud..... wife too.
I still miss <<<<<. It's been 1-1/2 years and still think of Roscoe daily.
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You’ve mentioned Roscoe a few times and you’ll meet up again in the future.

RIP.
 
There have been plenty of pets/ animals that have suffered and passed, to keep those vac's makers in business.
And could contribute to shorter lives causing other issues other than site cancers.
And what do they all lobby for? Yeah mandatory almost every state.

Here is a link that supports my logic in this matter.
https://www.germanshepherdrescue.co.uk/vaccine-damage-dogs-i-477.html
And yes very sad. I lost my love dog because of xylitol, every food item with it should have warning labels, but then every outfit there is mislabels all their food items. Especially fake sugars and canola crap oil.
 
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UPDATE: The poor guy had to be euthanized yesterday morning. He developed a blocked urinary tract in which his kidneys were severely damaged. I missed it due to his general litterbox aversion (He started to prefer to go outside) combined with the fact that we thought he was dealing with some residual pain from his surgery which was impacting his eating habits. The poor guy was in so much pain yesterday.

We're going to miss him so much. My wife is taking it the hardest because he was her "couch potato" and would always comfort her when she was feeling sad this past year due to the passing of her mother.

Working from home has been both a blessing and a curse because our pets become more engrained in our day to day lives so the pain from their loss is just greater. They become part of our daily routines such as sharing ice cream after dinner, or turning on the bathtub faucet so they can have a drink before bed while you're brushing your teeth. Waking you up in the morning with a bump on the elbow because it's feeding time. UGH. Sucks so bad, but this is what one signs up for as pet owners.
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I'm sorry, it's not fair. You took good care of him, and gave him every chance you could.
 
A dog is a member of the family and considers himself as such.
It was painful when our Pyrenees died. I actually cried, almost as bad as losing a child would be,
He died at home and we had his remains cremated and I spread his ashes over the snow that winter.
The dog loved playing in the snow and was immune to extreme cold.
A below zero night after a heavy snowfall was fine with him, if not always with me.
You have my deepest sympathies.
 
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