My kitty is sick (kidney failure) and I need advice

[Snowboarder_Bo]

I posted this some years back:

@Snowboarder_Bo

Another vote for “take her to the vet”.

I had a cat that began having seizures. It didn’t take long to figure out that Lucky had a brain tumor (he soon began “going around to the left”, since one half of his brain wasn’t functioning properly; this is a dead give-away that there is a brain problem). I cared for him for a few months until one day he was gone. The body was still there, but the cat inside was gone, I mean. It was one of the saddest, most pathetic things I’ve ever been witness to and I had him put down ASAP. I loved that cat and I’m glad I was able to make his last weeks comfortable and loving, but I wish I had spared both of us that last bit.

So please, for both your sakes, take your cat to the vet.

And one of my first posts on this board is also about a cat, my beloved Mao.

Another cat, Heidi, I had put down shortly after I bought my house. She had health problems that I knew about when I adopted her and she went downhill quickly. She was suffering and unhappy and nothing was going to fix her, so I had to make The Decision a third time, hoping that her last 4 years with me were as good for her as they were for me. I don’t plan on not having cats, so it likely won’t be the last time I go thru this, either.

It’s never easy. It’s never fun to contemplate. But I have to remind myself that it’s part of the responsibilities I accepted when I agreed to shelter, feed, care for and love these critters because they can’t do it themselves. I never want any of my friends to suffer, no matter how many legs they have and unfortunately, it does fall to me make the call: I’m the human.