Smokey has sadly crossed the rainbow bridge on 11th April 2017 at around 6.30am. He had been sick for some time and despite the sadness that me and Azwaj feel, we are glad that he is no longer suffering.
He had been strong throughout the whole time he had been sick. We switched to Feline Transfer Factor and Phytoscience Stemcell for him when the vet’s meds were no longer giving him relief. He was on wet food diet and although eating he was still losing weight but we did see a vast difference when we started giving him the stemcell as he was breathing better and his dripping nose dried up noticeably.
Smokey will be 15 years old in June but with his illness, his body could no longer take it. When the vet keep kept giving him the same meds and suggested more test, we decided collectively that we would try to make his remaining time with us as comfortable as we can with no more needles and no more vet visit (Smokey was terrified of the vet clinic) and we believe we were successful up to his last breath.
Smokey passed on in Daddy’s arm that morning. He gave three last short breath and he was gone. Good bye Smokey. Run free with the rest of your family ya… Mommy and Daddy will miss you….Love you forever!
REST IN PEACE DEAR SMOKEY
2002 - 11 APRIL 2017
Today at exactly 3pm, our furbaby Aggie crossed the rainbow bridge.
Aggie was diagnosed with kidney failure a week earlier and upon the diagnosis have been treated at the vet with IV drips and immediately placed on renal diet. On 16th August, the vet was satisfied that she was doing much better and armed with her meds and more renal food, Aggie was allowed home with an appointment to see the vet on 22nd August 2012.
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| Aggie’s trip to the vet |
Once home though, Aggie didn’t want to eat her renal food. She wanted her normal food and it became a challenge to coax her to eat and drink. She would follow me around asking for food and each time I feed her the renal food, she will eat a bit and just walk away. So I had to force feed her each time especially since she still got to take her meds after food.
However, on Sunday, 17th August, she ate her food herself. I was relieved. She slept most of the day.
At 2am in the morning, I fed her and had a few hours of quiet time when I changed her bandages (she had sores on her feet that the vet had attended to and needed bandage change daily). I spoke softly to her telling her how much I love her and that she will survive this and be strong but she need to eat and take her meds. She purred and it seems she was listening. I placed her in her cage after that (she was kept in a cage at night because of the sores and because she was peeing all over the house – kidney patient cats do that).
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| Aggie loves boxes! |
Me and Azwaj took turns holding her. There were times when it sounded like she stopped breathing but then she gasp for air again. I was changing into fresh clothing (Aggie peed on me) when Azwaj called me and asked me to hold her. The end was near. We could see it and we could feel it. I took her into my arms, spoke to her to let go of the pain and just run free to the other side. It looked then like she looked at me and said her goodbye. She took one last long breath and then she was gone.
I sob, uncontrolled sobbing as she was our baby. We went through her skin eczema, her food allergies and her two eye surgeries and she had always been strong and her spirits high. But this time she was defeated. She was no longer young and she was done fighting. In a way we were glad that she didn’t suffer as long as her sister Anja, who also suffered from kidney failure.
Azwaj buried her alongside Nina, who we lost in July. Aggie was 13 years old.
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| First time on the grass |
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| Looking good baby girl |
Nina wasn’t looking well the week before and after a visit to the clinic, the vet told us that she may not be eating well because of her teeth. The thing is Doc Sharon can’t do anything to her without doing a blood test to make sure she will be able to handle being put under. She gave Nina some antibiotics and told us to monitor her changes. She also suggested we switch her to wet soft food.
We did as the vet suggested and Nina looked to be responsive. Whenever I put the bowl of food in front of her, she will respond, licked a few pieces but then stopped eating. So I had to force fed her which was not easy as she would push my hand away. The next best thing that I could do was to mash the food with water, put it in a syringe and give it to her that way. It was ok for the next few days but then she refused to even feed that way anymore and she would clamp her mouth shut and spurt our whatever I fed her.
She got worse on 3rd July refusing to even drink the water I syringed her with. By that time we sort of knew the end was end. We put a pretty romp on her to keep her warm and made her as comfortable as we possibly can. Azwaj would lie with her and the other kitties would come and keep them company.
Nina passed away peacefully on 4th July 2014 at around 8am. Our baby turned 14 years old on 21st May.
