Captions by Nica... (Fieger Photography)
Thinking of him... (pls read description)
I don't normally do this but I'll ask everyone to please send our Toby all your possitive thoughts and vibes his way.
It devastates my heart to tell you that Toby in a bad way right now. He's at the Vet-Hospital with a complete "Blockage" of his urinal passage. Which as you know can kill a cat very quickly.
He will be getting his system flushes out and is hocked up to a catheter for the next 3 days. The severe amount of crystals completely blocking his canal. He is in severe pain and is not handling this well but his vitals are still strong enough.
And pending the results of his x-rays.. a possible surgery to remove any stones or very large crystal could happen.
We were expecting this to happen at some point because of his disease (FLUTD), But not so soon!! We know and have been told cats with this disease don't generally live long. We've done everything possible to keep him healthy and happy. But in the end... the disease always seems to win.
He's had 5 episodes since early Spring. And this lastest one is not only the biggest and most dangerous one. But after this... there's nothing more we can do! And it's tearing out hearts out to think of a possibility of life without out Toby! But it is a possibility that this may come sooner then expected.
And after having to go back to the vets lastnight to sign a paper for a "Do not resuscitate" the reality is hitting us hard! (Please know that he was been suffering for a long time with this disease and is in alot of pain when he is having an episode. So we decided if he should have a heart attack because of everything they have to do for him at the moment. which cats can have heart attacks from this aswell. We decided it would be best not to let him suffer anymore! He has been struggling all his life with this... We don't want him to suffer anymore. So we are not giving up on him AT ALL! Just if HE decides to take the big rest... we are not going to force him to come back just for our benefit. We love him too much and can't inflict anymore pain on him. However much we can't live without him!!)
If you were wondering why there were not many photos of Sir Toby over the year... Know that we've been dealing with repetitive episodes of his "FLUTD", and he just doesn't seem to be himself for a long while. The pain is general uncomfortability of what he goes through daily is hard on him. And he needed to relax as much as possible! So me annoying him with my camera was not what I wanted for him for now. But if he comes out of this one... knowing whats to come in the near future... I will do a last shoot of our wonderful boy. (providing he's not in any pain) He last left a BIG paw print in our hearts. And I just can't think what life would be like without him...
For my big boyToby... Please send him your good vibes and thoughts!!
Thinking of him... (pls read description)
I don't normally do this but I'll ask everyone to please send our Toby all your possitive thoughts and vibes his way.
It devastates my heart to tell you that Toby in a bad way right now. He's at the Vet-Hospital with a complete "Blockage" of his urinal passage. Which as you know can kill a cat very quickly.
He will be getting his system flushes out and is hocked up to a catheter for the next 3 days. The severe amount of crystals completely blocking his canal. He is in severe pain and is not handling this well but his vitals are still strong enough.
And pending the results of his x-rays.. a possible surgery to remove any stones or very large crystal could happen.
We were expecting this to happen at some point because of his disease (FLUTD), But not so soon!! We know and have been told cats with this disease don't generally live long. We've done everything possible to keep him healthy and happy. But in the end... the disease always seems to win.
He's had 5 episodes since early Spring. And this lastest one is not only the biggest and most dangerous one. But after this... there's nothing more we can do! And it's tearing out hearts out to think of a possibility of life without out Toby! But it is a possibility that this may come sooner then expected.
And after having to go back to the vets lastnight to sign a paper for a "Do not resuscitate" the reality is hitting us hard! (Please know that he was been suffering for a long time with this disease and is in alot of pain when he is having an episode. So we decided if he should have a heart attack because of everything they have to do for him at the moment. which cats can have heart attacks from this aswell. We decided it would be best not to let him suffer anymore! He has been struggling all his life with this... We don't want him to suffer anymore. So we are not giving up on him AT ALL! Just if HE decides to take the big rest... we are not going to force him to come back just for our benefit. We love him too much and can't inflict anymore pain on him. However much we can't live without him!!)
If you were wondering why there were not many photos of Sir Toby over the year... Know that we've been dealing with repetitive episodes of his "FLUTD", and he just doesn't seem to be himself for a long while. The pain is general uncomfortability of what he goes through daily is hard on him. And he needed to relax as much as possible! So me annoying him with my camera was not what I wanted for him for now. But if he comes out of this one... knowing whats to come in the near future... I will do a last shoot of our wonderful boy. (providing he's not in any pain) He last left a BIG paw print in our hearts. And I just can't think what life would be like without him...
For my big boyToby... Please send him your good vibes and thoughts!!