If Only Love Was Enough To Fix Him
I only recently posted a very similar photo of our super loving, sweet, and entertaining boy, Mel, saying what a treasure he is. Sadly, an unexpected visit to animal ER this past weekend and several x-rays, ultrasound, ECG etc. later indicate a 3rd degree AV blockage in his heart - basically a ticking timebomb, maybe from birth - that's beginning to struggle and could kill him at any moment and likely will. We've been told his treatment is palliative and it just breaks our heart. Mel is honestly the most adorable, loving, sweet, caring, tactile, and entertaining little treasure that we could ever have hoped to share in our lives. We are devastated to know how powerless we are to change the inevitable outcome, and our moments with him are all-the-more precious and far too short. (Only possible yet temporary treatment would be fitting a pacemaker but it's very invasive in cats and, in his condition, there's every chance he wouldn't even survive the surgery.) Mel's always been all heart and pure love. A precious bringer of love, adoration, snuggles, warmth and so much character :-) It's horribly unfair that we'll lose him so soon, I'm heartbroken. We have tough days and difficult decisions ahead.
**Update 11/23: We're so grateful to have got him in on a cancellation to see a veterinary cardiologist for this Thursday....otherwise the wait would've been 8 months. Sadly, the prognosis is unlikely to change but at least we'll be able to determine what's best for Mel and how we can help him, once we're armed with all the information.
If Only Love Was Enough To Fix Him
I only recently posted a very similar photo of our super loving, sweet, and entertaining boy, Mel, saying what a treasure he is. Sadly, an unexpected visit to animal ER this past weekend and several x-rays, ultrasound, ECG etc. later indicate a 3rd degree AV blockage in his heart - basically a ticking timebomb, maybe from birth - that's beginning to struggle and could kill him at any moment and likely will. We've been told his treatment is palliative and it just breaks our heart. Mel is honestly the most adorable, loving, sweet, caring, tactile, and entertaining little treasure that we could ever have hoped to share in our lives. We are devastated to know how powerless we are to change the inevitable outcome, and our moments with him are all-the-more precious and far too short. (Only possible yet temporary treatment would be fitting a pacemaker but it's very invasive in cats and, in his condition, there's every chance he wouldn't even survive the surgery.) Mel's always been all heart and pure love. A precious bringer of love, adoration, snuggles, warmth and so much character :-) It's horribly unfair that we'll lose him so soon, I'm heartbroken. We have tough days and difficult decisions ahead.
**Update 11/23: We're so grateful to have got him in on a cancellation to see a veterinary cardiologist for this Thursday....otherwise the wait would've been 8 months. Sadly, the prognosis is unlikely to change but at least we'll be able to determine what's best for Mel and how we can help him, once we're armed with all the information.