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I have a bad feeling the end will be soon
Seamus is become very difficult with taking his pills...he has 3 to take twice a day, and this morning he refused to take any of them. We hid them in piece of turkey burger, cheese, and even just tried to shove them in the back of his throat and make him swallow. That stubborn little bugger managed to spit them out every time. He also barely touched his food in his bowl. Maybe he is telling us it is his time to go. I'm a nervous wreck today and so so sad. The vet felt that if he stayed on the meds (to manage the secondary liver issues), he would be comfortable and we might have a few months (she said this cautiously as the tumor on his spleen is large and we do not know if it is starting to spread). But if he won't take the meds, the vomiting will start again, his liver will have more damage, and if he doesn't eat....ugh, maybe this is his way of telling us it is time to let him go.
Re: I have a bad feeling the end will be soon
i'm so sorry
usually not eating isn't a good sign. find out if your vet is available nights and weekends if need be. if he's not, see if there is one in your area. In addition to not eating, watch for him sleeping more than usual or trying to stay in a hidden area or more secluded than usual.
do you know if he has any lung issues? if he starts panting a lot, or keeping his head up, i'd really recommend putting him down as soon as that happens. having lived through witnessing a pets "natural" death from cancer effecting the lungs, it was TERRIBLE. We were knocking on neighbors doors to get them to come sit with the kids in the middle of the night desperate to get him to an emergency vet to put him down to end it. He died on his own while we were getting dressed. This was all 4 days after showing symptoms mind you (breathing rapidly) and 2 days after being diagnosed. he ate his morning pill. his afternoon pill he wouldn't come out from under the bed for, he didn't eat his wet food.. that evening he was breathing really hard and we decided we'd bring him in in the morning, a couple hours later he was dying and died in about 45 minutes i think. After that we decided that if we ever had a pet diagnosed with cancer (and we do, just a month later), that as soon as he started showing any of those symptoms, we'd get him straight to the vet and not endure any of the worst. This was a cat, who had a large tumor in his abdomen that started to press on his lungs.
I'm sorry if this is a hard post to read, i just wanted to share our regrets and mistakes so you can take from them what you'd like.
I am so sorry you are going through this. I know, first hand how horrible it can be.
Towards the end of my dog's life she was also on medication and there were days she wouldn't take it. There were days it would take all her energy to get up. One morning, I just happened to be home from work and as I came up from the basement into the kitchen, the door wouldn't open. Kelly could not get up. That was it for me. The idea of coming home and finding her gone and having to deal with that was more than I could bear to even think of let alone live through. We took her to the Animal Hospital and though they said we could take her home we knew that it was time. Saying goodbye to her was the hardest thing I've ever done as an adult. It was gut wrenching, but it was time.
I know how hard this is. I know how desperately you just want one more day. I am so so so sorry that you and your family are going through this. If your gut is telling you that the end is coming than please think about how you want the end to be. Though it was the hardest thing in the world to do, I am so grateful that I was with Kelly at the end. That I got to hold her in my lap and say goodbye.
HUGS.
Sorry Jen. This happened with my dog too. Did you try pill pockets? They sell them at the Petstore like Petsmart or PetGoods etc. They make 2 sizes, tablet size or capsule size. I even rip them in half and wrap them around one of the pills.
My parents dog is fussy but will take them in the Pill Pocket. That is the brand name, Pill Pocket. Maybe you should try them!
Good luck!
all i can say is that you'll know when the time is right. it's the hardest decision, but you'll know when it's the right decision...and it sucks. for us, symptoms, diagnosis, to it being "time" was horribly fast. i wish we had more time.
hugs to you.