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UPDATE! Surgery went well! The vet was fantastic and she was also amazing at handling me who was crying all over the place.
Her uterus was large and had some puss in it, she was definitely on the way to getting pyometra. So the prolapse was actually a blessing in disguise. We got to do the surgery while she was still healthy and in good shape.
It’s been four hours since we brought her home and she just went peepee and poopoo! She also ate a small plate of fish and beef when we got inside! She’s very groggy, but I’m so so so happy❤️ now let’s hope the next few days will be smooth sailing. Thank you so much for all the uplifting comments and well wishes😭 I cried my eyes out all night reading them, but I didn’t have the strength to reply. Please continue having her in your thoughts until she’s completely out of the woods! I’m such a worrier, I won’t be able to relax for a couple of weeks yet haha. She’s my baby after all❤️

My love, my heart. She’s the one who gets me up in the morning and makes me smile every day. She’ll be 14 soon! I got her when she was 3.

Today after going potty her vagina prolapsed. We went to the vet right away, and apparently it’s quite common in old females. We scheduled her for a full hysterectomy (spay) tomorrow morning. I’m so scared. She has a heart murmur and she’s so old. But she’s full of life!!! Always hungry! Sooooo clingy 😂 she sleeps on my pillow at night at watches my every move. She’s never alone, we’re always together.

Please give me some stories of your old dogs getting surgery and pulling through like champs! I really need some hope❤️

(I live in Norway. We’re not allowed by law to spay dogs unless of medical emergencies or other severe health reasons. It’s a terrible law, I hate it)

A friend of a friend called me last night begging me to take her sick kitten. She’s a ‘breeder’. The female kitten that I ended up calling Cia was 8 weeks old, but barely 600 grams. I was told she just needed to be hand fed because mom had rejected her.

I got her at 8 this morning. She was only skin and bones, but so sweet. After an hour she came out of hiding to play a little. Then se fell asleep on my legs. I was in love. No way I’m giving this kitten back, she’s mine now, I thought.

But as she got more comfortable it was easier to spot that something was very wrong. Her breathing was fast and labored, her abdomen severely swollen, pus coming out of her urethra, she was wobbling.

I asked the breeder to get to take her to the vet. She said no. I said I’d pay. She said ‘she probably just has worms, give me a minute to get a prescription’. I said she might have worms, but she has something much worse as well. I went to the vet.

I broke down at the vets office, telling the vet about my struggle just to be able to get the breeder to agree to me taking Cia to the vet. The vet felt so bad I actually got the ultrasound and prescription for free. She figured Cia’s illness had started with her having a UTI, that left untreated spread to her kidneys and possibly other organs. Her abdomen was filled with fluid, so she feared Cia had FIP as well. But since she was eating and playing the vet felt like there was hope. She got de-wormed, cortisone and antibiotics. And set up a new appointment in a few days.

When we got home she went into hiding, I didn’t think it was odd, since the vet visit was probably both frightening and taxing for her little body. She ate her food like a champ tho.

After a couple of hours I thought it was weird that she hadn’t come out yet, so I made her a plate of food again. But this time she didn’t come out, she was just laying there. I grabbed her and pulled her out from under the shelf and she was so limp. She couldn’t stand, her head was wobbling. She smelled her food and seemed interested but she fell and couldn’t get back up. I understood she’d been hiding there to die.

It’s 8 in the evening now and all vets expect for emergency is closed. A friend of mine is a vet tech and she’s an absolute angel and got us in the office free of charge. There was nothing we could do except let her fall asleep. She was gone before the whole syringe was emptied into her vein.

After she was gone she got a new exam to see what had happened. My friend said palpitating her abdomen felt like a huge waterbaloon filled with raisins. The ultrasound showed that she had multiple organ failure. The cortisone and antibiotics just sped up the process. There was absolutely nothing that could have been done.

The thing is, something COULD have been done if the breeder took her to the vet when she started showing symptoms. But she didn’t. She let this sweet, kind, innocent kitten slowly die a painful death. I’m heartbroken, I can’t stop crying. I’m so angry. I also got a big setback financially. Which shouldn’t matter, but it does when you’re low income.

I loved little Cia the second I saw her tiny tiny face.

Humans are the worst creatures to ever exist.