Oh I feel I can speak from the heart on this subject.

I lost my 12 month old Siamese Heti to the horrendous hereditary condition called Amyloydosis.
She was well right up to the age of 6 months and then she would have an “off” day no temp or clinical signs could be found by my Vet ( these days were about 6 weeks between each other, these quiet days I found out later was due to a bleed from her liver, which would stop and then she was ok again, blood pressure back up etc)….eventually I got so fed up that I insisted that they took bloods from her as I knew my cat and all was not right…she was extremely anaemic and was rushed to the Liverpool Vet Hospital.

My own cats donated blood to her and 2 days after she was admitted they took a liver biopsy and sent it away for an Amyloydosis diagnosis. All through this short time she was ill she was comfortable and in no pain, she was part of my family and I spent £5.5K having treatment to give her a chance. The Prof who treated her could not believe what a fighter she was, truly a brave girl, with a tremendous will to live.

Heti was discharged from the vet hospital on a Friday. The Prof who was treating her was hopeful she would enjoy a good 6 months, unfortunately she had a “quiet” day on the following Monday and I then made the decision to have her PTS, she went quietly asleep in my arms, being held by the person who loved her most, she was my brave girl and she had fought valiantly to beat this awful disease.

I think what upset me the most was the “whispers” from so called friend in the cat fancy, who spread malicious gossip that I allowed my cat to suffer…personally I feel this person was desperate to sweep my beautiful Heti “under the carpet”.

So yes I speak from experience, its hard to let them go, but we have a duty to our beloved pets to prevent any pain and suffering.

I have a tribute to my girl on my website if you care to look

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