Originally Posted by Upset

I lost my 15 year old cat to Pancreatitis and diabetes last week. After trying to manage her diabetes for a year and a half (we had some success in controlling her fructosamine levels untill November, when they went completely out of control), and then being diagnosed with Pancreatitis at Xmas, she collapsed last week, and i had to have her put to sleep. Its been a rough year and a half, as she has been in and out of the vets continually for diabetes control, and just two weeks ago spent 4 days on a drip following the Pancreatitis diagnosis. She seemed to bounce back for a week, whilst i was feeding her boiled chicken breasts, but she got bored and wasnt interested in them, and the Vets have me Royal Canin Gastro control wet food, to supplement her Royal Canin Sensitivity control dry food, which she would eat (wet food) after her insulin injection.
I am beating myselft up, as i keep thinking maybe i should have put her back on the drip again and tried different food.....maybe what i gave her exhasperated the problem........The vets felt that because she had gone down again so quickly after coming out ofthe vets and of the drip, it was the kindest thing to do, as she has had may stays in the vets over the last year, and i really think she had enough.....I just keep wondering if there was anything else i could have done....i am beside myself, cant stop getting upset, as i miss her so much.....15 years is a long time, and of course the last year and a half was all about her, because of the diabetes.....I miss her so much.....I feel at the moment like i wont ever get passed this, and keep wondering if there was anything else i could have given her, or done to control the pancreatitis, as this is what seemed to bring it all to a head.