At 8pm yesterday, I took my kitty Fez to the same emergency vet that I had to say goodbye to his brother Hyde a mere 3 weeks ago. He was puking acid, whimpering and breathing heavily. Within 3 hours, he was being treated as critical and needed the help of oxygen to breath. X-rays showed he had a lot of fluid in his abdomen but they didn't have the equipment available that evening to see what exactly was the cause. The likely prognosis was cancer or something else just as fatal. He was progressively getting worse as he was being treated, which is never a good sign. He looked absolutely awful. Around 2 am, the doctor had told me he was actively dying and that they could intervene and try to make his heart work harder to stay alive or I could unhook him from everything and say goodbye. They had me wait in the next room for them to bring him over to me as I sat there and wondered how the hell this could possibly be happening again and how I was going to be able to deal with looking at Fez as he died so soon after having had to with Hyde. The doctor came in with him in a blanket, kneeled in front of me and said "he's gone" and placed him in my arms. Within 6 hours, he was gone. We had just spent all day cuddling yesterday after having come home from my trip. He seemed his normal loveable self. The doctor kindly offered to do an autopsy free of charge so that I could have answers. He died of a very rare infection in his chest cavity that had burst and put him into septic shock. There wasn't anything they could have done for him for a different outcome when I walked in that door. Both of my kitties, gone, within 3 weeks of each other, both having died from different illnesses, both having seemed fine all the way until I brought them into the vet. I am heartbroken. I didn't even want to say anything this time around because it seems just too impossible but my baby deserves the recognition of his life as much as my other guy. You probably won't see me on here for a bit after posting this. Thank you for the love, kisses, cuddles and memories Fez Dillon, 2005-2019.
