I’m sorry if this is fragmented I’m still shattered and I’m mostly just writing this out to get it out of my head.
My 2 year old cat that I’ve had since he was less than a month old passed yesterday. He was having issues peeing on Friday and we took him to the ER where they found he had a partial urinary blockage and they wanted to catheterize him and keep him for at least 24 hours if not 48. All of that went well, he wasn’t happy about it but I was able to stay with him in the Emergency room and he was discharged on Sunday morning.
He ate right away upon getting home, but come evening time he wasn’t eating, after calling the ER they said if he still wasn’t eating in the morning we could bring him back in and they would do a scan for us for free to see if he re-blocked.
Come the morning he still wasn’t eating, in fact he was retching when being offered food so we brought him in.
They did a scan, and a urinalysis (came back that he had a UTI) as well as gave him some fluids and an appetite stimulant. I also called my primary vet and they said I could bring him in for observation and they can re-catheterize him if needed. We decided to bring him to the primary care just in case.
The vet said most of his issues was probably just pain because he was really being careful with himself and was really tender to the touch. Because of this the vet said they would give him a 24 hour pain med shot so that we wouldn’t have to wrestle him to get his pain meds in. They said to call if he vomits and sent us home since he didn’t seem to have any blockage and was passing urine easily.
When we got home, we set him up in the bathroom where he could be cool and dark and where his brother wouldn’t bother him. Set him up with water and just hung out with him. After a little while he did vomit and called the vet immediately.
The vet said if it was just kinda foamy he probably just was high on an empty stomach and to see if we could give him a gabapentin to calm down, and then offer him some food in an hour and to call back.
We gave him the gaba, he calmed down, offered him food that he rejected. Called the vet back and they said now that he’s calm all should be well and that we can call back in the morning and to periodically offer him food.
I spent the next two hours or so with him, all seemed to be well he was just resting and accepting pets and being gently loving. I then had to step out of the room to make some dinner, took about a half hour and when I came back he was dead. It looked like he had thrown up and passed.
I have no idea what went wrong, I shouldn’t have taken so long with food, or taken them back to the vet after he threw up even though the vet said it was okay. I failed him and his brother it feels like. I don’t know what to do from here, I broke down dropping off his body for cremation at the vet this morning. I feel like I’m responsible for the death of my baby. I’m just so sorry to him.
Tl.dr: my cat died suddenly, and I feel like it’s my fault.