A death in the Family

Lucas aka Bubba, son of Caroline aka Princess Caroline, we adopted as a pair from our local humane society. Caroline was 7 or 8 when we got them and Lucas was 5. Caroline was Mommas cat. It not that she was mean, its just she knew who she didn't like. (which was pretty much everybody but Momma and Lucas). We lost Caroline a little over 2 years ago and when she got sick she went very quickly and on her own terms.

Where Caroline was Mommas, Lucas was pretty much the house cat. When Caroline died he really attached to me. He was my Bubba. he slept next to me every night and most days when I wasn't feeling well..

We had noticed that Lucas was losing weight for several weeks, maybe a little over a month. He was still eating and drinking and doing everything else he was supposed to. We asked the vet before taking him in if we should be worried, but he said it was probably due to some changes in his environment. (I moved some furniture around in my room)

After continuing to watch Lucas he was still losing weight and seemed to be hiding most of the day. When I finally was able to take Lucas to see our amazing vet (see link below), Lucas had lost seven pounds since his last visit which was less than a year ago. The vet ran a blood test and discovered that Lucas was in Kidney failure.. He gave him lots of fluids in the office and said to load him up at home as much as possible.

Let me just say Lucas wasn't having all this. He continued to get weaker and the overload of fluids seemed to be making him feel worse. I had originally taken him in on a Wednesday and by Friday we had to make the decision to put Lucas to sleep. The vet agreed and even though he wasn't in pain, the vet said that Lucas was just not feeling well and that's not a good quality of life.

Even though it is one of the hardest things to do to put an animal to sleep. I would never want to see one suffer because I couldn't take the loss. Lucas is now buried right next to his Momma and I believe they are watching down on us every day along with the other babies of ours that have passed.

RIP Lucas 7-20-2012

Gainesway Small Animal Clinic  http://gaineswaysmallanimalclinic.com/