OT- My furbaby-- UPDATE

Update- Thanks so much for the kind words.  Butter is home and in the first stage of heart failure.  At this point the meds could work and it would give him a little more time.  So far they have not worked and his breathing is labored and his heart muscle is 4 times the size of normal.  He has fluid in his lungs but they want to wait a day or so to see if the new meds will make a difference.  If not, we might need to put my baby to sleep.  Not something I want to do, but I canno****ch an animal suffer.  I will keep you all updated, thank you so much.


I never had a cat before.  When my hubby and I got our own place in 2008 we decided to get a cat.  I was nervous.  I never bonded with any animal before, other than a ferret who we ended up putting down after 8 years.

My Aunt is a vet tech and had 8 cats.  She told me she had the perfect cat for us.  A 2 year old male named Butters.  He's a fat orange and white little love bug.  My husband and I fell in love with him.  When we were on our honeymoon, after only having Butters 3 months, my aunt took him in the office for a check up, and we found out he had a very enlarged heart, and had heart disease.  My aunt felt horrible but we were in love with our Butter bean.  We have been giving him heart meds for a year now. 

Yesterday we noticed he was looking a little weak, and breathing really hard.  He's been a little depressed for a month or 2 but we moved and a lot of things are going on right now, so we just chalked it up to that.

Today I brought him in, his heart doubled in size from a few months ago and there is fluid in his lungs.  Survival is 50/50 right now, and even if he does live tonight, he wont be around for much longer.  I don't know what I can do other than pray he gets better, or feels no more pain.

Thanks for letting me vent.

OK sitting at my desk bawling my eyes out. Thoughts and prayers headed out to you, hubby and handsome Butters!!!

Will say a prayer for Butters and for you and hubby, too.      What a sweet, lovable little guy.   God Bless'm.

I am so sorry to hear about your kitty. I will keep him in my thoughts. I am a cat lover from way back but I developed allergies to them and have been so sad since I have had to get rid of my last one. They are such wonderful company.

i am so sorry i have a cat and three dogs i ive had my oldest for 12 years and i know his days are limited im so sorry ill pray for your little one mamma

AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! I had a cat that looked just like him. It's always hard to have furkids since we know that we will out live them. He looks so sweet.

I'm sorry. I hope he gets better. It's so hard to lose a pet, they are just like family.

((((((((((( HUGS))))))))))))))))))

Awww hun...you are in my prayers. I have three cats, one thats near 17 years old. Everytime he gets sick I think, this maybe it. I hate it, but I love my fur babies.  I hope your Butter is getting better. He's such a gorgeous kitty. ((((Hugs))))

I'm sorry Butters is having so many problems...he's a beautiful cat...very snuggly looking.  I hope the meds work and make him comfortable for however much time he has left - and pray that that is at least a few more years.