My best black and white cat (I know the rules on the litter tray, see photo attached) is now 15 1/2 years old. She was ill over the weekend and I had to take her to an emergency appointment at the vets. Where I spent the whole time making a tit of myself by crying non-stop. Mcat had sat out in the rain before I'd realised, lost her balance, dribbled really viscous spit, was having trouble pooing and could eat. She seemed OK but her balance was really gone. The vets ran a blood test and it came back showing high levels of urea and 2 other things the names of which I can't remember. The diagnosis was kidneys "getting tired" because of her age.
So Mcat was admitted and has been at the vets since Sunday at 10am. They've got her on a drip and say she's comfortable, able to see and has eaten some fresh chicken but not a lot else. I spoke to one of the vets last night and he said she might be OK to come off the drip and come home today but that it would be a "trial by fire". From what I can work out from here and on the net generally is that I'll have to see if she can cope without having her kidneys supported but that she might crash over the next couple of days. If she can cope then it'll be special diet and medication for the rest of her life. Which is fine I pay a bloody fortune for petplan cat insurance so that should cover that.
Does anyone have any experience of this and how it might be? What sort of signs I should look out for? I'm very scared that she'll die at home and I won't be able to get her to a vet in time to make sure her dying is easy/pain free. I'm a bit of a mess because I've had two very close family bereavements in the last few years and Mcat has been with me since she was 10 weeks old and is the most chatty, affectionate, loyal mog in the world. I think I've had my fill of death and I know MCat is old but I'd really like to hang on to her for a bit longer.