One of my 3 cats "Meme" has recently been treated for cystitis / blood in urine (when and if she could go)
She was 12 yrs never been ill before very agile and alert
1st urine test was done at vets which showed Bacteria etc.
After a month it had not improved so she got another round of antibotics and pain relief etc. Bloods and urine was done at vets and sent to labs but was delayed due to Xmas etc so they came back as Contaminated.
On follow up appointment today we agrred to do more samples and a scan as thought she may have kidney stones as not improved and over weekend wee was very very limited.
Got a call few hours later to say she had a large mass in her bladder which had attached to something ( cant recall at mo) which couldn't really be operated on but if they tried it would result in her having a hole to wee so would be incontinent all the time so at high risk of infection around the site and pain as the mass would keep growing affect her other organs therfore her quality of life would not be great at all.
When i visited her this afternoon she perked up was purring and very alert. I gave her a few treats which she ate, This is what I'm really struggling with she just looked and sounded so content waiting to go home.
We stayed with her whilst she was PTS it was very quick but I just can't stop crying. We did not expect this news. I know it was for the best for her in the long term but I'm struggling at mo
Tonight I think will be worse as she would sleep on my pillow or end of bed.
Please if anyone has a cat that is weeing or is stuglling to, do not hestate to take for check up it could be a simple UTI or more sinister .