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[quote=Anonymous]Sigh. I don’t think there’s a right answer here. I need some advice

My cat is 17, will be 18 in May. He’s been vomiting a lot lately and so we took him to the vet. He has kidney disease and his heart enzymes are extremely elevated. We just learned this today. It’s not that surprising, he’s lived a long life. The vet suggested bring him to a cardiologist but said that would prolong his life maybe a year depending on what exactly is going on with his heart. I should note, there wasn’t an acute reason we went to the vet, just the observation that he seemed to be vomiting more than usual, which has been happening for a few months. But the vet did say that a blood clot or congestive heart failure could happen at any point.

We’re supposed to leave for Thanksgiving on Monday, flying across country to see my family. My Dad is terminally ill so just canceling isn’t really an option. We have always left the cat alone with a cat sitter coming 1-2 times a day (in our case a neighbor’s teenager who feeds and changes the cats water). We have a litter robot so that part is taken care of. It’s never been an issue but I know it’s stressful on the cat to be left. And I’m scared he’s going to pass away or have a blood clot and be paralyzed while we’re gone. The thought of him suffering breaks me.

And I wouldn’t want to put that burden on my neighbor. My vet doesn’t do boarding and the few places I called are full. I also think boarding him would be even more stressful.

I just don’t know what to do. I’m almost thinking it would be more humane to put him down now than have him potentially die while we’re gone. But then I think that’s cruel to kill him just because we have to travel.

I just don’t know. Sigh. [/quote]

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