Emx93
Forum Donator 2023/24
Babybelle was adopted when she was 14, she was an indoor cat, good with children and in the exact same kennel in the rescue that my rainbow bridge cat onslow (our first cat who we lost to lymphoma 4m after adoption) was in. It felt like she was meant to be in our family and it felt like we were getting a second chance at being cat parents. I never thought I'd love another cat like onslow but I loved her instantly, before she even came home! Her first few days were a bit shaky, she was amazing and it felt like she'd always been there and she was jumping straight into bed with us but she was unwell. Explosive diahhrea the first night, after just loosing a cat to gi lymphoma who also showed symptoms in his first day's with us it was hard to not panic. She was diagnosed with allergies and clostridium and needed a tooth removing but other than that she was thankfully healthy and now happy! We savoured every day of health she had! It was so nice to have a healthy and happy cat after spending onslows life with us battling for his health. The first lockdown I can honestly say she was my little furry rock of sanity, the best teaching assistant who sat with me for hours while I planned home learning and sat on the kids tables with them while they did the work! Then the health issues kicked in, urinary issues, arthritis and chronic pancreatitis. The urinary diet which was necessary to control her urinary issues seemed to really not agree with her pancreatitis and she seemed to be flaring up much more often with longer flares. Unfortunately gabapentin which she was on for her arthritis did not help pancreatitis pain so we tried opoids, tramadol first then a few months later buprecare, while there's no doubt they helped her pain they made her too high to function so that she couldn't effectively eat or drink. She was also becoming so stressed out by all the medication and vet trips she constantly hid which was very unlike her. In the end we had to make the difficult decision to say goodbye as we couldn't manage pain without causing more problems which affected her qol. It was a much harder decision without a terminal illness as i think she still had a couple of years left in her but they would've been painful ones and i knew she was getting fed up of treatment. It broke my heart the night I'd had the qol talk with the vet I told her what we were going to do she rubbed her head on mine and literally put her arm around me 
she got to spend a few days ditching the prescription food and enjoying her favourite treats and then she passed away peacefully in the vets carpark with all 5 of us by her side I still can't believe she's gone, I loved her like a child and I can honestly say she was my best friend we celebrated every day we got together 
she got the nickname queen babybelle as she ruled the house and got whatever she wanted 
Wait for me at rainbow bridge sweet girl I hope your running and jumping in full health now
she got to spend a few days ditching the prescription food and enjoying her favourite treats and then she passed away peacefully in the vets carpark with all 5 of us by her side I still can't believe she's gone, I loved her like a child and I can honestly say she was my best friend we celebrated every day we got together she got the nickname queen babybelle as she ruled the house and got whatever she wanted Wait for me at rainbow bridge sweet girl
I hope your running and jumping in full health now 
She was beautiful. You gave her a wonderful life and you gave her the greatest gift of all by ending her suffering when it all got too much for her. (((Hugs))) Sleep tight Babybelle xx
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I’ll be so sad not to see her on the forum and hear about her from you. You gave her an amazing life and she was so lucky you adopted her, massive hugs to you all from us lot xx
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