FOR DIETRICH! ONE OF OUR CATS. Yes Dietrich today was prescribed anti anxiety drugs. I made a long overdue apt. with the vet. because Dietrich who has been on antibiotics 3 times now and a diet change goes back within 2-3 days of finishing the prescription to having pain and how does he show me? by peeing and doing number 2 outside of the box. Yah, really pretty and great to smell! NOT!
As you know veterenary bills are not on my budget right now and though it pained me to tears to the point of still feeling the sting in my eyes, I came to the decision that maybe it was time to put him down. Through the tears I tell the vet the decision, this is when she decides in her professional honest opinion that he is just an anxious cat and causing himself so much stress that he is literally making himself sick. So yes off course I once more get a prescription filled for an antibiotic (30 days worth) and the anti anxiety drug(60 days worth). So if this fails she agrees he wouldn't have more options(short of thousands of dollars of work).
Right now I pray that I have a crazy cat. I don't want to go through another day(though I am sure more will come) when I have to tell Anisten who is 9 how we have to let a member of the family go. I was so proud of her in how she handled herself through it all, mind you though she loves Dietrich immensly it does not compare to her love for Shadie(oh how I dread that day when it is her turn).
I called from the vets office to tell Anisten the good news and I hear "I just knew it, I just knew it that he would come back home as I prayed and prayed. I just knew it Mommy!" Her enthusiasm was also evident as they both (Anisten and Shadie) welcomed Dietrich home and Anisten announced it was officially "Dietrich Day"
