I lost my cat on Christmas Eve. I am still in shock. She was ten years old and seemed to be in good health. A few days before I took her to the vet, she lost interest in food. Since she was never a big eater, I didn't think much of it at the time. Tuesday evening, I realized that she was just kneeling on a rug by the back door (usually she sleeps on something - preferably my husband's lap). I mentioned to my husband that I thought she might be ill and he said that when he emptied her litter box the night before, he thought it seemed like she was urinating more than usual.

I took her to the vet the next morning. By this time she wasn't moving much. He checked her temp. and she was several degrees below normal. She was also somewhat dehydrated. He said he would keep her to get some fluid into her and also do some blood work. About an hour later, he called and said her glucose was 170 and that her kidney functions and electrolytes were off (but didn't say what the measurements were). He said it was hard to tell what it all means because she was dehydrated.

The next morning he called and said that she didn't make it through the night.

My husband and I are devestated. I want to know why she died and if there were signs we missed that she was getting ill (the only difference in the month or so before she died was she seemed more demanding about wanting her food and she only wanted the wet food).

Please help us. We love our animal companions and we want to be sure that we don't miss signs of illness in our pets in the future.

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