Viktor has died.
It just breaks my heart: he was my little snuggle-bunny and I loved him so.
He started throwing up, like 4-5 times a day. After about a week, I finally took him in to see his vet. She gave him an anti-nausea shot and sent him home with some pain killers. However, once the shot wore off (24 hours later), he resumed throwing up. I planned on taking him back to the vet the following day but he got so lethargic and unresponsive that I ended up taking him to the ER.
There, they drew blood and discovered that his kidneys had shut down. They immediately hooked him up to an IV with fluids and pain meds. He ended up staying there for three days while I worked with three vets and two specialists, trying to find a way to save him.
The final test results indicated that it was cancer, and the specialist that drove out from Anchorage specifically to work with Viktor said that while they could treat him with some aggressive chemo treatments, it still would only give him probably 6 months.
So, Thursday afternoon, I stopped all treatments & tests and just brought him home for the night. I snuggled with him. I held him while he slept with his face tucked up under my chin (his favorite place to sleep). I fed him his favorite foods. I did everything I could think of to make his final day a good one.
Then, Friday morning at 10:00, I had him put to sleep.
I just want to say, I am so very thankful for ALL the doctors and nurses and specialists who worked with me to try and save him. All of them were so kind and so supportive. Particularly, I want to give a shout out to Dr. Kelly Purdue at the Palmer Veterinary Clinic. She went above and beyond, in my opinion.
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