Originally Posted by lily. (Post 7436373)

Bad news. Not long after I posted this thread, my vet rang... he had been working on him for 4 hours straight.. and tried everything. There was fluid in his lungs and every time he drained it out, it built up straight away.. he said it was most likely heart failure. He has seen it a lot in older cats, and sometimes in younger ones, but he says there's really no road back from it. He said that he hadn't left his side in all the time he was there, and there had been absolutely no improvement, so the kindest thing was to put him to sleep.

I can go in tomorrow morning to say goodbye. He was already anaesthetised when the vet rang, so he wanted to just put him to sleep without waking him so as not to cause him any more pain. Needless to say I've been crying ever since. Anyone with pets will understand.

Thanks all for your kind thoughts. x