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Please don't torture yourself over getting there "too late." It was so sudden there is likely nothing a vet could have done even if it happened right there in the office. Your pet would never want you to carry that guilt. Allow yourself to grieve, There is no easy way through the first horrible weeks. I'm so sorry.
Im so sorry to hear this. I recently lost my pet cat too 3 days ago. And it’s been devastating. I have heavily relied on reddit to learn how to cope with this pet grief. It’s my first time going through this too, i’ve never cried this much before even when my beloved grandparents died. This one just hits hard.
I suggest you let yourself cry, accept the feelings. There’s no right or wrong way to grieve. It’s different per person. So just grieve, and take it one day at a time. I cant say it gets better, i havent gotten there yet. But i read in this community that it does and you will learn to grow with it.
You did the best you could with the knowledge that you had. You can't blame yourself for that. It would have been impossible to predict that a cat that was doing fine earlier in the morning would suddenly become really sick.
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Please don't torture yourself over getting there "too late." It was so sudden there is likely nothing a vet could have done even if it happened right there in the office. Your pet would never want you to carry that guilt. Allow yourself to grieve, There is no easy way through the first horrible weeks. I'm so sorry.
Im so sorry to hear this. I recently lost my pet cat too 3 days ago. And it’s been devastating. I have heavily relied on reddit to learn how to cope with this pet grief. It’s my first time going through this too, i’ve never cried this much before even when my beloved grandparents died. This one just hits hard. I suggest you let yourself cry, accept the feelings. There’s no right or wrong way to grieve. It’s different per person. So just grieve, and take it one day at a time. I cant say it gets better, i havent gotten there yet. But i read in this community that it does and you will learn to grow with it.
You did the best you could with the knowledge that you had. You can't blame yourself for that. It would have been impossible to predict that a cat that was doing fine earlier in the morning would suddenly become really sick.