VanessaSan
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Blog: Sad News
🕑 Added 2025-06-16 17:27:02 +0000 UTCSo...where to start, well I'll do it right away by getting a weight off my chest.
Unfortunately Nuvolino has passed away.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/brief-of-my-of-121296113
Those who follow the chat know everything, I did everything for him, I couldn't have done better. I found and collected Nuvolino from the street, I created and supported, together with a volunteer friend, a fundraising campaign for the surgery, for which Nuvolino lived for more months in which he was happy for the first time after so many years of suffering on the streets. Nuvolino, according to the doctor, was 15 years old... he didn't look it.
He was full of life, joyful, hungry, strong.
But unfortunately the squamous cell carcinoma was too advanced and despite the laser and the therapies his mouth got worse, and therefore he could no longer eat. He couldn't do it anymore. He had become all bone. I was close to him for the last 10 days, at my friend's house every day to hydrate him by giving him water with a syringe but he refused to let me touch his mouth, even though he was very sweet and let me do everything he suffered too much. So... after 10 days in which I also tried to give him an opiate-based painkiller that unfortunately he rejected (because his stomach was closed and he could no longer swallow anything) we called for euthanasia. I will abstain from my opinion because knowing full well that it was necessary I cannot accept it, I cannot accept putting a living creature to sleep, who purrs at me until the last moment and has no say in the matter. There were 4 of us deciding, I abstained and so it was. I stayed outside the clinic, I didn't want to see anything. I said goodbye to him trying to give him the painkiller hoping that the opium would put him to sleep and relax him to the point of making him die in his sleep... but it wasn't possible because he couldn't swallow it.
Guys, I did everything I could and I felt terrible, I still feel terrible, I feel frustrated for not being able to make him live until a natural death.
I just hope that he was happy in the last few months and that he will forgive us. I know it was a gesture of compassion, I know we put an end to his suffering, I'll just say that I didn't refuse but I hoped until the end for a natural death. The doctor then prescribed us the medicine too late, because I had been asking for it for two weeks, but it is very difficult to get opiates at the pharmacy, you have to book them with a very special request. So...well, money and time wasted. It was too late, if it was up to me I would have given it to him much earlier and at least he would have saved himself 10 days of pain and hunger. My poor little one. I hope his soul is somewhere and rests in peace.
That said, the next update, in a few minutes, will be more cheerful.
I worked on a project that I promised you and every evening this month, very nice. It's also very hot here, there is tremendous humidity...
Now everyone go and give a cuddle or a kiss to your pet, because I'm doing it with mine, and I'll see you in the next post.
V.
Comments
Erold
Oh no... I'm so sorry, Vanessa. :( Bless you for caring so much for him, and loving him until the end. I've never liked euthanasia. With humans we go, "No! We must do everything in our power to keep them alive no matter the cost! It doesn't matter if they are in constant pain or if they want to die -- you will stay alive whether you want to or not!" But with animals it's just, "Eh, if the animal is inconvenient for you then we'll put it down. That will be a few hundred dollars, thank you." It's ... frustrating. I've had to see more than one of my dear cats take the final trip to the vet, and I've hated it every single time. I don't want to put a family member down, but it's always been out of my control. But then, I wouldn't wish to prolong their suffering either... Last time it happened, I asked if I could be the one give the injection. If I was gonna condemn my cat to death then I felt that at least I should take responsibility and look my dear friend in the eye and go through with my decision. If this really was the "right thing to do" then it shouldn't be too hard, right? Of course they didn't let me. It's such a fucking shame how much we love our four legged friends, yet the world seems to be built to think of them as mere things... Prescribed the medicin too late -- buggers! Euthanasia is never a good thing, but sometimes it's the lesser of two evils. Take care, Vanessa, and I'm sure if Nuvolino can see into your heart he will know you never wished him anything ill.
Kanbe Namura
*Gives Vanessa a big hug* :( I know this must be hard for you still, Vanessa. :< But I'm sure Nuvolino, wherever his spirit is, is grateful for what you and the people close to him in his last few months have done for him. :')
Flintman2025
I know how you feel I lost a lot of animals due to old age I miss them so much I even lost my mom to cancer
CalebKoenigsegg
All my condolences to you, at least he was still very happy in the last few months
