On Apr 20, 5:50*am, Eddy
wrote:

We are having a tough time here. *One thing is certain. *This fine young
cat could have been put to sleep a month ago when it was found he had
"very serious congestive heart failure" but since then, because of the
medication, and increases in his medication, he has enjoyed some very
happy days frolicking around in the sunshine, devouring good food, and
luxuriating in front of the fire.

If the cat is happy, free of pain and interacting with you happily and
by choice, keep at it.

If the financial situation is sustainable, keep at it. This may seem
brutal that cost should be a factor, but as it happens, quality-of-
life goes both ways. We kept a golden retriever who had a normal,
happy life on $3 worth of pills per day, even heavily discounted, and
no life on any smaller dosage. Between diet and pills, his maintenance
cost was nearly $6/day entirely appart from vet visits and liver
monitoring. But for the last 6 years of his life (he died at 14 full,
happy years of a stroke 4 weeks ago), he was happy, up until the few
hours before he died. An easy choice, for us. But some families cannot
handle a $2500 annual expense.

But if the condition is chronic, and the animal is unhappy, listless,
might be in pain and does not interact happily, for its sake and
yours, let it end.

Much as others have offered.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA