Ouch... that sucks, Ty!
Our poor kitten Myst died before she'd even lived 8 months from something similar, although not quite the same. Apparently cats, and in particular kittens, can have their marrow systems "shocked" out of functioning by vaccines, illnesses, and the like. They just shut down, and stop making new red blood cells. Sometimes they can be coaxed back into function with B-class vitamin injections and some other supplements, but not usually.
We tried, 'tho. But who the heck thought a supplement for a cat should be
CHERRY flavored??
We think she got Swine Flu (this was in 2010, and me and my wife both got it
BAD); especially after it was reported that it could cross species into cats and sometimes dogs.
The final option was to try a bone marrow transplant - but subjecting a small kitten to that amount of trauma for almost no possibility of success vs. letting her die of hypoxia (you generally get woozy for a few hours before finally just falling asleep - I've spoken to hypoxic human patients when I worked at the hospital; it's absolutely painless albeit confusing) in the comfort of home ... that decision kind of made itself.
We didn't even want to euthanize her, given the circumstances (if there was great pain it would probably be a different decision) - didn't want her last moments on earth being in the terrifying confines of the vets office (I'd love to find a vet that would be willing to do house calls for that sort of sad work, or better yet just give us a pre-loaded syringe - although I'm sure there's laws against that).
So, little Myst fell asleep purring and happy in the arms of my step-son's girlfriend... and never woke up again.
Can't think of a better way to go, if ya gotta go.
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Myst in better days
OK; now that I've bummed everyone out... sorry.
-Insp. 2211