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Originally Posted by Frazod
Had to put my 12YO, Apollo, down today. He developed a massive infected growth on his hind leg (which you can see in the picture) that got so big that the vet thought it was likely cancerous, felt that amputation of the leg was the only viable option, and that even the amputation might not save him. Between the massive cost, the reduction of life quality, no guarantee that it any of it would work, and his age, it seemed like the best course of action. Which doesn't make it suck any less.
Also sucks that the first vet we took him to nearly three weeks ago basically did nothing but fleece us for $700 (an ineffective antibiotic shot and a non-conclusive test) then basically kicked the can down the road and told us to take him somewhere else. ****ers. I'll never go back there again.
Anyway, what's done is done. He was a needy, neurotic pain in the ass, but I sure will miss him. 
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Sorry to hear. It’s tough losing a pet, even the needy neurotic ones.
I lost my outdoor cat pal in September. Hell of a good cat and great fishing buddy.
Saved her out of a storm sewer from work as a kitten and took her to the vet. Vet said she was a she but later it became apparent she was a he so we called her our TransCat mockingly.
She must have got into some poison or bad food. Went missing for a couple days and so I went looking for her. Found her barely alive by the lakeshore and got her to the house and cared for her the best I could. She was dead next day.
She had had big personality and the whole family misses her/he TransCat