Sorry to hear about to your cat, I know how easy it is to get attached to them. We have two Ragdoll cats, a couple of years ago one got out (they are indoor cats) and came crawling back a couple of days later, dragging himself along with his front paws. Both his back legs were broken in several places. Rather than have him euthanased, we spent our holiday money, $3,000 on getting him fixed up. All my workmates thought I was crazy, one of them remarked that I could have bought 300 new cats for the money! He ended up with 4 pins in one leg, 5 in another and for months he couldn`t get up he just used to lay in his own mess on the garage floor. Every evening my I used to spend ages washing the mess off him and my wife would nurse him on her lap for hours.
There were several times when I considered putting him out of his misery but we persevered and he gradually got back to normal. He`s got a bit of a limp still but can run around and jump up on the furniture etc. and he has a good quality of life. He follows the wife everywhere, cries when she leaves the house and spends most evenings on her lap, the bond they have developed is amazing.
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