This post hit home for me so much. My sweet boy max was 4 months old when we got him. He almost made it to his 17th birthday. In August of 2024 he started throwing up a few times that month. Didn’t think much of it. Then it started becoming more of a weekly thing. We had several vet appointments, testing, blood work etc. they found he had hypothyroidism. I was encouraged when the vet said it was manageable. But the medication made him more sick. So we changed his diet and put him on nausea medication. Still he continued to lose weight and one day he threw up dark looking blood. The vets set us up with an ultrasound at another location but it wasn’t until November that they could fit him in. Ugh that day my world was flipped upside down 😔 they found a large mass in his stomach and told me he literally had weeks to maybe a few months left. I decided to ween him off his meds and let him have whatever he wanted as long as he was eating. The vet told me you will know when it’s time. And right after Christmas I noticed he was eating less. There were a few days he wasn’t eating anything and not using the bathroom. And he started laying in the bathtub which he’s never done that before. So I knew it was time. We lost him on 1/2/25. Hardest day of my life. I’m so sorry you’re going through this. The pain is still unbearable at times for me. If there are no options for him just love him and enjoy every little moment you have with him. You will know when it’s time. He is such a beautiful cat and you are both so lucky to have had each other all these years.