Jan
22
2010
Love Your Pets While You Have Them
Author: siggyLove your pets while you still have them. We put to sleep Slinky, one of our cats. It was really hard. She was this timid, really affectionate black cat I had since a kitty.
I woke up this morning and she was no longer there. She was in heaven. I would do any thing to see her again. At least, she was no longer suffering.
Lynelle and I gently stroked her body as she lay on the table as the vet administered the drug that put her to sleep.
She was this innocent gentle cat that loved to hang out in the bathroom window and never got enough of our strokes. I had taken her for granted.
I wish I had appreciated her more when she was on this earth. I have now seven cats and four dogs. I no longer want to take any of my pets for granted. They are only on loan to us. As every thing else.
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January 22nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
siggy,
Sorry to hear about your cat. Our geriatric dog’s lease is almost up as well. DD cries at the thought of it and she’s not the typically emotional teen. It is very difficult to let go of the ones we love, no matter how they come to us.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:29 pm
I cried twice today: once when I wrote that blog and once when I read the blog to my wife.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Siggy (and your better half…),
So sorry to hear about Slinky. I know how sad an event like that can be (even though I’ve only gone through it twice with my own cats). To this very day I still remember my first two “babies” Jed and Miss Kitty. Precious memories are those. Most of my memories of them bring me so much joy, but the memory of being with them and holding them while they passed on to a better place, that remains the most painful of all my memories. So I just wanted to take a moment to give my condolences to both you and L). I’m always thinking of the two of you!
John A. Waldron
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania USA
January 26th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Thanks for your condolences. We just did not want her to suffer. She had cancer and it had spread.