Anne, I'm so sorry. I loved your gentle words and poem. You were so lucky to have each other, and I know we all grieve with you for your wonderful baby. Sleep soft, sweet Jimi.
Gloria Anne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > Dear kind fellow cat > lovers, Jimi Too Cool has passed over to the other side > with the help of his favorite vet, Dr. Greene, at 11:30AM today. Things > went pretty smoothly and Dr. Greene was very kind and sympathetic. > > > Jimi had suffered from the side > effects of feline leukemia for half of his 10 year lifetime. It started > with painful stomatitis and travelled down the esophagus and beyond, making > it > very difficult for him to eat. In the last several months, he has gone > downhill, becoming skin and bones, practically, even though he could eat well > and a lot when his steroid shots kicked in. This last weekend, he > became > like the walking dead and cried out pitifully now and then. His eyes > looked tired and sad and glazed. The tramadol that was added to his > meds > wasn't helping anymore, either, it seemed. > > I have been blessed to have my > boy for so long, especially in light of his disease, so for that I am very > grateful. He was a noble, silly, friendly, brave, loving, smart, quirky > and beautiful boy. He has my heart. He was very much a COOL boy > all > his life, too, from the time I scooped him up from an ATM machine location on > a > busy, dangerous street, up to and including his death. At our first > meeting at the bank, he just sauntered over and sat beside me calmly and > resolutely and happily, making it known he was not leaving my side and that > was > how it stayed. > > Jimi liked to headbutt us often > and with force. He also liked to hang upside down like a bat and he > also > did his camel imitation for our entertainment, making his back hump greatly, > as > he was a tall and solid boy with long lanky legs. He was also somewhat > like a dog, following us on our heels often. > > Phaewry and Marylyn, thank you > for your recent posts concerning Jimi. I want to answer them when I > feel a > bit stronger. Tamara, thank you, dear friend. Love and hugs to > you, > too, as always. > > I wanted to send the > following poem along with this message because it reminded me so much of > my > boy, Jimi Too Cool, and helped me get through the euthanasia. > Anne and Simms and Sophie and Jimi Too Cool, in > spirit in my heart always > > A Parting Prayer > > Dear Lord, please open your gatesand call St. > Francisto come escort this beloved companionacross the Rainbow > Bridge. > > Assign him to a place of honor,for he has been > a faithful friendand has always done his best to please me. > > Bless the hands that send him to you,for they > are doing so in love and compassion,freeing him from pain and > suffering. > > Grant me the strength not to dwell on my > loss.Help me remember the details of his lifewith the love he has shown > me.And grant me the courage to honor himby sharing those memories with > others. > > Let him remember me as welland let him know > that I will always love him.And when it's my time to pass over into your > paradise,please allow him to accompany thosewho will bring me > home. > > Thank you, Lord,for the gift of his > companionshipand for the time we've had together. > > And thank you, Lord,for granting me the > strengthto give him to you now. > > - © Brandy Duckworth, > 1998 Jimi Too Cool Summer > 1996 - Dec. 18th, 2006
