Anne, I am so sorry to hear about your sweet boy Jimi Too Cool. It sounds like he was full of personality. I know it must be so hard for you. It is nice that you can remember all the happiness and laughter he brought into your life. Your in my prayers.
Cindy --- "MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Anne, > I'm so sorry to hear the sad news of your sweet Jimi > Too Cool. He > couldn't have wished for a better mom, that's for > sure. He was one smart > cat, picking you out at the bank all those years > ago. Thanks for sharing > with us in the midst of your tears the story of how > you met. I love your > description of the antics he entertained you with. > He was clearly a cat > with a huge personality. I hope all the fun and good > memories he's given > you will comfort you at this sad and difficult time. > I'm glad Sophie is doing well, and Simms too. > love and hugs to you and your babes, Anne, > Kerry > > > 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 gates > and call St. Francis > to come escort this beloved companion > across the Rainbow Bridge. > > Assign him to a place of honor, > for he has been a faithful friend > and 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 life > with the love he has shown me. > And grant me the courage to honor him > by sharing those memories with others. > > Let him remember me as well > and 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 those > who will bring me home. > > Thank you, Lord, > for the gift of his companionship > and for the time we've had together. > > And thank you, Lord, > for granting me the strength > to give him to you now. > > - (c) Brandy Duckworth, 1998 > > Jimi Too Cool > Summer 1996 - Dec. 18th, 2006 > > IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. 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