Absolutely!! :) And they'd be 100% right! I can only imagine what mine are saying about me...blatantly silly behavior that ONLY my cats have seen! :)
----- Original Message ----- From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:32 pm Subject: Re: Loki is at rest > I can just hear Loki and Leeloo, telling all their new fur > buddies, "No, > my dad is the best"! > Nina > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Oh, Steve...I am so sorry...it's a good thing I work alone, > because I'm absolutely crying my eyeballs out right now... :( > It's wonderful people like you that make this world a more > bearable place to be. I know Loki hasn't gone far and that you > two will see each other again someday...oh, I'm crying > again...just know that he's not alone, his sister as well as all > of our furbabies who have gone before are with him sharing > embarassing stories about their non-furparents! > > > >Take care, you and Loki are in my thoughts, > > > >Jen > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Steve Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:52 pm > >Subject: Loki is at rest > > > > > > > >>My last little love is gone. I had to put him to sleep late > >>yesterday. > >>For the past two weeks, my every waking moment and thought has > >>been for and > >>about Loki. I did put him on Prednisone a week ago and it > initial > >>seemed to > >>help, but very quickly it was as before. I then called the vet > >>and we > >>doubled his dosage. Once again, it initially seemed to help-- > >>though he > >>seemed "drugged" this time--then quickly faded to his former > >>uncomfortablestate. At no time, did the Pred noticeably shrink > >>the large tumor impeding > >>his little lungs. > >> > >>I had been letting him outside to wander in the tall spring > grass > >>(weeds)all around the house. He loved it and it was a great > >>distraction and > >>wonderful sensory stimulation for him. If Loki did not have > these > >>wonderfuldays, I may have PTS sooner, as the nights were > >>uncomfortable for him--he > >>could no longer lay on his side and his lungs were pumping hard > >>all the > >>time. > >> > >>Yesterday, too many changes took place: He was not enjoying the > >>out-of-doors > >>like he had been, I did not see him drink water or eat his dry > >>food, he > >>didn't want to bend down to eat his chicken baby food treat (had > >>to hold it > >>up for him), and for the first time, he had a slightly open > mouth. > >>At most > >>other times during the day, he was lying or sitting with labored > >>breathingand looking very tired. I felt it was the right time > to > >>stop subjecting > >>Loki's system to new measures, so I made the agonizing decision. > >> > >>My 10 month, 10 day old Loki went peacefully and quickly and is > >>now buried > >>next to his sister under "their" oak tree. > >> > >>My beautiful brown/dark gray tiger kitty had a special > >>personality, quite > >>different, but just as wonderful as his orange tabby sister > >>Leeloo. Both > >>were chosen from the litter my sister and nieces were raising > >>because their > >>stars seemed to burn very bright. These kittens--the smallest > of the > >>litter--had unusually beautiful little souls. Loki also had a > >>smell, as his > >>sister did; not the perfume my girl kitty Leeloo had, but the > >>smoky earthy > >>scent of a boy kitty. Perhaps like air smells during the first > >>rain on dry > >>soil. One could say his scent tended a tiny bit toward > chocolate > >>and even > >>cinnamon, like one lister noticed of her boy kitty. I will miss > >>him jumping > >>up to lay at the back of my neck and bending around to rub his > >>face against > >>mine, purring all the while; coming to lay on his pillow at the > >>side of my > >>computer to be near me; and turning over to rub his back on the > >>floor and to > >>get his belly rubbed. > >> > >>I will be morning his loss for a long time... I can't see a time > >>when I will > >>stop. I know my pain will ease eventually and I know there will > >>soon be a > >>time that I will no longer be exhausted from crying. I loved my > >>little Loki > >>like there was no tomorrow. > >> > >>Steve > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
