Lisa, I'm so sorry to hear about Chester passing. Your post made me cry thinking of the bittersweetness of getting a last chance to tenderly hold him and love him before saying goodbye. Bless you for caring for your furbabies.
:) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone- > Chester has crossed over and is now healthy and > catching birds like he > always wanted to do and never could without a leash > on. > > Friday night I took him to the vet because he hadn't > eaten all week except > for a few bites. She wanted to xray and give him > fluids and keep him until > Mon if he perked up a little by Sat. She called me > an hour later and said > that she took the xray first and that it didn't look > good and that hydrating > him wouldn't help much, it would only prolong the > inevitable. I saw the > xray, there was opacity in his lymphnodes and his > liver wasn't clear cut. > She thought that he might be in pain. I went w/my > mom and grandma (the men > in my family are more sensitive than they let on as > they all refused to > go). We each took turns holding him in our arms and > talking to him and he > didn't refuse as he usually did. I think that he > knew what was going on. > He didn't look sad-kind of grateful as I think that > he was only holding on > to make us happy. We were there through the whole > thing petting him, it was > quick and painless, he just kind of fell asleep. At > that point, I think it > was the best thing to do. He was slowly starving > himself, he lost almost > 1lb in a week and he was only 7lbs. I only found > out that he was positive > 10 days before and I thought that we would have more > time together but in > hindsight he wasn't 100% normal for the past 3 > months. He would have good > days and bad and I thought it was a tired mood he > was trying to kick. I > feel guilty because I should have known more but I > know that it's not my > fault either. > > I don't know how long he was positive but I had 14 > months with him and I am > truely grateful for that. I gave him the best > possible life and he was > showered with love everyday. He will always have a > special place in my > life. And I will always remember the happy > memories. I know that he is > watching down over us. The tough part is that it > hasn't sunk in yet and I > keep that that he will pop out of nowhere or he'll > be in his favorite > spots. This will take some getting used to. > > He is survived by Timmy, 5 years old, who is going > back in Aug to get > retested as he tested positive too. Timmy has been > running around like a > kitten the past few days and he hasn't done this in > years. I think he feels > he has to entertain us and cheer us up. There are a > few feral outdoor cats > and they each came by alone and were meowing in at > the door. In a wierd way > I think that they knew and came by to pay their > respects as they had never > done this before. > > Now I need to focus on Timmy and watch his health. > Please keep him in your > prayers as he is not used to living alone and I > would love to get him > another friend but if he is still positive I don't > know that I could adopt a > positive and go throught that again. > > I want to thank everyone for all of your support. > You are such a wonderful > group. I have learned so much from all of you. I > pray that we find a cure > for this and soon. Please put Timmy on the prayer > list and Chester on the > Candlelight service. > > Lisa > > -- > WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
