What wonderful pictures and what good friends they are. It isn't of much
comfort right now but they are happily together. Maybe the thought of them all
being together, playing, napping and doing all those things cats do will be of
help later.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Sherry DeHaan
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Tomi has joined Kisa and Koda
Cassandra,they are absolutley beautiful angels
C & J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers. Knowing there are
people out there who truly understand and care without having ever met myself
or my babies means so much to me. This is a link to a picture I made the first
time Tomi was sick, and have since had printed and framed (Tomi is on the left,
Kisa on the right):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Fyrwulf/FirstSpacetrip5.jpg . Now that
they are both gone, I guess it is even more fitting.
Here is another pic that I like of them:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Fyrwulf/Kissing.jpg
Today is still pretty tough for me. I still can hear Tomi's cries at the
end, and it is breaking my heart. Everytime I think of it, I just feel like
punching something. I felt so useless and terrified for him.
I realize I lost my best friend after my husband yesterday. Even if we
were to get another kitten or two one day, I don't think i'll ever have as
close a bond again as I did with Tomi. I just wish he could have stayed for
longer than the 2.5 years I had with him. My house feels so empty now. I can
no longer give my little boy a good long hug when I feel upset.
Cassandra
----- Original Message -----
From: C & J
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:05 PM
Subject: Tomi has joined Kisa and Koda
I've just lost my closest friend other than my husband. Tomi and I have
had a special bond ever since my husband brought him home. My husband was out
walking the dog by the river in October of 2004, on a cold and rainy day.
There was a kitten crying in the trees, cold and wet, and my husband couldn't
just leave him there. I wasn't impressed at first, since we already had 4
cats, but Tomi quickly won me over. I've had a very close bond with him ever
since.
He was very timid at first, hiding whenever there was a strange noise or
person, we often wondered how my husband was able to catch him to bring him
home. His tail had been broken at the end at one time too, it sort of looked
like a question mark when it was straight up. Tomi quickly came around though
and trusted us, though he still always hid when any strangers came to the house.
Tomi was the type of loving boy that always acknowledged your presence
when you touched him or talked to him...or even looked at him sometimes. He
never showed any signs of annoyance when I gave him too many hugs/kisses, and
never got angry.
3.5 months ago when I found out he was anemic and had FeLV, I was
devastated. I watched him slowly decline for nearly 2 months until he crashed
and I was sure he would die. Amazingly he bounced back and gave me another
good 8 weeks with him. Except during this time I had to watch Koda and Kisa
(Tomi's close buddy) get sick and die, so I didn't get to spend as much time
with my Tomi as I would have liked.
Then just a few days after Kisa died on June 12, Tomi got sick and
crashed again with the anemia. He was having a hard time breathing, and again
he bounced back. Last week he had a huge appetite, eating everything I gave
him, and drank lots of water. Yesterday, he started to crash again.
Today, he was eating a little bit of liver I gave him and still drinking,
but his breathing was becoming more labored. Then around noon, he began
panting, and I watched him die in a way that will haunt me forever. He was so
scared and crying because he couldn't catch his breath. This is absolutely the
worse thing i've ever experienced.
A huge part of the happiness in my life is now gone. I guess i'll just
wander around like a zombie for awhile, and maybe the pain will eventually turn
to numbness.
Thank you all for the support you've given me through all of this. It
looks like this ordeal that has been going on nonstop since March 9 is now over.
Cassandra
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