Taylor, I know he was precious to you. You did
everything imaginable to comfort him and extend his
life.
My heart is with you.
I know your heart will be with me, when I will need
the comfort of someone who understands, just how hard
it really is, to lose a little love, like your Sammy.
I'm so sorry he had to suffer, but I know , because
you were with him every step of the way, he felt so
happy and loved, that he probably did not realize all
that his body was going through...I can feel that...
Glenda
--- Taylor Scobie Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Dear Everyone:
>
> I'm so sorry to report that my dear Sammy went to
> Heaven on Tuesday
> morning. He had gone into Animal 911 the evening
> before. He felt
> quite warm and when I took his temperature it was
> 106 so off we
> went. He stayed overnight in the ICU, hydrated,
> etc., and I knew he
> was in the right place that night. His WBC count
> was dismal, his
> RBC's were dismal, he was very quiet when I picked
> him up to move him
> to Berglund for continued care. After discussion
> with the ICU folks,
> who felt that the lymphoma once again had the upper
> hand, I knew it
> was time to say farewell and I made the decision to
> have him PTS over
> at Berglund.
>
> We drove the five minutes to Berglund where I was
> met by his Auntie
> Head Tech Linda and Auntie Dr. Val. I had picked up
> a beautiful
> little baby blanket earlier in the week-- blue and
> white cotton knit
> with a small ruffle around the edge, lined in soft
> white "fur," and
> Sammy was wrapped in that, in my arms. They agreed
> it was time and
> I'm pretty sure Sammy did, too. He was so tired for
> such a little
> guy, but he wasn't in pain, just so very, very
> tired. When Val put
> the sleepy meds into the IV on his wrist he went to
> sleep
> IMMEDIATELY. As she added the meds to stop his
> little heart she
> said, "I love you, Sammy."
>
> Linda cut off some of Sammy's beautiful marmalade
> hair for me and Val
> put it in a little plastic bag. Linda made sure I
> got all Sammy's
> colors, too. I wrapped him back up and held him
> close and just sat
> and cried in the exam room, stroking his beautiful
> little face until
> it was time to give him away forever. Every so
> often someone would
> peek in to say how sorry they were. Linda said she
> was making a
> little paw-print disc of Sammy's little paw for me
> and, of course, I
> was having him cremated at St. Francis Animal
> Cemetery. My dad
> always buried the cats in our back yard but I
> cremate mine (even the
> tiny parakeets, who are each in tiny blue-and-white
> ginger jars).
> The little plastic bag of fur will fit right in the
> little St.
> Francis tin, with a picture of St. Francis on it and
> a little St.
> Francis animal tag inside.
>
> Poor Sammy, he was so very small--he'd lost a pound
> over the last
> twelve days--I could feel him growing cool so fast
> as I held him, I
> disliked that so!
>
> I've been staying close to home with the other
> kitties. I think
> we're all doing okay. The other kitties always knew
> Sammy was very
> seriously ill and we were
>
allyuuuuuuuuuuu===================================(hello,
> Charlie has
> jumped up, purring, to see me and let me hold him
> tight while I write
> to you all)
>
>
> doing all we could to help him stay well, but he was
> overcome. And
> now we're overcome.
>
> I'm sure he was met by that great Big Brother in the
> sky, my giant
> kitty and champion kitten-adorer Jack-Jack, who went
> to Heaven last
> March before the triplets arrived on July 1st of
> last year, and all
> the other cats my parents and I have had over the
> years.
>
> Think of how many kittens and cats will meet us
> again someday!
>
> Thank you all for everything you have given me and
> how much you have
> helped me and the kitties,
>
> Tee 'n' the Remaining Wildlife (Lilibet Squeekietoy,
> exemplary kitten-
> big-sissy, Billi Bi, reluctant, peeved ["I'M the
> baby!"] eldest
> brother, and the 2 Orange Boyz, great big Charlie,
> AKA Twinkie (he's
> twinkie-colored and was teenie when he was small),
> and Teddy Baby
> Pooma (he was so little--he still is--I told him he
> was a baby puma
> to make him feel big and strong).
>
>
> "Consciousness is Causal
> and Physicality is its
> Manifestation."
> 958
>
>
>
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