Dear Julie, I am so sorry to hear about Peep. Your Email was very touching and very sad. By reading your email you can feel the love that was all around Peep. It is a very hard thing when the time comes to make that choice to let go. You know as most of this group we all have come to that cross road and it's not easy to put your heart to the test of keeping someone you love just around or to let him them go to a place where there is no more pain and suffering.
You have another angel to watch over you and your husband. Again my heart goes out to you both. Carla Date sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:22:55 -0800 (PST) From: Julie Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Peep Thanks You To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dear Friends, > > Peep took a turn for the worse over the weekend and by Sunday night > was obviously not well; he'd pretty much stopped eating by then, > didn't want his catnip, and the spark was absolutely gone from his > eyes. He was also starting to be shaky when he tried to walk, > although he still could. We made the painful decision at 6 a.m Monday > that we would end his suffering. > > My husband (tough-guy outside, marshmallow inside) has never been able > to go with me when it was time to euthanize. Peep was his special > buddy and he insisted that he could handle it; he would be with him to > the last minute. > > He was only 6.5 years old and he was always such a holy terror; just > going non-stop all the time like the Energizer bunny. It almost seems > like he had to pack a liftetime into a few short years. > > I KNOW that your good wishes and prayers helped us to have the last 6 > weeks with him, and they were mostly good weeks where he gobbled his > food and catnip and was always his alert self, if not racing about. > Even last Saturday when we decided to start the Epogen, they could not > believe how well he was still doing. > > I did some research on a transplant last week and could not find any > trials or any assistance with funding. It was just not meant to be > and his condition got so suddenly worse, I doubt he would have even > been a candidate. > > You will never know how much your kindness has, once again, meant. I > truly do not know what I would do without you; you are all so very > dear to me. > > I know that now that Peep has been released from his worn-out body, > playtime at the bridge has been kicked up a notch! He is the king of > the laser-pointer and I'm sure everyone is sleeping late this morning > after their rousing game yesterday. > > My husband is devastated; only you understand how the house can seem > empty while still filled with cats. > > Thank-you all from the bottom of my heart for your prayers. > > Hug your babies an extra time today. > > Love, Julie > > > "I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is > to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " > > "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged > by the way its animals are treated." > > Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) > > > Paws Come WITH Claws - If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, > you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet. > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
