Comments on: Friday Cat Eulogizing

By: pmoney

pmoney — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:18:06 +0000

That was absolutely beautiful! xoxox

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:16:26 +0000

I’m sorry, piny. Your eulogy brought tears to my eyes.

By: Starla

Starla — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:30:55 +0000

I am so, so sorry to hear about your “old lady”.

Your story moved me tears and made me realize how old my “kids” are.

By: Sonda

Sonda — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:24:14 +0000

I’m so very sorry. Reading your story brought back so many memories of our pets. One of our beloved cats, Matisse, we only had for one year. I adopted him from the humane society where I used to volunteer in Illinois. He had been there for months and looked awful, he was missing fur in odd patches all over his body and no one wanted him. I had been looking for another cat, we had one 9 year old neutered male, Sydney, and he and Matisse, also a neutered male, got along very well. One of my fondest memories is the two of them sitting in a screened-in window together, looking out at the birds. We had Matisse just one year before he died suddenly of previously undiagnosed cardiomyopathy. I remember sitting on the steps of our house and sobbing-he was only 6 years old and I had anticipated many more years with him. One thing our wonderful vet said brought me some comfort-he said “He had a really good year with you, you gave him everything a cat could want.”
My heart goes out to you.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:52:45 +0000

:-( So sorry to hear the news, Piny!

By: Craig R.

Craig R. — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:41:14 +0000

We lost one of our girls recently.

She had been weak for some months from thyroid problems (and giving her pills twice a day) but at the end she was simply not getting any better, losing weight and energy.

The vet gave her a “flush” to clean her kidneys,and even with IV fluids she was not getting any better.

My wife and I dicussed it, and agreed that it might be time to let her go.

In one of the exam rooms at the vet. clinic I sat and stroked my cat’s head while the vet injected a double dose of the anathesia, which was easy because she still had the IV port from the fluid intake.

She had one shudder, I presume when her heart stopped, and then she was gone.

We told the vet that if it would be of use for either research or for training of vet. students, they could do an autopsy, rather thaqn simple cremation or our taking her body home.

A few days later the vet called to let us know that thew autopsy had shown liver cancer, and that there wasn’t much we would have been able to do, especially that would have made her life much easier.

We had had her since she was a kitten, from a no-kill shelter in NH.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:09:22 +0000

Piny-
Thank you for sharing your experience, it brought tears to my eyes. Just remember the Sophia in her and smile.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:54:04 +0000

piny-

Thank you for your words here. I was moved to tears by your friend’s story.

Your old old friend was obviously very loved by you, and she knew it. I’m sure of it.

By: Otter

Otter — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:38:43 +0000

I never expected that when I followed a bloglink from an irreverent, generally left-leaning blog that I would end up reading something that made me cry like this post did. My deepest sympathies to you and your loved ones on your loss.

As for me, well… right now I’m going to stop blogging for the night, and go hug my own current cat companion very closely, and reflect upon the several other fine and wonderful cats that I’ve been fortunate enough to have choose to share the journey with me so far.

requiescat en pace cattus,
Otter

By: piny

piny — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:06:59 +0000

Thought you might be interested. Enjoy!

Dude, you’re so lucky my cat isn’t still alive. She’d gut you like a fish, and I’d post all about it this coming Friday.

Also, it’s “cherub.” Or possibly “carob,” but I don’t think of that stuff as remotely harmless.