Posted on 08/22/2010 11:56:35 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
Deep sympathies for your loss. I am sure that God will cherish Ratue-san’s kitty soul.
Sorry for your loss. I know how it feels. We had our 19+ year old feline friend put down a couple of month ago. She just got too old with too many ailments and was effectively starving herself to death. We couldn’t bear to watch her suffer anymore. It was awful and upsetting.
I offer my condolences.
We lost our 19 year old Kat Kitty last year, it is a pain only a pet lover can know.
Our gray female died in a winter not too long ago, in my arms, with one final cry; and I buried her in our grape arbor, with the sky always peeking through.
She was 22.
Our gray female companion to her died as winter came a couple of seasons ago, a final protest in my arms, and we buried her under a very big pine, in a little copse of trees.
After fifteen years of being our friend.
Rocketing through space, with our friends. Like meteors we all burn out.
Leaving memories with the living.
I’m so sorry about your kitty. :^(
I have had pets, cats and dogs mostly, that have passed, and it is never easy and always heart wrenching. I can empathize with your loss. I hope you find comfort in memories of her and knowing that she is no longer hurting.
My Baby Cat jumped up on the chair, next to me, as I read this. Baby Cat is a Tortoise-Shell Kitty.
She was like a little bird that fell out of the nest, when she showed up on my doorstep.
I tried to give her away, to a friend, early on. But she didn’t take to my friend.
She would cower under the bed until I showed up.
It will now be : “Death Until We Part”.
God bless Ratue and you and comfort you both as I know He will.
God bless you and your family UltraSonic. Deeply.
My wife and I lost our cats in 2008 and 2009. It’s NEVER easy. But there is joy in the new little couple of littermates we just got.
My condolences on the loss of your beloved kitty. It is very sad when your pet dies.
“Caring for a small animal, so much weaker than us, helped shape us into who we are.” That’s very sweet. I know the sorrow stings, but, as you write, it’s a sign of the love and the value.
Sorry for your loss.
We morn with those who morn, remembering similar losses.
Peace.
My daughter had a cat who had the same illness. Nothing they tried to do helped. When my daughter returned home one day to find the cat stumbling and apparently blind, we took her to the vet to be euthanized. All very traumatic. Cats are wonderful creatures and companions. My condolences to your family.
Eventually you won’t think about Ratue’s last minutes as much as you will remember the joy he brought to your life.
My cat, Santana, died while I was on vacation. My son had to deal with the rush to the ER and we had to make the heart wrenching decision to euthanize him, because of heart problems that were grave.
I still cry, mostly because I wasn’t there for him when he needed me. I was everything to him. You were there to comfort your pet in the end so be thankful for that.
I am sorry to hear about your kitty....pets bring such comfort in our lives......
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