My Niles The Cat, Sudden loss Options

[NILESMOM]

I lost my baby Niles on Thursday the 29th of Nov. He was 8 years old and so, so alive and healthy. Truly he was the most vibrant, good natured little guy. I took him into the vet because he had a little diarrhea. I didn't think it was a huge problem. They felt a mass, went in for exploratory surgery and my baby was eaten up with cancer. He was put to sleep on the table. O God I'm so shocked and I hurt so bad. How do you take your baby to the doctor for what you think is a minor problem and have him come out dead? How is this happening? I keep thinking this is a nightmare and that I will wake up. But it keeps going and going.

Niles was/is a beautiful spirit. My husband and I say he not only had a personality, but "Nilesanility"--a combination of pure love, a manic desire to express that love, and a healthy dose of mischief. I never had a day, even in the darkest of times, where my little guy did not make me smile with his antics and his ways. He is my heart, my joy and I do not know how to live with out him. There is a hole in my heart. He would snuggle beside me and would look into his eyes and we had such a soul connection.

Does this agony ever end? How do you live without your heart?

[annie's mommy]

NILESMOM,

OH MY! I FEEL YOUR PAIN! We lost our Annie (11 years young) on Wednesday morning, Nov 28 quite like you lost your NILES. We had to drop her off at the vet at 7:30 am for exploratory surgery following a Tuesday afternoon visit to vet where fluid on the abdomen was found to have cancer cells in it Of course I dreaded and knew the worst, yet when the vet called around 10:45 am to inform us that her body was "filled with cancer" and could not possibly do anything, she too left us. I know how open your wound is. Mine is too. I am deeply sorry for you.

Come and talk and I hope you find some comfort,
annie's mommy