Remembering My Cat Options

[annakin1]

I would just like to write a few words about my cat. He died a day ago very suddenly. We were not expecting it and I feel so guilty because I wished so many things could have been different. I wish I had noticed something and taken him to the vet before he died. I was with him and it was very sad. I am trying to think about the happy times he gave us of which there were so many. He was such a beautiful and loving cat who wouldn't have hurt a fly. He had such a character; we are all going to miss him so much.

[TracyW]

My heartfelt sympathies go out to you. My husband and I had to put our loving 11-yr old kitty, Rupert, down yesterday afternoon. It went very quickly, too, from a simple asthma diagnosis to end-stage emphysema. The vet assured us there was nothing we could have foreseen, nothing we could have done because there is no cure. We were with him at the end, and he went very peacefully. It's still very shocking and raw - I can't believe my boy is gone. I thought I heard him purring this morning as I got ready for work. I'm just so glad that it was a habit of mine to scoop him up spontaneously, hug him, kiss him, scratch his ears, and tell him how much I loved him. My husband is pretty torn up, too - Rupie loved to sit in his lap while my husband worked on the computer. Everyone tells me it just takes time, the memories will sustain us, and that it was the right decision. I know they are right, but until then, it hurts so bad, doesn't it? I guess you just need to let the balm of time heal things.