Let's Introduce Ourselves Options

[wchamilton]

After all of the support, sympathy and help you all have given me the past several days I thought I'd pop in here and actually introduce myself.

*ahem*

My name is William Clay Hamilton, but I go by Clay. I'm 38 years old and live in Chenango Forks, New York, and I work at a hospital here doing technical support. I'm married and have been with my wife since we were in high school, which is going on 21 years. We have an 18-year old son who's about to start his third semester of college.

We've always had animals. We have two lab huskies (we call them purebred Huskadors) named Miya and Takoda, and until this past Sunday we had a Doberman/Shepard/?? mix named Winston (RIP). We also have two black cats named Angel and Nala, but they literally are so identical looking that you can't tell them apart.

In our spare time my wife and I are avid video game players and we like to watch movies and are avid readers. I also play a bit of bass guitar and fancy myself to be an amateur photographer... I'm also a huge military aviation nerd; my wife and I took a weekend trip to Washington DC in May to see The Blue Angels.

Here's a picture of us that was taken last year at Disneyland.



And here's a sample of some of the pictures I took at the airshow in May::

[advocate]

R.I.P.

Enya Pood
Born Thanksgiving 1995
Died May 8th, 2012
17 years old
Female

My blog about it:
My Blog

I am still in shock. Pood was my first official pet as an adult. I am having a really hard time getting through the grief. I got her ashes last night, along with some other things. I just keep thinking it is all my fault. What could I have done differently to save her life? I am going through her diagnostic tests from that night. I am trying to find out how come she died because if it was something I did wrong, I don't want my other cat to die the same way. I was thinking it was a diabetic emergency, but the ER vets did not consider that. She might still be alive if I had fed her correctly. She was eating Friskies Shredded Turkey and Cheese when she had a sudden collapse. I should have held her rather than put her into that plastic carrier and rushed her to the ER. After Googling later, come to find out, maybe I should have rubbed some honey on her inner cheek. It's too late now. We all assumed it was a stoke, and that she would not have a good quality of life, even with treatment. Now I kick myself, because it might have been a diabetic coma. Please teach yourselves the difference, and get proper food. Fancy Feast Appetizers are made in Thailand, btw. Buy American-made food for cats if you live in America. I am considering the raw diet, but I am petrified. I normally feed Angelo Fancy Feast Turkey and Giblets which is a high-protein and low carb diet.

But I don't want to make the same mistakes with Angelo. I am so distraught. I am so distressed and I am scared and paranoid.