Time For Tyler, a cat coming into his own Options

[kaylasmom]

Hi all,

After reading through some of your posts I decided to be a bit of a copycat. This thread is going to introduce you to my baby boy, Tyler Michael.

In May 1999, I was packing lunches for my hubby and myself. Hubby walks up and asks me to put a baggie of cat food in his lunch bag. In my typical smart*** way I replied that we weren't that broke yet and he could have a sandwich. He then confessed that he and a co worker were feeding a stray cat on the loading dock in hopes of catching it, they were afraid she'd be hit by a tractor trailer.

Fast forward to June. The co worker had caught the cat and took her home. Turns out she was blind and pregnant. We discussed taking one of the kittens. I was apprehensive of Kayla's reaction and all of the remaining kittens were Orange male tabbies. As my Kissy had just died 4years previously I didn't want a cat that would look like him. But we went to the co workers house with our carrier and set it down in the room with the kittens. They were precious but again, I did NOT want an Orange male tabby. We decided to just head home empty handed.

When we picked up the carrier to leave, there was a kitten curled up sound asleep. We took him home.

To be continued...

[kaylasmom]

Hi.
I find it extremely ironic that my last posts on this thread were during hurricane prep last year and now I am back after another hurricane. We really haven't had time to properly mourn Ty yet. Our power finally came back on, lots of clean up to do. All our food in fridge and freezer has to be tossed and we have a lot of downed branches in the yard. Other than that we are fine. Luckily I taped our windows, several of our neighbors lost theirs. I guess it's not urban legend, storms DO make their way through trailer parks! It may be time to relocate away from the Chesapeake Bay area.
We are still in shock. Ty was fine. A big, strong, handsome boy. We had no clue something was going on. I was in the shower when hubby came running back screaming for me. By the time I made it to the living room Tyler was hunched up, gasping for breath. I told my son to grab the carrier (which was already out if we had to evacuate) and called the vet. Closed for the hurricane. I reached the emergency vet office, the same one that I took Kayla to on her last day. We piled into the truck but Ty was gone before we got to the main road. I know we were trying to save him but if I had known he only had 10 minutes left I think we would have just stayed home and cuddle him in his final moments.
I am torn about my screen name here. It feels disloyal to just be "kaylasmom".
Hope all is well in your worlds.
Shelby