Fip

I was just wondering if anyone else on here has been through FIP with a Cat/Kitten? My baby Jinx died of this nasty disease and I just thought maybe I could give some people some knowledge or some support on this subject.

Thanks. (Pic below Jinx with my potbelly pig, Pantages)

Dear Sweet.....

Hi again! Someone very nice had suggested that I write a letter to my dearly departed Kitty Jinx. So here I go, maybe it will help.

Dear Jinxies,

I'm not really sure where you are but I wish you would come home. The FIP took over so suddenly that I never really got to spend the time with you that I thought I would have. I know that the night before you passed away I wasnt there and I am not sure that I can ever forgive myself for that. Pantages misses you too, and the rest of the family. I feel lost and confused that you are not here to comfort me when i get home from having a bad day, or your not here to lay down with abby until she falls asleep at night. Things have been so different and I'm not sure how to stop crying or wishing you were back in my arms again. I still get up every night and think if i break out the cheeze-its you'll come running beggin me for them. I still feel you jump on the bed at night and I can still see you sometimes out of the corner of my eye. I havent put any of your stuff away yet, I guess I was hoping that you would come back to me someday. Oh the things that you have shown me were possible and the love I never knew that I could feel twards and animal has overwhelmed me to the fullest. I spend everyday looking for a cure for FIP in hopes that it will bring you back, but i guess knowing that you are gone, maybe really in hopes to pass along the info so that no one else has to go through this.

Darnit, they told me I had a couple of weeks! I only had 2 days!!! It wasnt enough time! Come Back to me Jinx! Please!!!! Baby of Mine, how I wish you were here in my arms for just one more minute, oh if only I had one more day, hour, minute or secound with you. If only I could have done something more, if only I would have noticed the signs sooner, maybe we could have had more time. IT'S NOT FAIR!!!! I love you and loved you more than I can express! I wish, I wish, I wish!!! Please save a spot for me in that place that they took you, I will come when my time is up. I still see us up on Sunday mornings with Pantages running through a field of clovers, drinking coffee and watching the sun come up. More to come my dear.. until then please think of me and hold me in your heart as I do you....

Sweet Dreams Dear,

Mommy

New To Feeling Lost?

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Hi there, I am new to this Forum but after my baby Jinx died I didnt' know where else to turn. Funny thing about animals, some of us never expierence the heartach of loosing a pet or loved one in our lives until we reach adulthood. I am 26 and have never lost anyone/thing this close to me before, i have a 7 year old daughter and she lost her Zack and felt so sad and I didnt know how to comfort her. We got a new Kitty, Jinx and he became attached to the members of our family in very different. Jinx would put my daughter to bed every night, she is terrified of the dark, we also have a Potbelly Pig, Pantages, Jinx would keep him company in the daytime. Brian is my boyfriend of 6 years and Jinx helped him to realize that he was capable of loving something other than just my daughter and I.

For me Jinx really brought my family together and I loved that, he also loved me and i don't get that from very many things in life. Seems though he knew just when to cheer me up and he knew just what to do, he was my little angle. Jinx was an American Bobcat and everything that they say about these cats, Jinx defiately proved to be true. Jinx was assumed to have FIP (nasty disease) and the Vet told us with his test results that we had about two weeks before we would have to put him down. We had 2 and a half days, i spent the whole day after we found out at home snuggling him in bed, this is the worst feeling I have ever felt in my life.

I am not sure what it is about this cat that makes me cry everytime i see him or think about him (it has been about a month and a half) but i still feel him on my bed, i still see him turning the corner, and i definately still wait for him to run to the door when i get home. I can't bring myself to get rid of ANY of his stuff, my b/f says that i need to let go soon and the thought just kills me.

Can anyone share similar stories or maybe give me some advise? Is this normal?