I just found out about 2 hours ago that my precious baby girl Mikey is being put to sleep today. She stopped eating and drinking and she won't make it until this weekend, when I'll be home, so they have to put her to sleep today. I didn't even get to say goodbye and now I'll never see her again. I'm almost inconsolable and I don't know what to do. I want to see her, hold her, kiss her and tell her I love her one more time. I wanted to go home today but I have midterms all week so I can't miss classes. Being in the dorm and around my friends doesn't help because they don't know what it's like. They may have lost their own pets but they didn't know Mikey. She used to sleep at the foot of my bed every night, and when I was sad, she would jump on to the chair next to me and snuggle. She was my baby girl and I've had her since I was 5 (I'm 20 now). I cannot imagine going home this weekend and not seeing her waiting at the stairs for me. This is the second one of my babies I've lost since college began (the first one was Tigger in 2002). This makes being away from home 10 times harder. I don't know what to do...please help.

R.I.P. Mikey...go find your brother Tigger in heaven. He'll be waiting for you. I love you more than you will ever know and I'll miss you forever. We'll see each other again.



Andrea

Andrea, I am so sorry you are not home to say goodbye. I suggest you call your parents quickly and have them keep a lock of your furry one's hair for you. I did that when Edgar passed away while I was out of town.

Tigger will already be waiting to teach Mikey the ropes. And most especially - how to fly.

I am sorry for your loss - my heart is with you and I suggest that when you get that lock of hair you light a candle in Mikey's honour and say a little good-bye. Keep the lock of hair somewhere safe and it will help.

Dear Andrea,

I am sooooo sorry for your loss. I am sure Micky will know how you feel. Micky will go over the rainbow bridge and will wait for you there. Say a prayer tonight and tell him good bye. He will hear you. I am not a very religious person but I beleive in prayer.

Do something special for him in his memory. It helps with the pain. Write a poem, or a tribute here on Lighting Strike and put up a few pictures in you room (when your ready). Talking here at LS is great the people here are wonderful. I have made good friends, you will too.

My thoughts are with you, I know how painfull it is to loss a companion and not be there. My first dog died and I wasn't there.

Remember Micky will be happy and free of pain.

Best Wishes,
Vicki (Stymy's Mom)

I am so sorry for your loss! I was quite busy today and have just now gotten on here and I wish I hadn't been so busy and could have gotten on here sooner. I would have suggested you call home and talk to Mikey on the phone and I am sure it would have comforted you to have done that. She knows you love her just as she loves you. My heart goes out to you.

Once again, I am so sorry for your loss.

Wanda

Hi Sweet Andrea:

Please, know that my prayers are with you at this very, very difficult time......

First, please let me say that I can tell your precious Mikey was a very, very beautiful kitty, and I can tell that she
was LOVED VERY, VERY MUCH..................
For 15 years, by you.........

Yes, your beloved Tigger will be there, right at Rainbow's Bridge, waiting for his precious sister, Mikey to arrive.....
I believe that to be so very true, Andrea......

Our sweet girl, Ernestine, was put to sleep on February 7, 2004, and she had CRF, and was just beginning to "starve herself".......
Our vet told us that that would be very painful......
So, on to Rainbow's Bridge she went..................

Please Andrea, if you read this, light a candle tonight and just say a prayer to your sweet girl........
(If it's tomorrow, then do so tomorrow)....

But, just know that your Mikey knows HOW VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH YOU LOVED HER...
THERE IS NO QUESTION THERE....
SHE ALWAYS KNEW.....

Your sweet Mikey...................she is ALL SPIRIT NOW................

She is at Rainbow's Bridge, and her body is just perfect----there is no more pain..............
And, she is stuffing herself with all the delicious things that she once loved....

She is also playing with all of our furkids that have gone on before her.........and she is running through the
plush green grassy meadows, and smelling the flowers, and catching butterflies on her nose......

Nothing but peace, love, tranquility and harmony.......

God Bless you, my sweet new friend.............

We are all here for you, please don't forget that.........

Love, Denise, Ben & Ms. Lucy and Mr. Yoster

Oh, Andrea!! I'm so sorry!

I feel so much for what you're going through---the yearning to be with Mikey, the desperation, the disbelief that it had to happen now!

Please know that Mikey is truly without pain of any kind----emotional, physical... She is just fine, and enveloped in a bliss that we can only glimpse while we're living in our physical bodies. There's no time or space in the realm she's in, either, and so she really is right there with you. It was time for her body to die, but she is still all around you, and she wants you to be ok. Love is stronger than the death of the physical body, and you will always be connected. And then, many years from now, when it's your time to pass on, you'll be fully reunited with Mikey and Tigger.

Can you think of what you can do to comfort yourself, to get through mid-terms this week?
-Spend as much time as you can here at LS. We'll be here to help you through this traumatic time!
-Can you rent a movie tonight?
-Are there people you could talk to who would understand? Or people you could call or email?

Your heart must feel as though it's being ripped out. I wish I could do more to help. You have my support, as well as the support of everyone else here at LS! There are some really wonderful, caring people here. I don't know what I would have done without LS when I lost my Little Girl back in March.

Sending you hugs, and prayers of comfort, and looking forward to hearing again from you,

Kathy

Thanks for all your words of encouragement. It's been a tough couple of days but it has helped that I have 4 midterms so I have other things to think about. I've taken to carrying a picture of her around in my bag and I still kind of talk to it (when no one is looking...I don't want them to think I'm crazy). I'm comforted by the fact that Tigger was probably at the gate waiting for her, and showing her around so she can meet all his new friends in kitty heaven. It's going to be tough on Friday when I go home because it'll be the first time I'll be home with her gone. I'll have to go into my room and see the pillow she slept on, and see little bits of fur on the bed and it'll remind me that I'll never see her again (at least not in this lifetime).

Apparently our other cat, Pepper, has been miserable because she doesn't know where her sister is and she's lonely. This is a tough time for our whole family, and it'll take sometime for us to "get over it". In fact, as I learned from losing my other baby Tigger passing on 2 years ago, you never "get over it". It's something I have to deal with. Sometimes the sadness will hit at weird times, like watching something on TV and realizing I'll never see her walk through the living room, or typing on my computer and knowing she never jump up on the chair next to me again. I pray every night that God will keep a special eye on her, and I know if he's every typing on his computer, he'll have a buddy right next to him.

Please keep Mikey and Tigger in your prayers, and pray for my family and our two little babies Pepper and Tobey. I know things will be okay, but the transitional phase is the toughest part.

R.I.P. Mikey 1989-2004
R.I.P. Tigger 1987-2002
See you both again someday

Andrea

P.S. This is a picture of Mikey I took last summer and I wanted to attach it...she used to sit on our couch like this every day and wait for me to come home from work, then she'd follow me around until I sat down somewhere, where she promptly sat on top of me

Yes, you are ALL in our prayers!! I will be thinking of you. Good luck with your mid-terms, and when you get home on Friday, you will have your family for each other's support. Pepper and Tobey will be greatly comforted when they see you come through the door, I know!

Keep us posted on how you are doing.

Love,

Kathy

p.s. Mikey is beautiful!!!!

Good luck with your midterms.

I am so sorry for your loss. She was a rare beauty, your Mikey - ginger females are not all that common. It is so sad that you didn't have a chance to say goodbye in person, but I am sure that she feels your love as she heads into the next part of the journey!

You are in my thoughts.

Dee Dee

Andrea,

I've been away from this site most of the week, too, and I'm very sorry I didn't reply to your message sooner.

I wish there were magic words to take away the pain and loss. If there were, I'd spend all day in here saying them (and having them said back to me)!

I'm so very sorry for your loss. You, Mikey and Tigger are in my thoughts and prayers, too.

Be extra kind and gentle to yourself this weekend. I know it's going to be a tough one.


-- Daryl