**SAPPY/SAD ENTRY AHEAD**
I'm not at all the happiest person at the moment.
My cat patches I've had for 14 yrs has been sick the last couple weeks. We took her to the vet twice & it was just minor stuff, one being arthritis (sp?) in one of her legs. Well the last few days she's been fine & basically her normal self. She's been really clingy lately too.
Sun. morning I got up & my cat was still sleeping in the same spot she was before I went to bed. So whe gets up outta the box & can barely got 10 feet without stopping & laying down...
I knew it was bad then. She passed on the food, but walked on outside & went to potty. She just sat down after a couple feet & then when she tried to come back across the yard she just stopped & laid down in the cold wet grass..So mom picked her up & brought her in & set her up here on the desk under the lamp where she always sits if I'm here.
She laid there for over twelve hours....She'd move around every now & then but it was like it just took so much out of her to just move. She was breathing really hard & wouldn't really eat or drink anything....So I sat right here at the desk until 6am mon morning with her..She finally got into my lap & lay there for a minute & then tried to get down but we just carried her to the other room & sat her down in the floor. She walked only a few feet & just laid down panting...She finally walked across the room & got under the chair.
We were going to call the vet as soon as they opened at 7:30, so I decided to lay down for an hour or so around 6:40 or so. To be honest I knew in the back of my mind what was going to happen @ the vet's office.. I went to bed hoping that Patches would just go in her sleep. Peaceful & here @ home..
So I get woken up around 7:30/8:00am So we took her to the vet, she road in my lap the entire way....When we got there I sat in the car so we wouldn't have to get my chair out & stuff if by some small hope it wasn't anything serios..Then my mom comes back out all teary eyed....I knew.
So I went in talked to the vet & Patches basically had a form of feline AIDS...
She could have had it from birth or who knows how long. So I made the call & had her put to sleep. I sat there with her & it felt like pulling the plug on family member or my best friend.
Now was gonna be the really bad part..I had to pick Breeann up in just a couple hours. Breeann gets here & I just explain it to her. We hadn't buried Patches yet & I sked Bree if she wanted to see her & say goodbye & she did. So we buried her yesterday evening..& I sat down after Bree left & had a big Corona..& well...I cried..
I actually feel rather silly writing all this. I'll be 24 in Jan. & I sat & had a beer & cried because my cat died. I feel really lonely right now though..She really was my only friend alot of times. It's just she fought till the VERY end. Sun night when i sat up with her & she was breathing so she just had this look in her eyes. It was like she wasn't ready to go. When they put her to sleep they had to use an extra shot because she fought to hang on.
I can't help it dammit. It really is like I lost my best friend yesterday.
I'm not at all the happiest person at the moment.
My cat patches I've had for 14 yrs has been sick the last couple weeks. We took her to the vet twice & it was just minor stuff, one being arthritis (sp?) in one of her legs. Well the last few days she's been fine & basically her normal self. She's been really clingy lately too.
Sun. morning I got up & my cat was still sleeping in the same spot she was before I went to bed. So whe gets up outta the box & can barely got 10 feet without stopping & laying down...
I knew it was bad then. She passed on the food, but walked on outside & went to potty. She just sat down after a couple feet & then when she tried to come back across the yard she just stopped & laid down in the cold wet grass..So mom picked her up & brought her in & set her up here on the desk under the lamp where she always sits if I'm here.
She laid there for over twelve hours....She'd move around every now & then but it was like it just took so much out of her to just move. She was breathing really hard & wouldn't really eat or drink anything....So I sat right here at the desk until 6am mon morning with her..She finally got into my lap & lay there for a minute & then tried to get down but we just carried her to the other room & sat her down in the floor. She walked only a few feet & just laid down panting...She finally walked across the room & got under the chair.
We were going to call the vet as soon as they opened at 7:30, so I decided to lay down for an hour or so around 6:40 or so. To be honest I knew in the back of my mind what was going to happen @ the vet's office..
I went to bed hoping that Patches would just go in her sleep. Peaceful & here @ home..
So I get woken up around 7:30/8:00am So we took her to the vet, she road in my lap the entire way....When we got there I sat in the car so we wouldn't have to get my chair out & stuff if by some small hope it wasn't anything serios..Then my mom comes back out all teary eyed....I knew.
So I went in talked to the vet & Patches basically had a form of feline AIDS...
She could have had it from birth or who knows how long. So I made the call & had her put to sleep. I sat there with her & it felt like pulling the plug on family member or my best friend.
Now was gonna be the really bad part..I had to pick Breeann up in just a couple hours.
Breeann gets here & I just explain it to her. We hadn't buried Patches yet & I sked Bree if she wanted to see her & say goodbye & she did. So we buried her yesterday evening..& I sat down after Bree left & had a big Corona..& well...I cried..
I actually feel rather silly writing all this. I'll be 24 in Jan. & I sat & had a beer & cried because my cat died. I feel really lonely right now though..She really was my only friend alot of times. It's just she fought till the VERY end. Sun night when i sat up with her & she was breathing so she just had this look in her eyes. It was like she wasn't ready to go. When they put her to sleep they had to use an extra shot because she fought to hang on.
I can't help it dammit. It really is like I lost my best friend yesterday.
*hugs*