Gonna have to say goodbye to that pretty little white face in my avatar tomorrow or the next day. She's got cancer and her time is about up. She had surgery to remove the original tumor earlier this year and that gave us about another 6 months, so I am grateful for that time. But it has spread to her lungs and nothing can be done really.
Her name is Daisy. That photo is shortly after she came to us, abandoned and lost, on a cold November night 8 years ago, just before Thanksgiving. We took her in. She needed medical care, and got it. Vet thought she was probably 7 to 9 years old then. I tried hard for a couple of weeks to find her owner. No luck. So she joined our family.
Pretty good run for a cat, 15 to 17 years. She has been my snuggle buddy and bed mate through all through this whole change of lifestyle and perma-work-from-home since the Covid lockdown began. Her loss is going to leave a very big hole in my life and heart. We have other cats, buts this one is my sweetheart.
Tonight may be our last snuggle.
Not sure why I posted this here but I know many of us have lost loved pets and so there's some kinship. Guess I just wanted to share it somewhere.
jc57
John, so sorry to read about your kitty. It's a hard thing to put them down when they still are otherwise "with it". We had cats years ago and both had to be put down for cancer and thyroid issues. They were both otherwise normally behaving cats, so putting them down was super hard. We ended up not having pets for years, it was just too painful to think about putting another one down. Luckily we got over that, and now have a wonderful rescue cat. Give your other kitties an extra squeeze tonight.
