rdettmer we lost a nice cat to cancer today, pretty sad when vet said we should put her down. guess her 9 lives were done. goodbye nana
we lost a nice cat to cancer today, pretty sad when vet said we should put her down. guess her 9 lives were done. goodbye nana
My sincere condolences. We went through this with our beloved Downy on October 3. He was a beautiful 17 year old Nebelung. By early August we knew his time with us was approaching an end. He stopped moving much and had trouble eating and going to the bathroom. We took him to the vet who confirmed he had cancerous growths thoughout his body as well as advanced kidney disease.
On October 3 everything came to a head. Downy was having trouble walking at this point, and we decided that we'd have to put him down that day. The plan was for my son and I to first hammer together a small wooden casket, and then we'd go out and dig his grave. Finally, we would take him to the vet to have him put down. We decided on this order so that the actual burial wouldn't be as traumatic on the kids.. we bring him home and put in the ground.. end of story.
Well.. we got the box done.. and by mid morning my son and I were taking turns with pick and shovel in our back yard. The earth here is very rocky and heavy with clay, and both of us working together required almost three hours to dig a 4 ft. deep grave. As we got started we got quite a surprise: Downy had come out onto the deck to watch us work.. After awhile my son asked "daddy, do you think he knows we're digging his grave?" I replied that although we love him, he's a cat after all.. he doesn't understand. Away we worked, with Downy looking down upon us the whole time. During a few brief breaks we'd take turns petting him, and inspite of his condition he purred and bumped his head against us. Finally at long last the digging was done.. We put our tools down and I told my son that the time has come .. time to take Downy to the vet. With tears streaming down his face, my son said.."daddy look".. I looked up at the deck.. and Downy was gone..with his head on his front paws and eyes shut.. he was dead.
NKP is right.. get another cat or cats. We adopted three kittens from the animal shelter two weeks after Downy died. They'll never replace Downy, but they'll be very special in their own right.. Life goes on, and now back to regular railroad programming.
What a happy thread! As for the CN conductor, No one stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child...or rescue a small animal. Two years ago I found four kittens in the park left to die in the freezing weather. I took them home, fattened them up for a couple of weeks, and then found homes for each. A month or so later another lost and freezing-to-death kitten made it to my house and we eventually found a home for him, too. If there is a Last Judgement I want to be there when the animal dumpers and abusers and killers meet Him whose creatures they were.
My sympathy to rdettmer in the loss yesterday of your cat to cancer; I lost one this Spring to cancer and therefore I have an idea of what you're going through. Mookie is right: pets are not immortal and have life spans only a fraction of ours, thus making for those very sad times. But I've found the surest cure for the blues in saying goodbye to one beloved pet is to get another one before long; then the joy returns.
54light15: I laughed out loud! Gotta like a man who names his cat Vera Lynn!
For that matter, "Mookie" is a pretty good name for a cat!
E.M. Frimbo ("world's greatest train buff") was famous for taking his cats on trains, whether into his room or letting them run free around the parlor car! I'd like to have seen that!
ChuckCobleigh Mookie You have a Lincoln cat? Called him Honest Abe!
Mookie You have a Lincoln cat?
Called him Honest Abe!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
MookieYou have a Lincoln cat?
ChuckCobleigh No comment from our Lincoln cat yet, though.
No comment from our Lincoln cat yet, though.
My cat (Miss Vera-Lynn Hudson IV) purrs at the good news.
Story on News Wire yesterday about a train crew which found a stray cat in sub freezing temps. Check it out.Happy ending for all involved. Great story byline. This goes to show we all have an obligation to show compassion to one in need. I wish the very best in the future for the cat and train crew who saved "Q''s life.
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