well, it is 8:00 p.m. here now...
i put Ms. Puss to sleep at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon....i've only just come up for air...my fiance helped me bury her at the base of a maple tree in our yard...she always loved this house...she was with me when i built it....i stayed with her when she went to sleep and wished her a good journey to The Rainbow Bridge...she'll be healthier there....God, how i miss her already...
i am going to make a plaque for her grave...it will read:
For My Dear Ms. Puss:
Oh Harried Orphan
Who Found Tender Refuge in My Hungry Heart
Sleep Now in Peace
You'll Be in My Heart Forever
i don't know how old she was...she found me in dec.1994..2 months after i lost my dear 19 yr. old dog Scrubber...i rented a house while i was looking to build...2 weeks after i got there...she was on my back porch every day...maybe the tuna i left out had something to do with it...but the moment i opened the door for her to come in...she went right to the master bedroom and jumped right up on my bed...she never left...since she was full grown at the time...i never questioned her age.....the vet thought her to be alot older than the 8 years that i had her....it seems like i had her so much longer.....
i couldn't watch her suffer anymore...though she had all other normal signs....her crying for food because she couldn't eat properly...and a feeding syringe didn't work..and her hair falling out all over was something i couldn't stand any longer...she wasn't her normal self...though as the vet said...a fighter till the end...she really did just go to sleep...no suffering...no lingering....she didn't feel any pain...in the long run, i guess it was kinder.....
though my heart is breaking for her now...i can't stop crying for her....
i'm sorry to burden you all with this...but as cat lovers, i know that you'll all understand.....
please say a prayer for Ms. Puss...that her journey to The Bridge is a swift and safe one...
thanks for listening,
Nicole
This is a portion of a letter that i sent to Randi....she has been supportive and kind throughout Ms.Puss' illness....
then i realized that all good Pet Talkers are supportive and kind...i couldn't write again about my dear Ms.Puss...so i copied a piece of it...thank you
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