My Baby Boy Starr Has Passed On

[Vermontcat]

I'm so sorry to hear that your sweet boy Starr has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.
I know he was sick for a long time and that you did all you possibly could for him.
Sending hugs your way.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Tracey - I am so sorry the kitten pics of Starr upset you so. I wanted to make a little tribute for him, to remember when...even though Pearl was also in all the pics!


{{{{hugs}}}}

I know that you meant well but it was just very hard for me emotionally to look at his kitten pictures yesterday. I'm feeling a bit better today. There seems to be a lot less stress in my home now. My cats and I all feel less stressed out. In the long run we'll all be much happier now especially since I know that Starr is pain free and now at peace.

Thanks again everyone for all of your support and nice comments towards my baby boy.

[Lizzie]

That was very brave and loving of you, to release Starr sooner rather than later, you gave him one last great gift. The pain is very great, I know, and you carry it with you wherever you are and whatever you do for some time. Try to keep bringing to mind his fun times, the cuddle times, the crazy kitten times.

I had no idea he was that sick, and it's difficult to imagine such a young cat (who doesn't have something obviously dire like cancer) being so very, very ill. I think my Darcy is ill in a similar way with inflammation in his colon, interstitial cystitis, and some stomatitis. It's near impossible to believe that a young adult, looking wonderful and acting playfully though perhaps not vigorously, can have an illness that is basically putting the body into constant fight mode. I have had a tendency to blow out of proportion the positive signs - such as decent appetite, loving attention, chasing Maeve under the chair, convincing myself that proves he's really okay, and not letting myself really think about the bad signs. This is like a wake-up call to me to face what I don't want to believe, what I really want to down-play into near insignificance.

Starr was very lucky in his guardian.

[Barbara]

Tracey I am so sorry. It is so hard after Willy to see another little boy going to Rainbow Bridge whom we all know from the very beginning.
I always saw your meezer group as a little tribe on their own and hope you all will be ok.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Tracey - my heart aches for your loss. I am so sorry about Starr. He really was a STAR.

Godspeed

[kb2yjx]

I am so sorry to read about Starr!!! I remember him being introduced to us as a young kitty with those BLUE EYES!!! No matter how long they are with us, it is never long enough...Sleep softly, dear sweet Starr....

[Russian Blue]

I'm so sorry Tracey, but I agree with Johanna where she said:

The most humane decision is often the hardest decision. Gentle hugs to you at this most difficult time.

It's so difficult when they are so young - I went through the similar decision with Nakita.

Many hugs.

RIP Starr

[Uabassoon]

I'm so sorry to hear about Starr. My heart sunk when I saw the thread title. Starr has always been one of my favorite PT kitties, and I will always have a special place for him in my heart.

[catnapper]

I heard about his passing yesterday and couldn't believe it! Such a young boy, but God needed him more than we did. My thoughts go to you, along with many hugs.

[Catsnclay]

Tracey- our thoughts and prayers are coming your way. This poem came to me yesterday, and I would like to pass it on to you:

REQUEST FROM THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
By Constance Jenkins


Weep not for me though I am gone
Into that gentle night.
Grieve if you will, but not for long
Upon my soul's sweet flight.
I am at peace, my soul's at rest.
There is no need for tears.
For with your love I was so blessed
For all those many years.
There is no pain, I suffer not,
The fear now all is gone.
Put now these things out of your thoughts.
In your memory I live on.
Remember not my fight for breath,
Rember not the strife,
Please do not dwell upon my death,
But celebrate my life.

Your Starr and my Yoshi could have been twins, so I am giving Yoshi extra huggies today - just for Starr

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks again everyone. Bunny and Karen thanks for the beautiful poems. I know that Starr wouldn't want to me to be sad so I'm tryng to be strong and trying to remember the happy times that I had with him.

[G535]

I'm so sorry to hear about Starr ( I just saw his tribute on Facebook).

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Oh noooo!!!! I haven't been on PT for quite some time, so I have a lot catching up to do..! I am so in tears now, this now the 3rd cat in a row that has left for the bridge.......... ; first I read about Taz, then Willy, and now Starr.... Three of my favorites on PT

I feel so sorry about this, Tracey...., I know how terrible you must feel now! Thank you for letting him go; it is the toughest decision possible

Play happily at the Bridge sweet Starr, we will all miss you!!