My cat, my baby, Sara, that I've had since I was 5 years old, died today.
She was in the front yard yesterday. The neighbor's dog, Pedro, got out of their house and came over to our's. Sara stood and fought. It was her teritorry. She'd never run. She was a tortoise-shell; she had so much spirit. Finally she did run up a tree. And Pedro grabbed her off of it and shook her. He shook her for maybe five minutes while my mom beat Pedro in the head with a 2X4. Finally he let go, and my mom grabbed Sara and ran. Sara sliced her arm up really bad and has to go to the hospital. I wanted to take Sara to the vet but they were all closed and my mom wouldn't let me call the emergency vet. Her skin wasn't broken but she went into shock. She passed away at 3:30 this morning from internal bleeding in the abdomen.
When she was younger she was always so tolerant, but her attitude grew as she did. The only thing that really scared her were my rats. She was so sassy...so feisty. She had alot of life. She even used to chase Timber around the yard. She was a real pain, but I loved her so much because she was my baby. I'd had her so long.
This just figures...I'm moving on Tuesday...Tuesday was the day that she would be strictly indoors, once and for all. And I was going to feed her better food. And four days before that could happen, this happens. I was really going to start taking better care of her. God, I can't stop crying. It just feels like a nightmare. Like I'm going to wake up and everything will be back to normal. It just feels so weird, like I'm going to hear her little bell on her collar tinkle, or hear her meow for her food.
We took her to Darely Creek today and buried her. I am going to go back and plant some flowers around it. I'm also going to take a break from my project in woodwork and make a nice cross with an inscription on it..."Sara Sue 1993-2004" and maybe put something else a little more personal on it.
RIP Sara Sue. I love you and miss you dearly.
Jordan
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