Come tomorrow it looks like my dad will have to put down our remaining cat. Aged 15 years old – Terry was always the bigger of the two. His brother theo had to be put down 13 months ago after some sort of neurological condition.
Terry has got cancer of the jaw. And an unusual kind that is very fast – i believe it’s called a spiral tumour – i forget the name
It was only really diagnosed in November, and since then it has grown at a progressive rate
We always knew this day would come but always hoped it would not come this soon.
He looks old when he was always so active – he wants to eat but now cannot do so without a struggle. We have had to change his food from regular cat food to fish & fresh meat.
But last week when he even struggled with prawns we knew that time was short
We have many photos of Terry, in fact we have made up 5 albums of photos of the two cats, but over the the next few days i am sure that i will be sadder than usual once we decide that Terry should not suffer anymore
The photos below are quite old and not brilliant quality, but they are the best I have on computer at present
Whether it is tomorrow or tuesday or after that I do not know, but it will be soon, as the cancer will begin to cause him more pain soon, and we cannot put him through that
Such a lovely cat. I’m so sorry for you stony. I’ve had to put one of my previous cats to sleep too about sixteen years ago. I held her in my arms to give her comfort in her last moments. It is something that will stay with me for the rest of my life and I’ve never ever felt that type of feeling before. It’s so heartbreaking to have to say goodbye to a being that has always accepted and loved you, no matter your faults and imperfections. But she was suffering a lot too, the vet wanted to make a biopsy (the blood analysis told him something nasty), she had stopped eating and she panted like a dog.
I know that when the time comes I’ll have to accompany like this Genji and Piko. They are more accepting of me more than any human on this planet and respect me, they make me smile and laugh with their craziness. Now how could I let them alone in a stainless steel cage, smelling of disinfectants, die all alone?…
It is the third cat we have had to put down
Each have lived a good long life, but it doesn’t get any easier
Terry was put down this morning – we buried him in his favourite spot of the garden.
It seems odd how i can feel so much sadness for an animal.
Terry had a biopsy done and that was the first we knew of his tumour back in November. The vet gave him 6 months, but it has been less than 2, which is sad.
Life goes on, but i will be sad for a while and i will miss not having a cat around the house.
I completely understand. My heart goes out to you. And it isn’t odd, they have true love without asking for anything in return except giving them some food or means to go and get it themselves outside. They are always forgiving us for our imperfections. Etc. So it isn’t strange at all, they are showing us what real love is all about.
Send in your mind his cat spirit in the wind like you would fly your favourite kite. He will fly high and long…