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Talzarich's blog: "My Cats"

created on 11/24/2008  |  http://fubar.com/my-cats/b261427

Kid - May 1993 - Oct. 2008

Kid - one of Nikki's two kittens that I have kept. Not quite the same drama as Nikki. I wake up to Kid walking in circles on the bed. I think to myself, "how odd." So I get up to feed the two girls. Jezebelle, Kid's sister is the only one that comes to eat - odd. Kid's still walking in circles on the bed. I try to coax her with food. She comes to eat, only to have a few licks before walking in circles on the floor. I had seen this behavior before. I knew that she - Kid - wouldn't be with me by the end of the day. I'd comfort her, she'd walk in circles, and I'd comfort her again. Over and over this went on. I can't hold the tears back - when will this be over. What an emotional and humbling day. After eight hours of comforting Kid her breathing stops. With my head on her side, I listening to her heart sloooowly come to a stop. My heart breaks... She's gone.

Niki - ? - Feb. 2008

Niki's story - in short It's March of '92 I move to Orlando. There are no security doors. Every apartment has its own private entrance. The spring time is beautiful. It's not hot. So the doors and windows are open. Next thing I know, I have this pregnant little feline checking out my place. I don't mind. There's no one here but me anyway. She's gotta belong to someone - right? Wrong. For the next year, when the nights are cold, or wet she's camping at my place. Disappearing for only enough time to give birth and wean the young - two times. At the end of the contract with the complex she watches as I move everything out of my place. Never getting in the way, but staying within sight. The whole time she has this somber, eager tone about her. The way she's sitting, walking, watching. She knows what's up. By now I know that she's been abandoned. I couldn't help it. I couldn't turn my back on her. She picked me. She was pregnant again, but I had to take her with me. 1-14-08 3:00pm I woke up this afternoon to my cat Niki clawing at her teeth. What the hell!! I work at 3. Though almost 16 years with me, I can't just leave her to suffer. I'll be late to work. In to the Vet we go. She weighs only 5 pounds. I'm worried. Is it just an infection, a chipped tooth, or a cancer? The Dr. gives us canned food and antibiotics for two weeks and sends us home. She gobbles the canned food with the medication. I have to go to work. 1-15-08 3:00am Work sucked. Couldn't stop thinking about Niki. Her jaw is so swollen. This time I put a very low dose of aspirin into her food. But she eats. She eats like she usually does. Her face looks pitiful, but she's eating. What's wrong with her? Not cancer, I'm not ready to lose her. Not yet. Not this way. 1-25-08 10:00am The swelling isn't so bad. She has her bounce back. At least she's still with me. Back to the Vet we go. She's gained 3/4 of a pound. Her gums look normal. I was prepared to leave her there for a biopsy. Ended up with another 2 week supply of antibiotics. Wonderful, she's home with me. 2-2-08 8:00am Can't sleep. She's at her face all night. Calling the vet. Set up a biopsy for Monday. 2-4-08 7:30am This is tough. I've never done this before. I had to leave her in a strange place with strange people. Please, don't be cancer. 2-4-08 3:00pm She's back home. Still drowsy from the drugs. But she eats. She eats - it's a good sign isn't it? But now she's at her face again. I can't watch this anymore, I'm going to work. 2-5-08 3:00am Work sucked again. Couldn't stop thinking about how she's doing. Well, she's not at her face anymore. I think she's been sleeping off the drugs. Came home at lunch to give her some more food. She ate. She's so cute. I think that I'm starting to come to terms that she's not going to live forever. Still, it's not easy. 2-7-08 9:30am Got the news today - cancer. 2-8-08 3:00am She hasn't eaten all day. Not food, not tuna, not even ice cream. I can't even get her to drink cream. All she wants to do is curl up with me. She's so soft, so pretty. So full of love. I can't watch her suffer any longer. I know what I must do. 2-9-08 1:00pm She's gone.

Jezabelle - May 1993 -

Jezabelle is still with me - for now. Still, she stops at closet doors and yelps for her mother and sister.
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