Gracie was just a year old.
She hasn’t been feeling well the last few days. Her breath has been labored. She hasn’t been able to eat or drink. Yesterday she seemed a little better than she did the day before, but this morning she was back to terrible so I took her to the vet.
After the initial exam it was clear that I could easily spend $1K and still not have any idea of what was wrong of if she would even get better. I’m not made of cash, obviously. When I got Gracie I understood that there was a very low limit on what I would be willing to spend to keep an animal alive, no matter how much I loved it.
After she was euthanized, the Dr. took a sample from her lungs, which were full of fluid. He told me that I had made the right choice. That nothing could have been done for her.
Still.
I went to mom’s house and my step-dad insisted that we give her a proper burial. So he helped me do that, which was a surprise to me. And greatly appreciated.
I . . . um . . . I have more feeling for animals than I do people, it seems.
And I really loved that cat.
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Oh Chris, I am so sad to hear this. I am terrible at expressing condolences of any kind. I can only say how much I know you loved her and how much more I liked you because of that. Please take good care of yourself. Case
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chris, i am so very sorry for your loss
i remember when you got her, you weren’t sure if you were capable of loving her, until she made her way into your heart about 2 minutes later.sounds like she had pleural effusion, which is what my cat simon had – he had so much fluid in his chest, you couldn’t even see his lungs. he held on for 10 days until it just got so bad, we had to have him put down. one of the saddest days, ever.
i am right there with you, dear heart.
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