Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Well, it happend

I lost my cat. I've been loosing her for about 5 years now. But today she is really gone. At 23 years old Snowflake lived a full and happy life. She loved spaghetti, cheese, and mayo. She would rather eat people food any old day. We got Snowflake when I was 5 years old and if you've ever been to my house, you've seen her. We have gone through numerous pets, since we've had her. We had dogs, rabbits, birds, hamsters, you name it. Snowflake who was a beautiful white Persian began going through depression when Stacy and I got married and I moved out of the rent's house. So about a year after we married (maybe sooner) she moved in with us. Stacy, who has Never been a big cat fan, took to Snowflake and loved her (even though he got angry at her often.) We all thought that when I got married, she'd die....she didn't. Then we thought if she moved into my house, she'd die....she didn't. We thought the same thing about the birth of Micah man. She's been fine and even liked (tolerated) Micah. She's been deaf for about 2 years now, and about 3 months ago she stopped bathing herself. I knew that she must be tired, but it just got worse. She stopped eating, pooping, and could hardly walk. She dragged her left leg when she walked, and could only take about 5 steps before having to rest. The only reason that she ever left bed was to eat (very rarely) or use the bathroom. Stacy and I felt very sorry for her and knew that something needed to be done. Daddy, who helped me make the decision went with us to the vet today. Snowflake who has always been a healthy cat only weighed 5 lbs (mostly bones), she had jaundice and had liver cancer. It is very sad, but I hated to see her suffer. She was put to sleep and will be buried at the rent's house. What is really sad is that Micah went to sleep in the truck after we left Costco (after taking Snow to the vet) he woke up for a split second between the truck and bed, and all he said was "where's Snowflake." He won't understand, and it will be so sad!

4 comments:

Alison said...

I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. 23 years!! Wow! I can't imagine how hard that last vet visit must have been, but at least you know there is no more suffering. Yall are in my prayers because Lord knows my dogs are my children!

Kelly Ford said...

Awww, miriam. I'm sorry. So so sorry. She was a great cat.

Jeremy and Laura McBryar said...

So... I came to your blog today wondering if you had updated, and then I find out about Snowflake. I mean really is this the way to tell me?! Yes, yes, I know I was at work today, but you could have gave me a little heads-up! Well.. yeah if you called me then I might even get scared each time you called me (like I do momma now), I guess I don't need to associate phone calls with death... in the end, I guess it's okay I learned about Snow through a blog. I did see her a week ago and we were talking about how sad she looked. Instead of remembering that I will remember when she pounced and tried to catch Tietbaum (hamster) when he got out of his cage. Or maybe I'll remember her bringing us animal presents on the doorstep or going out in the snow and it being hard to see her, or not liking to get baths. Any of these memories will do! Good memories. I guess we will have a little Sims family funeral. We can bury her by the hamster.

Matt and Kim said...

I'm sorry Miriam! I can't imagine losing one of our pets!! So sad!