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SAD: Mr. Lenny at Rainbo Brij
Hello all - pardon if this is a double-post, my usual newsfeed seems
to be down. Also, I don't feel up to having Panda write just now, but my three girl-kitties are all purring along. Most of the below is from the email to friends and family I send last evening: I just had to say goodbye to my wonderful Lenny-cat, who closed his big blue Meezer eyes for the last time late this afternoon, with a little gentle help from his Dr. Bonnie at the cat hospital. Lenny was 16 and had been with me for 11 years since he and his pal Lucy were adopted from the Guelph Humane Society after a 3.5 month stay there in 1992. I'd taken him in for surgery today to see if we could do anything - we were pretty sure there was a tumour of some sort - but it was as bad as we feared and I had agreed with Bonnie ahead of time that if he couldn't come back to a reasonable length and quality of life with us that we should let him go without waking him up. She called me shortly after I got home from leaving him there to let me know. It was obvious right away that there was advanced tumour progression all through his abdomen. My only regret is that the choice to try and do all we could meant I couldn't stay with him until the very end, but I had to try, and I know he was in caring hands all the way. He actually had an enjoyable last afternoon. He was already on some pain medication as we knew he was hurting a couple weeks back. We had a purr and cuddle on the bed before we left, and as the surgeon was late getting to the clinic, I stayed with him and he spent some time curled in a basket in the clinic's gigantic cat tree installation watching a squirrel outside the window. The three cats who live in the clinic were very kind about sharing their bed and water bowl. If you knew Lenny, you know his only fault was a predisposition to be barfy, though in his last two weeks he wasn't able to eat enough to throw up. In an ironically fitting memorial, my Panda, who in 7 years I have not known to do worse than a hiccup, barfed the biggest hairball I've ever seen in my office just minutes after we got the news. I can't see straight between the tears, slightly hysterical laughter, and carpet cleaner fumes. Peace, everyone. I'm going to finish cleaning the Lenny Memorial Hairball, then Lucy, Panda, Sprout and I are going to go curl up with a cup of tea and a book. Johanna Ms. Lucy Panda-ov-Mourning-Toes an' da Sprout! |
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