My cat died - Page 4

skcin · #46 04-12-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Paula, I couldn't even read through your entire post...my heart is still broken (have you noticed my new signature?) and I'm still coping with my own baby's departure from this world. I haven't cried for the last 2 days, but I know it will all come back "in a flood of tears" when I go to pick up his ashes.

Thanks, Livia. Mark has already told me he will be unable to go & pick up the ashes. Hopefully they'll be there when I take Boo for her shots next week. Of course, I just realized that we will have to go back to the place that he died when we take her, there's only 1 exam room.

goldie · #47 04-12-2006, 04:21 PM

ohhh Paula I am so sorry to hear about Cosmo! Pets are amazing creatures. They bring so much joy to our lives.

My/my parents cat died suddenly, too. He was 4. Fine one day, the next morning my parents wake up and he is dead in the kitchen. They even went to far as to get an autopsy. (eek!) Turns out he had some heart issues that were undetected because he never had any problems ....

In any event, Cosmo is running around with all the other cats and dogs now in a better place!

WelshWitchPMD · #48 04-12-2006, 04:45 PM

Paula, I am so sorry to hear about little Cosmo. I am sure that he knows what a loving family he had with both you and Mark. They might be animals but they sure do have their own little personalities.

ontheEdgeof17 · #49 04-12-2006, 04:53 PM

Big hug for you....

foxyluva · #50 04-12-2006, 05:23 PM

What can I say

so sad - my heart is breaking for you

Best wishes dear - hope everything works out okay

gldstwmn · #51 04-12-2006, 07:43 PM

I am so sorry for your loss Paula.

golden braid · #52 04-12-2006, 09:09 PM

Paula, I'm sorry to hear about Cosmo.

#53 04-12-2006, 09:14 PM

I am so sorry for your loss also..Please be sure to check out www.petloss.com and share your love of Cosmo with the folks there...(((hugs)))

GarboSpeaks! · #54 04-12-2006, 09:16 PM

I'm sorry Paula. Surely he misses mommy as much as you mis him!!! They are such little living angels for us. Take good care of yourself!!!!!!

JazmenFlowers · #55 04-12-2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

hubby

you know what? I figured it out. I knew your hubby looked like someone...he resembles Simon Rex. resembles, not like a twin. I hope you take that as a compliment, cause I SHO mean it that way.

dissention · #56 04-12-2006, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

you know what? I figured it out. I knew your hubby looked like someone...he resembles Simon Rex. resembles, not like a twin. I hope you take that as a compliment, cause I SHO mean it that way.

His little porno videos grossed me out. Cute guy, but damn. The one I watched online had some old perv behind the camera telling him what to do. lol

So sorry about your cat, Paula. Losing a pet is devastating.

Johnny Stew · #57 04-12-2006, 10:11 PM

Paula... my heart goes out to you and Mark. It's such a painful thing to lose a pet, especially when it's so suddenly.

My thoughts are with you, sweetie.

macfanken · #58 04-12-2006, 10:14 PM

I'm really sorry Paula... your story is heartbreaking. I really know how you feel... my kitty was only 3 when she died last year. It was so sad seeing her go from a healthy, hyper cat to near death in just a few days. I know it's tough... hang in there.

JazmenFlowers · #59 04-12-2006, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

His little porno videos grossed me out. Cute guy, but damn. The one I watched online had some old perv behind the camera telling him what to do. lol

never seen one and don't think I want to. but thanks for the heads up.

so sorry again Paula. I loved my babies especially hard tonight. my heart goes out to you.

Janet · #60 04-12-2006, 11:43 PM

I went through this last year. I still can't hear a cat story without crying my eyes out.

It's so hard,and I am so sorry. It is really the saddest thing, losing a cat.

I am sorry, so sorry...

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Originally Posted by skcin

Sorry so long, but I really need to get this out.

It was really sudden, he was only about 4 years old. We don't really know what happened. About a week ago he started throwing up after he ate (not out of the ordinary, since he always ate too fast; plus we changed his food to a hairball formula.) Then, he didn't eat on Sunday. By Monday, his breathing was becoming labored.

We took him in yesterday morning & his breathing was really bad. The vet gave him some steroid shots (this has helped him in the past - he had a chronic cough that we assumed was related to hairballs) but it was too late & he got worse.

He stopped breathing (slowly - it was the worst thing I've ever seen) but his heart didn't stop. So the vet did some chest compressions & tried to insert an airway, but it didn't work. It did, however, bring him back long enough for him to breathe a bit better & be more alert with some O2. But he was still suffereing, so we decided to put him down. We'll probably never really know what happened, I'm thinking pneumonia or something similar, maybe asthma.

We said goodbye & cried all day yesterday. My husband has NEVER cried, literally. Well, not since he was a kid. He's freaking out. That was HIS BOY.

Now the guilt, the "what if's," the realizing he won't be there anymore, is setting in. He's never lost a pet before, while I've lost several. I'm in so much pain because HE is in so much pain.

We got him when he was a kitten, my brother had found a cardboard box in his yard one night. 4 kittens were inside. He took care of them, feeding them with eye droppers & everything. 1 died, my brother still has 2 of them & we got Cosmo. Named him after Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld. Coolest cat ever. He was B&W, and had a half mustache. And HIS TAIL! Was 14 inches long!

Really, we measured it - our other cat, Mrs. Bouvier, measures in at only 9". Cosmo was very long & lanky, and silky smooth.

I'll miss the way he chewed through plastic wrappers to eat bread if I left it on the counter. I'll miss the way he woke us up at 5am to eat by poking us in the face with his paw. I'll miss the way he would do somersaults to get attention (no ****, he really used to actually flip himself over.) I'll miss that every single time I opened the window in the upstairs hallway, he'd come running from wherever he was in the house to jump up onto the sill & stare outside. I'll miss that he'd go into any open box the second it became empty. I'll miss that he'd sneak into the closet looking for more food. I'll miss that he was a total lap cat, sitting on you the minute you sat down, so cuddly & warm. I'll miss seeing him sitting with my husband in their usual position - Mark's legs crossed & extended, propped up on the coffee table or the recliner, Cosmo stretched out the entire length of Mark's legs, sleeping for hours. I'll miss having to monitor the other cat eating, since if she left her food bowl unattended, he'd eat her food before she even realized it. I'll miss him going under the covers & sleeping with us. I'll miss his running into the kitchen as soon as he heard us open a cheese wrapper. I'll miss seeing him at the door, along with the dog, waiting for us to come home.

I will miss this f*cking cat so much, it hurts. And I will really miss seeing Mark with this cat, they had a great bond. Thanks for letting me vent.

I'll post some better pics later, this one does not do him justice.