Thanks for your kind words, Mamanyt1953. Yeah it can be difficult at times, as many people do (unfortunately) say "its just a cat" and can't comprehend the relationship that many of us have with our pets.
Thank you so much for all your kind words. I'm glad that others understand how we feel. There are so many people out there still who think "its just a cat" and don't understand why we go to the efforts we do to help them along and keep them healthy, and then mourn them when they pass.
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My wife and my cat, Walter, passed away a couple weeks ago at age 20. In the last three years, he was my wife's "rock" while I battled leukemia and spent 6 months hospitalized for two bone marrow transplants and over 100 blood and platelet transfusions. He kept things together and we miss him...