Meepers went to the bridge today :'-(

About a week ago I posted in the health forum asking if anyone had any info on polycystic kidney disease because my 2 year old cat had just been diagnosed. Well today he died and I am heartbroken. He definitely had a degenerative disease, but neither me nor the vet expected to lose him this soon. It was unexpected for sure. The vet doesn't think that it was his kidneys that killed him though. He thinks it was an underlying heart issue which the emergency vet had suspected, but couldn't pinpoint for sure.

I truly believe that he waited though. He had a follow up appointment at the vet this morning and he was absolutely fine until we got there. He ate and drank and played all morning, but as soon as I was put into a room at the vet's he just collapsed and stopped breathing. They did everything they could to save him, but it happened so quickly. I am just thankful that this didn't happen at home. It was such perfect timing to be at the vet right when it happened so I can't help but think that he knew he was dying and he knew that I wouldn't be able to handle it well by myself at home. At least I need to believe that.

The worst part of all this is that my husband is a Navy pilot and for the past week the planes that his squadron uses have been broken, canceling flights like crazy. And today? Of course the planes are fixed and he's flying until later tonight. Meepers may have had good timing, but the Navy sure didn't . The worst part is that this was my husband's cat. He was born to a semi-feral mother that we trapped 2 years ago. She had him a week after we trapped her. He was an only child and she tried to abandon him as soon as he was born. He was the one who had to cut the umbilical cord and clean him up, because his mother wouldn't do it. So he's has always had a connection to him and I know he's going to be so heartbroken when he gets home tonight . I don't even know how to tell him.

I am so sorry for your loss. Just give your hubby lots of hugs. He is going to need them. I pray that your memories will give you much comfort in the days ahead. Meepers, meet up with my Speedboat and he will be your friend forever. Rest in peace sweet kitty. You are out of your sickness and pain. You are loved and missed.

Originally Posted by blueyedgirl5946

Meepers, meet up with my Speedboat and he will be your friend forever.

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I'm finding that the strangest things are giving me comfort right now and I looked at the pictures in your signature, and Meepers looked very similar to your Speedboat. He was a lighter orange and had white on him, but something about Speedboat's face reminds me of Meepers and that makes me happy to think about for some reason. I hope they do find each other . Thank you so much for your kind words.

I am so sorry for you and your husbands loss.

Please take comfort in the fact you gave him all the love and care in his short little life. I lost a kitty to a nasty disease when she was very young also.

We all have furkids at the Bridge....I know they welcomed Meepers and are giving head butts.

Bless you for taking such good care of your little friend. You now have an kitty named Meepers watching down on you.

I'm very sorry for your loss, which is especially hard as Meepers was so very young. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v194/jcatpics/cat smilies/PlayhappilyRB.jpg, sweetie.

Oh I am so sorry for you and your husband. I just read about Meepers in your introduction post and now i'm reading this. Hugs to the both of you. You will hold Meepers again. In the meantime all our babies will take care of little Meepers.

My husband showed me some great pictures hat cheered me up a little! However, I haven't been able to type this for a few days because every time I start to I burst into tears. Happy/sad tears I suppose. I'm a person who has to see things to believe them, but at the same time, there are things that have happened that I can't explain, and I honestly think those things were my kitties at the Rainbow Bridge telling me they are ok.

3 years ago when my kitten died from leukemia I was devastated. I cried and cried and while I hadn't prayed in a long time, I did pray. I asked for a sign to know that Cledus was ok. Later that night there was a strong flower smell in my dad's house. My step-mother finally figured out that this plant that my parents have had since before I was born, had bloomed flowers. The plant had never before had flowers on it, and its never had flowers since that day. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, but I honestly believe that was Cledus' way of telling me he was ok. When we first noticed that he was sick, he was hiding underneath that plant.

So fast forward until the day that my Meepers died. DH was flying, and he had a camera with him. Its not unusual for him to take a camera along, but its kind of random. On nice sunny days he will try to bring one, but on rainy days he doesn't. Tuesday was a rainy day. Meepers died that morning, and I wasn't able to talk to DH until he came home later that night. So unknown to me, when he landed, there was a beautiful perfect rainbow that he saw from the airfield. He said that to him it looked like it was hanging directly over the center of town, which is where the vet's office is. He took pictures of it, with no knowledge of Meepers' death yet. When he showed me the pictures it made me cry so hard. It rains in Washington a lot, but this is only the second rainbow I've ever seen here. The first one was just kind of small and not "perfect" looking. But this one was perfect. I can't help but think that it was the Rainbow Bridge (and I'm going to start crying again right now).

Who knows, maybe I'm crazy, and maybe I'm just reaching for something cheerful to hold on to. But the perfectness of the rainbow, coupled with the fact that rainbows are kind of rare here, on the day that Meepers' died, right when my husband landed his plane for him to see, seems like it was put there for a reason. It does make me feel a little better to think that way

I've never attached pictures to a post before but I'm going to attempt to post the rainbow pictures. I read the "how to post pictures" post so hopefully I am doing this right. If I'm not, I'm sorry!

Wow, that was an amazing story. Meepers

Oh my word, I'm so sorry to hear about Meepers, but to me those pictures show that Meepers was letting you and your husband know he was making his way across the bridge


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