My baby girl has left this world and I hope to a better life. We found this cat meowing at birds in our back yard some 15-16 years ago when I was in Middle School. She was our neighbors cat that we fed outdoors for years and petted daily. They moved when I was in high school and left her behind and she became our cat from there. She was in the garage with several of the other strays through the years my parents took in but she was the first. After graduating from college I remember telling me dad that I really wanted to take Gray Girl with me to my house because I thought that she was getting older and deserved to be an indoor cat so she wouldn't have to go through the summer heat and winter cold anymore. She has been at my house since 2010 and she was a very very loved member of my wife and our house hold.
On January 27, 2013, I returned home after my wife had given birth to feed her and my other cat and noticed that her eye was red. I wish I had thought to take her to the vet the next day but waited a few days because I thought that perhaps my other cat had scratched her. Two weeks later she developed a very bad limp and inability to use her back legs. She thumped and dragged herself out of her bed to eat and use the potty. The morning of February 20, 2013 I decided enough was enough and the antibiotics were not helping her legs and made the decisions to put her down.
I remember coming out of my bedroom after calling the vet to find her in my living room, I have no idea how she got there. I took her last picture at that moment.
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I don't know if she was trying to comfort me or not or perhaps she was telling me to to not give up on her but I went through with putting her down. Hardest decision I ever made, she didn't even make one peep in the car on the way to the vet (very unusual for her considering she cried all the way there and back every time she was taken before.
I will certainly miss her, I am still mourning her loss and so is my other cat Sassy. I keep looking for her and such and just can't believe that she isn't there anymore.
Love you Gray Girl, see you on the other side one day!
On January 27, 2013, I returned home after my wife had given birth to feed her and my other cat and noticed that her eye was red. I wish I had thought to take her to the vet the next day but waited a few days because I thought that perhaps my other cat had scratched her. Two weeks later she developed a very bad limp and inability to use her back legs. She thumped and dragged herself out of her bed to eat and use the potty. The morning of February 20, 2013 I decided enough was enough and the antibiotics were not helping her legs and made the decisions to put her down.
I remember coming out of my bedroom after calling the vet to find her in my living room, I have no idea how she got there. I took her last picture at that moment.
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I don't know if she was trying to comfort me or not or perhaps she was telling me to to not give up on her but I went through with putting her down. Hardest decision I ever made, she didn't even make one peep in the car on the way to the vet (very unusual for her considering she cried all the way there and back every time she was taken before.
I will certainly miss her, I am still mourning her loss and so is my other cat Sassy. I keep looking for her and such and just can't believe that she isn't there anymore.
Love you Gray Girl, see you on the other side one day!
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