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She was my sweet little calico girl who finally got her chance to be my lap cat. She had to wait her turn as Speedboat's place was in my lap. When we lost him, Muffin took over that spot. She was patient. At long last she was the only cat and she finally had her chance to be my one and only. She filled that position well. She was in my lap whenever I sat down, on my chest asleep every time I laid down on the porch sofa and went to sleep. She became a cuddle bug and we both loved it.
Her only health issue was Herpes with a chronic runny eye from the first time we ever saw her. She developed what the vet thought was nasal cancer last August. We chose not to biopsy, cut, etc. All the tests were invasive and no real treatment if cancer was proven except cut off a large portion of her face. We treated her with palliative care and loved her all we could . On the 5th of June, we let her go. We did everything we could to spoil her rotten in her last days. She knew it. She learned to sit in front of my computer screen and watch the videos we took of stray cats in our back yard. She would watch videos on You Tube of cats and birds. She loved it. What a gentle sweet spirit she was. Our hearts will never mend.
For the first time in 33 years, we are without a cat. I cannot tell you how my arms ache to hold a cat and how much we miss this little girl. I have started to write this thread probably a dozen times and could not bring myself to hit the submit button to make it final. Today I am going to do it.
Her only health issue was Herpes with a chronic runny eye from the first time we ever saw her. She developed what the vet thought was nasal cancer last August. We chose not to biopsy, cut, etc. All the tests were invasive and no real treatment if cancer was proven except cut off a large portion of her face. We treated her with palliative care and loved her all we could . On the 5th of June, we let her go. We did everything we could to spoil her rotten in her last days. She knew it. She learned to sit in front of my computer screen and watch the videos we took of stray cats in our back yard. She would watch videos on You Tube of cats and birds. She loved it. What a gentle sweet spirit she was. Our hearts will never mend.
For the first time in 33 years, we are without a cat. I cannot tell you how my arms ache to hold a cat and how much we miss this little girl. I have started to write this thread probably a dozen times and could not bring myself to hit the submit button to make it final. Today I am going to do it.
Of course you miss such a sweetheart. Your beautiful Mattie felt the love you had for her and returned it, and enjoyed being spoiled to the hilt. RIP, Mattie. 
