Good evening. We (husband, 12-year old daughter) have just experienced our first loss of our first pet. Our 3.5 year-old "kitty".
When we came home last Thursday we could tell right away something was wrong. He could barely walk up the stairs and kept meowing like he was in pain and crying out for help. We brought him to the vet right away and they said he is close to dying! We could put him to sleep or try and save him. We spent the $700 we thought would save him. Only to learn 24-hours later that he had kidney failure and there was no hope. We put him to sleep on Friday after work.
Why is this so hard? Our house seems so empty and I can't stop crying. Fortunately it's spring break here so we sent our daughter to my folks, she cried for 3 solid days. I feel so stupid to be grieving so much for a cat but I can't help it. I miss him so much and I keep thinking of the years ahead that he won't be around and should have been.
I just needed to get this off my chest; my friends don't understand and where else can I go to do this but here!
Natalie
When we came home last Thursday we could tell right away something was wrong. He could barely walk up the stairs and kept meowing like he was in pain and crying out for help. We brought him to the vet right away and they said he is close to dying! We could put him to sleep or try and save him. We spent the $700 we thought would save him. Only to learn 24-hours later that he had kidney failure and there was no hope. We put him to sleep on Friday after work.
Why is this so hard? Our house seems so empty and I can't stop crying. Fortunately it's spring break here so we sent our daughter to my folks, she cried for 3 solid days. I feel so stupid to be grieving so much for a cat but I can't help it. I miss him so much and I keep thinking of the years ahead that he won't be around and should have been.
I just needed to get this off my chest; my friends don't understand and where else can I go to do this but here!
Natalie