st_aurafina | Popping in

It's probably pretty clear that I've slipped into one of those non-communicative periods that happen when I'm stressed. House stuff, work stuff, family stuff is all tripping up my tongue right now. I'm still around and reading but finding it hard to get words out.

Missy was put to sleep this afternoon. The last couple of weeks, she had been really well, actually, and had started eating two or three times a day, while we sat with her and patted her and kept the boy cats from bugging her. But we noticed her jaw was not quite meeting anymore. We took her in for a check-up, and an x-ray showed that the bone in her lower jaw had begun to dissolve. She wasn't in pain, but her jaw was only going to get worse, and once the vet had manipulated and examined her, she looked so ragged and unwell that I asked the vet to tell us if it was time to say goodbye. She said that it was.

They were super nice - the nurse took us to a private room, and the vet took Missy away to put a line in. she warned us that she might not be able to get a vein for the catheter to infuse the sedative but luckily she got it first time. Then

lilacsigil held her wrapped in a warm towel, and I cupped her head, and the vet put her to sleep like that. We're going to have her cremated, and scatter her ashes in all of her favourite parts of the garden. Maybe take some to the new house, I don't know.

It's been a long time coming, but I still didn't expect it. Last night, having the usual busywork dreams I've been having lately, a little black kitten popped in, with eyes that changed from blue to gold to green. I know it's rubbish and superstitious thinking, but in my head it I'm letting myself say it was a herald to take her on the way to the next thing. And I hope she's happy and safe and free.

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lonelywalker

So sorry for your loss :(

*hugs*

ducened

I'm so sorry for your loss.

lark_ascends

So very sorry. *sending loads of hugs and love*

weaverbird

I'm so sorry for your loss. {{{hugs}}}

vass

I'm sorry for your loss. And I'm glad she had you and LS and Chewie and Baggins.

lurkingcat

I'm so sorry for you loss. But I'm glad that Missy had such good humans who looked after her so very well.

king_touchy

I'm sorry for your loss. Your Missy reminds me of a very dear cat who shared my life for 21 years. Our cat friends share years with us, but it's still too short.

inkstone

My condolences. Hugs if you want them.

realpestilence

Never doubt that she is, and that she knew she was loved. You both took good care of her and did the hard, right thing.

kate

Oh, I'm so sorry. <3

thesecondbatgirl

*hugs* I'm so sorry for your loss.

umadoshi

So much sympathy. *hugs if wanted* I'm glad you were both there with her.

retsuko

I'm so sorry that happened, even though it sounds like it was the right time/right thing to do. *hugs*

torachan

*hugs*

dancing_serpent

I'm so sorry :( *hugs*

clare_dragonfly

::hugs:: I'm glad she was feeling better in the last weeks of her life, and I'm glad she didn't have to wait around in pain.

wendelah1

((hugs)) It's so hard to lose a pet.

musesfool

I'm so sorry.

whatistigerbalm

This is exactly what happened to my old dog; you have all my sympathy.

kindkit

*many hugs*

mergatrude

So many, many hugs.

(The brain seems to process so much more than our conscious mind registers, so it is probably science, not superstition.)

I hope things become gentler for you both.