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RIP TIGEY

So for those of you that read this I chose to put my cat of 17 years to sleep today. She had been getting weaker and weaker and two nights ago she lost control of her hind paws and has spend the past two days/nights just sleeping her breathing becoming more shallow but never fully stopping.
 I went to work today at 6:30 and came home around 12:30 and like usual she looked up at me using all her strength that she still had gave me a lil tigey smile and purred to aknowledge that I was with her. So we left at 12:30 to go to the vet and usually tigey HATES cars and car rides but today she just laid in my lap and slept.. at around 1:00 the vet came in and administered the shot and she winced a lil bit but in about 10 seconds her heart had stopped and she was gone.
 I can still recall many of the details of when I first met tigey i was playing super bases loaded in our other room when my dad called upstairs saying he had a surprise for me. I came downstairs was told to close my eyes and when i opened them i had this BEAUTIFUL lil tabby kitten with a bowtie mustache ( which would become her trademark) and green eyes looking up at me. Well I looked at her and thought she looked like a tiger but was female so I named her tigey.. well she has been with me through sooo many milestones from elementary school-through college, surgeries everything.. people used to say that I was her owner and she was my pet but I disagree with that.. with tigey we had a special connection that only we could share... we just had that connection.
 I know that she is now not suffering and is at peace.. and will continue to watch over me as long as I am alive making sure i am happy and okay.

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SMFAN said…
we want to hear more from the sashman!!! hope all is well!
December 2, 2008 at 6:43 PM
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