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gogmagogWell, today one of our cats, Kyla, died. She's not the first cat we've had die over the years, but this was probably the hardest hit I've been by any of them simply because we'd had her FOREVER. I mean, my sister gave her to me as a present for my 5th birthday, and I just turned 22, so that tells you how long we've had her. It also tells you how old she is - she was probably almost a year when we got her (even though my sister told us she was four months old) and so she must have been about 18 years old, which is ANCIENT for a cat. (That's, like, 95 in human years.) It wasn't unexpected, obviously - she was old, and we'd kind of been dreading this happening - but that didn't really make it any easier.
Anyway, we took her out to the back yard and buried her, which was really hard for all of us. (Probably another reason it was tougher for me than our previous cats - the other times I was gone at work or school, and so I wasn't ever THERE when they died and didn't ever have to see the body or anything.) And things are still kind of depressing here at home without her.
Now I just worry about our other aged cat, Marlowe. He belonged to my stepdad Ben's mother - we took him in when she died - and he's even older than Kyla, so it's REALLY just a matter of time with him. This may be kind of chickenshit of me, but I really hope he doesn't die in the little time I have left here at home - it's not as hard to deal with if it happens in absentia and you're hearing about it afterwards, rather than having to be there at the time and deal with the immediate consequences.
(We have another cat and a dog, but they're both relatively young - 4 and 8, respectively - so we've still got quite a few good years with them, barring any unforeseen circumstances.)
...But wow, the past few days have REALLY sucked. I spent my birthday in the hospital waiting room (though at least it got better later in the day); Friday my stepdad had a reaction to the anesthetic and so we basically spent most of the day keeping him from having a panic attack; yesterday we spent quite a bit of time talking with my mom's best friend Carolynn, who just got diagnosed with colon cancer; and then, of course, there's today. :(
Needless to say, I haven't got much packing done lately.
Anyway, we took her out to the back yard and buried her, which was really hard for all of us. (Probably another reason it was tougher for me than our previous cats - the other times I was gone at work or school, and so I wasn't ever THERE when they died and didn't ever have to see the body or anything.) And things are still kind of depressing here at home without her.
Now I just worry about our other aged cat, Marlowe. He belonged to my stepdad Ben's mother - we took him in when she died - and he's even older than Kyla, so it's REALLY just a matter of time with him. This may be kind of chickenshit of me, but I really hope he doesn't die in the little time I have left here at home - it's not as hard to deal with if it happens in absentia and you're hearing about it afterwards, rather than having to be there at the time and deal with the immediate consequences.
(We have another cat and a dog, but they're both relatively young - 4 and 8, respectively - so we've still got quite a few good years with them, barring any unforeseen circumstances.)
...But wow, the past few days have REALLY sucked. I spent my birthday in the hospital waiting room (though at least it got better later in the day); Friday my stepdad had a reaction to the anesthetic and so we basically spent most of the day keeping him from having a panic attack; yesterday we spent quite a bit of time talking with my mom's best friend Carolynn, who just got diagnosed with colon cancer; and then, of course, there's today. :(
Needless to say, I haven't got much packing done lately.
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