kittiesmom

My mother called me around 1:30pm this afternoon in hysterics. Sushi (teenage kitten) her cat whom I named had to be put to sleep today because she had Lukemia (sp?). She was just about the sweetest cat you could ever have and brought so much joy into our lives. Now we are worried about the other two adult cats Langley and Miss Whiskers because it's contagious, so she is going to take them to the vet and have blood tests run. It hurts so bad because she was so young and she was only with us since Sept. of last year. I know some think it's silly to be so heartbroken over a cat, but I know that other's out there understand the pain, because they are more then pets, they are a part of the family. So when my mom feels it's right, I'm going to give her one of my daisy plants to plant in her yard in her memory.
When DH and I got our first apartment together we got a cat and named her Sunflower and we loved her because she was like a child to us and after she was spayed she developed an infection and had to be put to sleep. We hated to do it, but she was suffering and it was selfish of us to keep her that way. We stayed when it happened and held her as she took her last breath. We had her cremated and when we get to a place where we plan on living the rest of our lives we are going to bury her in a special place in the garden surrounded by sunflowers.
Okay, now I'm in hysterics and have to end this here.