RIP Fuf, 1991-2012
My kitty went to heaven tonight.She began acting confused and disoriented this morning, and this afternoon was very lethargic, not herself. This evening she started breathing rapidly and was very weak so I took her to the emergency vet. She had a seizure while being examined and the vet thought the prognosis wouldn't be very good -- she may have had a stroke -- so I decided to give her peace tonight, shortly after 8 pm.
I've known for some time that this day would come, and every week or so I'd make a point of cuddling her and telling her I loved her and thanking her for sharing her life with me. I did that a couple of times this afternoon. I was with her at the end. I petted her and told her again I loved her and thanked her as the vet put her to sleep. The last hours of her life were about as gentle as I could hope for.
I've been blessed with almost 20 years of companionship. I referred to her as Fuf, and that's the name on the vet records, but none of the names I tried on her seemed quite right. Early on she was LadyCat. One day she was doing some random act of catness and I asked her, "What are you fuffing about?" so I began calling her Fuffy, which morphed to Fuf by the time I took her to the vet to be spayed and they needed a name for the record. Then followed variations FuffyCat, FufflyCat, Fuffledeecat, Fuffledeemew and others including Kiddlycat, KittenCat and Kitteny. More often than not recently I'd just call her Kitten. She was always a very small cat, and when I took her to stay with my sister and brother while I was away we'd call her LittleCat because they had a bigger cat.
I'll miss her so much, but she's at peace now.
I've known for some time that this day would come, and every week or so I'd make a point of cuddling her and telling her I loved her and thanking her for sharing her life with me. I did that a couple of times this afternoon. I was with her at the end. I petted her and told her again I loved her and thanked her as the vet put her to sleep. The last hours of her life were about as gentle as I could hope for.
I've been blessed with almost 20 years of companionship. I referred to her as Fuf, and that's the name on the vet records, but none of the names I tried on her seemed quite right. Early on she was LadyCat. One day she was doing some random act of catness and I asked her, "What are you fuffing about?" so I began calling her Fuffy, which morphed to Fuf by the time I took her to the vet to be spayed and they needed a name for the record. Then followed variations FuffyCat, FufflyCat, Fuffledeecat, Fuffledeemew and others including Kiddlycat, KittenCat and Kitteny. More often than not recently I'd just call her Kitten. She was always a very small cat, and when I took her to stay with my sister and brother while I was away we'd call her LittleCat because they had a bigger cat.
I'll miss her so much, but she's at peace now.