Sad decision made this morning- Page 3

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 10:11pm

Aww, I wish you the best of luck. It must be a very difficult situation to be in. But at least you know you had 17.5 amazing years with a loving animal :)

[ElphabaRose]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:14am

Well, I'm now tearing up after reading this thread.

Elphaba, I was out all day, but I just wanted to check in and see how you're doing. My deepest condolances.

[paradox_error]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:48am

Oh Elphie dear, I'm so sorry. It's just terrible to lose a pet, especially one that has been such a longstanding part of your life.

I really feel for you, and all three of you are in my thoughts and prayers...

Love,
Doxy

[GuyfromGermany]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 5:44am

Elphaba, I'm sooo sorry for you!
It sounds exactly like what happened to our cat a few years ago...
*hugselphaba*

[vbplayer]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 11:53am

That is a very difficult decision. My thoughts are with you Elphaba. Your pet is very lucky to have you.
And that Rainbow Bridge poem makes me sob everytime I read it.

[shira467]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 11:54am

Elphaba...I know how I said that my dog was in the desert having sex...well, its the second time. Here are the puppies from the first litter...

Which only goes to prove how life will continue to go on and grow...

[Patronus]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 12:40pm

I just saw this, Elphaba.

I am very sorry and cannot imagine how hard it must be to deal with this.

My two boys have become like children for us and I am sure you feel the same way.

Our thougths are with you.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:10pm

thanks all, and very cute shira.

We're holding up ok. We thought we saw him a few times, and I swear I heard that 4AM howl he was so fond of doing. The hardest part is NOT having him sitting on my feet while I work, or standing up and putting his front paws on the arm of my chair and waiting to be acknowledged.

I am definately not running out and getting another right away......need some time. This has really affected Steve much more than he expected. He's definately down, but we know we did the right thing, and Sweetpea knows it to.
God I miss him.

If any are interested I did a tribute for him: perhaps kind of schmultzy, but I needed to do it:

http://rainbowsbridge.com/residents/SWEET034/Resident.htm

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:15pm

SOOO many huggles Elphaba. I've been there. You'll always always ALWAYS miss him in someway, but eventually there will be room in your heart for another.

When I lost my most recent cat, I gave money to the shelter where we had adopted him from in his memory, I was also a volunteer there. Knowing I was helping other cats who were in his situation really helped me grieve.

Then a few months later I went and adopted two kittens from the shelter, and knew that though he was gone there were two more lives that had been saved.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:11pm

That tribute brough tears to my eyes. Again.

[beacon1]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:15pm

I remember when our Rottweiler was diagnosed with advanced bone cancer. I hung up from talking to the vet and knelt over him on the carpet and just bawled my heart out. He was such a sweet gentle huge beast (144 lbs) and he layed thered just wagging his tale a few times and brushing me occasionally with his snout. He was trying to comfort ME! It makes me cry just to remember.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:26pm

beacon, it's amazing how they do that. This cat was so self-centered, but yesterday all he cared about was me........that's something that I'll always carry with me and treasure

[Patronus]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 2:47pm

The tribute page made me lose it, Scott.

Again, I am so sorry for your loss and I know two little boys who are going to be annoyed at their daddy hugging them for the next couple of hours.

[cturtle]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:09pm

ok, i'm bawling. love the song RAINBOW CONNECTION. cherish the memories, elph ... and my peace be yours

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:18pm

Will you all please stop making me cry at work!

Scott, I have images of The Pea and Gorky (my first cat) conspiring together to find ways to drive us all a bit nuts!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:23pm

oh great.....heavenly pee.....ARRGH

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:38pm

Next time it rains, watch out!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 3:39pm

thank God it rarely rains here....heh heh

[ally_kay_on_broadway]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 4:06pm

Your favorite chair is vacant now
No eagar purrs to greet me
No softly padded paws to run
Ecstatically to meet me
No hungry meow
No plaintive cry
Will say its time for feeding
So i've put away your bowl
And all the things you won't be needing.

For i will miss you little friend
In earthly joy and sorrow
And i'm sure they'll be a place for you
In heavens bright tomorrow.


My gramma sent it to me when my cat died. So sorry to hear the news, i'm sure you did the right thing, as you would not want your cat to suffer for any reason. 17 years is quite a long time for a cat, you should be very proud you gave him a long happy life :)

[KelRel]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 4:08pm

Wow, this thread has done me in. Scott I'm so sorry about Sweet Pea. That dedication page was beautiful.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 5:18pm

OK....delayed reaction here....I am starting to become a total wreck now!!!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 5:23pm

Me, too, Kel. Especially the poem from Ally Kay.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 5:23pm

I'll tell you what amazes me, not only all of the support from BWW, which tells just how great this group it. But I am now receiving emails from people I don't even know who have been to the site and read his thing........they are so supportive of each other.
Total strangers, emailing me and just offering a kid word.......amazing.

[DG]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 5:31pm

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

I'm sorry for your pain, Elph - but I'm thankful you get to find that Miss Frank was right.

[OddExoticCreature]

Posted: 6/15/06 at 6:03pm

I'm sorry to hear this, Elphaba, but I know what you're going through.

A few weeks ago I put my 14 year old dog to sleep. 2 weeks before that she had a stroke, and while she was still eating and drinking and the anti-vert pills we were giving her were helping her be more coherent...she was just going down hill. We couldn't let her in the house anymore because she couldn't control her bowel movements so she had to stay in the garage during a week straight of rain, and then she had all these tumors on her back that opened up. Once that happened there wasn't anything we could do. The vet said they wouldn't heal. So my dad and I took her to put her to sleep.

It was really hard, but it was the right thing to do. It was so much easier to deal with than coming home to find a pet dead, like I did when I was 16 and came home from a horseback riding lesson to my cat unexpectedly dead at the top of the stairs. Well, he had been sick but we didn't know he was going to die that soon. He was only 10.

His sister is 16 now, and I almost lost her two nights ago. My sister had let her outside which she normally doesn't go out at all, and she got in a cat fight. She ran away because she was terrified and was gone for 20 hours. I didn't know about any of this until Tuesday night when I came home from work and my mom said, "Jill, we lost Mia" OMG don't greet me like that EVER. I was hysterical but thankfully my sister saw her around 10pm and I was able to get her to come to me and bring her inside. Thanksfully she's unscathed but lost a few pounds so I'm a little worried she won't bounce back.

It's really hard having eldery animals...having to let go....but I'm glad your cat got to leave this life with his family around him in a safe environment.

Updated On: 6/15/06 at 06:03 PM