"RIP Leo the Cat" Topic
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 Jlundberg  | 01 Jan 2018 1:14 p.m. PST |
Pets hold us hostage to their love. We expect to outlive them which means that we will see them across the rainbow bridge.
In 2003 we brought Leo home from a rescue foster. The Vet thought he might have been 4 at the time. He was an easygoing cat. Friendly to strangers reasonably accepting of visiting pets. He did not like the vacuum and was territorial – fiercely jealous of other outside cats.
My sister, Elizabeth, picked him up and the foster and said he had no bones. In that setting with a bunch of other cats, some strangers came in and picked him up and he purred. That was Leo. He was laid back. Our other cat, Leah, accepted him, but they were never buddies. She intimidated him, even though she was 2/3 his size. It very rarely got beyond him getting stink eye and deciding he had somewhere else to be.
2016 was rough for him. He had a chronic sinus infection. Then as I was recovering from a knee replacement, he came down with diabetes. He got quite ill and it took a long time to get his insulin right. He had been such a good cat that we made adjustments. He was drinking around a liter of water a day and hitting the litter box a lot. He needed a shot with food twice a day. We boarded him when we had to leave town.
We had a great Christmas with our children and grandchildren out in Utah and picked him up on Wednesday. He was fine and had a good day on Thursday. On Friday he stopped eating. We took him to the vet and he was given fluids, antibiotics and B12. He seemed ok, but low energy.
This morning it seems like he had a stroke and slipped into something like a coma. He breathed his last around 2:30. All in all he had a long an reasonably happy life. I will miss him dearly |
| princeman | 01 Jan 2018 1:25 p.m. PST |
You have my deepest sympathy. We lost two rescue cats this year shortly before I retired. Was planning to spend many days together. |
| Col Durnford | 01 Jan 2018 3:49 p.m. PST |
Saying sorry for your loss does not do justice to how your posting made me feel. Vince |
| Patrick Sexton | 01 Jan 2018 11:23 p.m. PST |
Jon,
Your family has our deepest sympathies. |
| TNE2300 | 01 Jan 2018 11:36 p.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 02 Jan 2018 8:25 a.m. PST |
Please accept my condolences. It is hard to lose a beloved pet. |
 Tacitus | 02 Jan 2018 1:24 p.m. PST |
Damn hard. Hang in there. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 02 Jan 2018 3:30 p.m. PST |
Hard indeed. So sorry – deepest sympathy on the loss
of Leo. One of our's (16) is kind of/sort of on the
cusp of diabetes but she is hanging in there. |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jan 2018 3:25 p.m. PST |
So sorry to hear. Losing a loved pet is a terrible thing. Leo was clearly loved and was were he needed to be, with you and your family. Dan |
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