My precious Keesha(Keeta Keeta) went to kitty heaven yesterday, November 2nd,2004. She came into my life 14 and half years ago. The older she got, the more personality she had. She used to watch me get ready for work and used to greet me when I came home. I used to get a lot of joy from her staring at my husband until he would pet her. He was her favorite person.
She was such a happy baby girl. Just over a week ago, she was still an active little baby. She would play with her favorite purple ball and her string despite the early signs of heart failure she was diagnosed with. But then four days ago, we noticed we hadn’t seen her eat for a few days. Our cats have a self feeder,so we weren’t sure if she was eating while we were gone or asleep. Upon it occurring to us that we hadn’t noticed her eating, I tried giving her treats. She didn’t eat those, so I tried giving her crackers. That was her favorite table food, but she wouldn’t eat them either.
I took her to the vet and they said to try feeding her canned food, KD and if that didn’t work try feeding her AD canned food. If she didn’t eat through the weekend, to bring her back for hospitalization. I tried both of those. I even stuck some in her mouth, but she would just gag. She never liked canned food.So, I took her back to the vet. They ran some tests on her and took X-rays. They said it looked like she had a tumor by her stomach. They also said she had spots in her lungs.They said we can take her to another vet to have it diagnosed further, but that it would have cost a lot just to diagnose it and then she probably would have been too weak to have surgery.
So we made the painful decision to let her go to sleep. It’s so hard to think back a week ago, she was playing and now she’s gone. I feel like we let her go before
it was her time. It was so hard to get ready for work today and she wasn’t there watching me.
Momma and Daddy loves you so much, Keesha. Thank you for all the happy years you have given us. Thank you for being there during all my sad and happy times including the break ups I had. You also endured a lot of moving. I know you will be waiting for your momma and daddy in heaven with your tail up and being the purrbug you are.
In the meantime, I know you are here with us in spirit and in our hearts.
You will always be precious to us.
We will always love you,
| Keesha |
| 2, Nov 2004 |
| Colleen and Jerry |