Doger,
I am so very sad that we had to say goodbye to you. We loved you so very much. It seems like only yesterday we brought you home a happy, sweet and extremely mischievous kitten. We had bought you when we sadly and very unexpectedly lost our 8 year old Tazzers on January 12, 2002. You helped to not replace, but fill the void he left. You had your own personality and I knew from the moment we saw you in the pet store you were meant to come home with us. You worked your way into our hearts immediately. You had a love of water I never saw in another cat. Loved to hop in the shower with us or lay in the bathroom sink.
I remember when you were just a kitten your mischievousness was evident when you jumped into the open close shoot door and ended up in a pile of clothes at the bottom. We turned the house upside down looking for you. You began getting sick in the summer of this year. The vet diagnosed you with Feline Diabetes. We tried insulin, giving you shots twice a day. You were on a special diet. We had so hoped we could help you to get better. Sadly though it was not to be and we saw you getting weaker and sicker. The vet then believed it was possible you were suffering from CRS (kidney failure) which he explained if that were the case, there was no cure and it likely was inherited from your mother or father.
On Friday, Sept. 10 when I woke up I knew something was very wrong. You did not greet me as you usually did every morning. I searched the house calling your name and you did not come out. When I found you, I was afraid we would lose you that day. I called the vet who said you were likely crashing (kidney failure). I sat up with you all night while you tried to walk and fell over. I fed water to you through an eyedropper because you could not get up. I was heartbroken watching you suffer. The next morning I knew I would have to put you to rest. You were breathing and still had a heartbeat, I could see you were watching me, but you were unable to move. I held you a while and stroked your soft fur. I laid next to you and cried and cried. I finally did what I knew had to be done for I could not watch you suffer any more. I took you to the vet and stayed with you
while you were put to sleep.
It is so very unfair you died at such a young age. You were such a loving cat. Always out and around us even when company came to visit. You were never afraid and loved attention from everyone.
Sleep well sweet Doger…we miss you so very much, but you will always be with us in our hearts and memories.
P.S. Tobi (our dog) misses you too!