March 11 2000
Cat
WELL G.G. WOW G.C.
HOW I REMEMBER WHEN RICHARD AND I GOT TOGETHER AND MOVED
TO LAKESIDE CA AND WE HAD BOOTS SKIDDY BLUE
WELL YOU KNOW THE CAT LOVER I AM ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU ALL.
WELL HERE WE MOVE TO THIS HOUSE AND THERE IS TINA AND YOU A STRAY.
WELL TINA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH US YOU ON THE OTHER HAND ARE
VERY TIMID AND YOUR TRUST WAS NOT SO EASILY GIVEN OUT.
YOU HAD A BROKEN RIGHT LEG OR SOMETHING AND HOW IT TOOK TIME TO
GET YOU TO COME TO ME AND FINALLY YOU DID.
AND THE GARAGE YOU LOVED YOU KNOW IT WASN’T EASY JUST INVITING
YOU ALL IN THE HAD TO BE VET CHECKS FIRST.
WELL THE GARAGE WAS YOUR HOME SO WE NAMED YOU G.C.
FOR GARAGE CAT. YOU AND TINA THAT WAS YOUR PLACE.
WELL I HAD NOTICE AFTER TIME THAT YOU HAD A INFECTED SORE ON YOUR
HIND LEG SO RICHARD AND I TOOK YOU TO THE VET AND WE TOLD THE
DOCTOR THAT YOU WEREN’T OURS AND HE SAID THAT YOU NEEDED
SURGERY AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW YOU WERE OURS NOW THERE WAS NO
OTHER OPTION IN OUR BOOK SO WE HAD IT DONE AND THINGS WENT WELL
WE ALSO HAD YOU NEUTERED AND FOUND OUT THAT YOUR LEG
COULDN’T BE FIXED SO WE LEFT THAT ALONE.
I REMEMBER LOVING HOW YOU COULD RUN SO FAST THAT YOU ADAPTED
TO YOUR INJURY WHAT HAPPENED WILL NEVER KNOW.
AND THEN WE WERE MOVING AND FINALLY YOU CAME WITH US YOU
AND TINA AND MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE HOW YOU LOVED THAT.
YOU NEVER EVER WANTED TO GO BACK OUTSIDE YOU NEVER HUNG
OUT BY THE DOOR.
YOU WERE THIS BEAUTIFUL ORANGE TABBY AND HOW YOU GOT SO
BIG FOR SOME REASON ALL YOU LOOK JUST LIKE US VERY HEALTHY.
WELL I HAD NOTICED YOU WERE STARTED TO LOSE WEIGHT AND
IT WAS HAPPENING FAST SO I TOOK YOU TO THE VET AND HE DID
THE ROUTINE CHECK-UP BLOOD AND ALL.
WELL HE CALLED BACK AND SAID YOU HAD A THYROID PROBLEM
AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE MEDS WELL IT SEEMED SO EASY.
WELL THIS IS WERE IT GETS HARD. HE SAID NOT TO RUSH.
WELL THIS WAS A SATURDAY AND ON MONDAY I NOTICED YOU
WEREN’T BREATHING RIGHT SO I RUSHED YOU TO THE VET AND
THEY PUT YOU IN THE OXYGEN TANK AND TOLD ME YOU
NEEDED OVERNIGHT CARE AND THAT TURNED INTO 4 DAYS AND
THE DOCTOR AT THE EMERGENCY CLINIC SAID YOU WERE TOUCH AND
GO BUT G.C. YOU WERE SO STRONG YOU PULLED THROUGH.
WELL G.C. THIS IS WERE MY GUILT COMES IN.
YOU HAD PRODUCED KILE AND NEEDED TO GO TO THE VET EVERYDAY
AND HAVE IT DRAINED WELL THEN IT GOT TO BE EVERY COUPLE
AND INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO THE EMERGENCY DOCTOR
I FIGURED OUR VET AT THE TIME COULD HANDLE IT.
WELL HE DID YOU WRONG AND I PAID FOR THAT WITH ALL I AM.
G.C. IT’S THE HARDEST THING TO WRITE THIS BECAUSE IT TAKES ME TO WHAT
IF AND I CAN’T THINK IT WAS YOUR TIME BECAUSE THE DOCTOR HELP
YOU OUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY ASKING THE DOCTOR IF HE
WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND SEEING ALL THAT BLOOD AND HIM
SAYING YES HE WAS AND THEN AFTER HIM PULLING THE NEEDLE
OUT YOU COLLAPSING ON THE TABLE AND HOW FRAGILE YOU HAD
BECOME AFTER ALL YOU HAD BEEN THROUGH AND
THEN HIM SAYING G.C. COME ON.
WELL 3 HOURS LATER YOU LEFT G.C. AND HOW IT BROKE MY HEART.
I REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT IF A DOCTOR HITS THE HEART
THEY KNOW WELL G.C. I GUESS HE DIDN’T.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG HARD ROAD G.C. FOR ME.
I MISS YOU SO MUCH I LOVED YOU SO MUCH THE 6 YEARS I HAD YOU JUST
WAS SO SHORT AND I AM SO SORRY.
I FEEL SO MUCH GUILT G.C. IT’S SO HARD FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT G.C. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND HOW BEFORE THE VISIT AS I
WAS STANDING THERE HOLDING YOU AND YOU PUTTING YOUR PAW
TO MY FACE JUST PURRING LETTING ME KNOW HOW MUCH WE
LOVED EACH OTHER. I LOVE YOU G.C.!!!
I KNOW G.C. YOUR LIFE WITH US WAS TO THE FULLEST BUT I FEEL
THAT YOU WERE CHEATED BY THAT DOCTOR.
WE WERE CLIENTS FOR 7 YRS WHICH NOW WE HAVE CHANGED VETS.
BUT IT DOESN’T BRING YOU BACK TO US. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT BOOTS IS WITH YOU AND YOU TWO WITH ME.
WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN UNTIL THEN YOU AND BOOTS
HAVE FUN ENJOY ALL.
I LOVE YOU,
KELLY
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