May 29 1993 —- Aug. 12 2000
House Cat My Best Friend
I still remember the day Gismo was born.
He came into this world as fast as he left.
From the minute I saw gismo I knew this was to be my best friend
and he was. He fit in the palm of my hand when he was born,
but was 22 pounds when he was grown.
I live in a very small town and the school I went to had people that weren’t
very nice to me so every night I would come home from my day of
“learning” and cry beside Gismo who would always lick away my tears
and purr until I stopped crying.
Well that summer something happened to Gismo he changed.
Not his personality but his body he started to get skinny so skinny I could
feel each individual rib and bone in his body my parents said that he was
just eating lizards and that’s what was making him skinny but come fall
he gained all his weight back and more in other words he was huge.
I got really worried about him so my Dad and I took him to the vet.
The vet looked in Gissy’s ears and said that they were yellow and something
must be wrong with his liver so he took a blood test and we took Gis home.
That night I remember the phone ringing and my Mom came in my room crying
I asked her what was wrong and she told me that the vet said Gismo
had feline leukemia and he would die soon.
When she left my room I cried so hard I could hardly breath and once
again like he always did Gismo came over and licked away my tears.
Well about 3 weeks later Gismo got so weak we had to put him down
so my Dad took him I still regret not going with them when they left for the vet,
I cried but know one was there to lick away my tears.
That day I lost my best friend and a piece of me.
But every night when I say my prayers I talk to Gismo or at least think I do.
But the funny thing was when Gismo died a stray cat came around
that looked exactly like Gismo.
It was skittish around everyone but me then a year later when I
accepted another cat the Gismo look-a-like
disappeared completely I never saw it again.
I know it sounds silly but I believe that my baby came back to make
sure that I was okay.
I still miss Gis and every night I think about how he
licked away my tears but I know he’s in a better place
and I know he knows I still love him.
Tricia
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