How suddenly she came into my life….and how suddenly she left! Molly was abandoned by someone with no heart – left to languish on the streets of Brooklyn. How fortunate to have been able to live with Molly for almost 10 years – and how unfortunate that it could not have been
for many more years to come.
Molly was so sickly as a kitten and subsequently endured many different types of “episodes” that remained a mystery to many vets. She had many nicknames: Skinny Minnie, Bony Maroney, Pretty Kitty from the City, & Molly Wolly Doodle – oh yes, and “Rip & Tear” – she COULD be a biter at times!! She finally seemed to be stable & stayed that way for several years. She learned to accept the fact that she was living with several cats & a dog.
She learned to pretend to be “indifferent”, as opposed to afraid, when being chased around the house by a huge white whale (ok, so it was just a cat, but he LOOKS like a whale)! Molly was so intelligent, how DID she know that you need to turn a doorknob to try to exit a room? She was creative in choosing her resting places – on top of an old wooden clothes dryer, inside a shopping cart, on top of the refrigerator – well, yes, she was REALLY not resting there but seeking food! She had her own special water dish on top of the bathroom vanity & would always test the temperature of the water with her paw before drinking. She would insist upon sleeping in my room for months at a time – then, just as adamently, would suddenly refuse to go
in there for months at a time.
Once again, she came back to sleep there nightly – and how glad I am she did, not even realizing that soon I’d be without her. She suddenly became paralyzed in both hind legs, was severely ill with a “saddle thrombosis” (blood clot), which came from a terminal heart disease. There had been no previous sign of this at all. Molly was the 3rd cat I lost to this disease – how scared and ill she was…….and how sad and missing her, am I.
With so many memories,
| Molly Malone |
| 7, Mar 2007 |
| Geri |