Socksy was a special cat. I have written about her before on this same site. I am still very sad, and the hurting and grief that I put aside some time to remember what a wonderful cat she was. The first week was the worst. I missed her and would have liked to see her just one more time in one of her favorite spots on the deck railing, or the deck bench. She was sick for two months before we took her to the vet, because the only thing that seemed wrong with her was she had gotten very thin. My husband and my daughter took her to the vet where they found out she had kidney disease, and a tumor in her stomach. The vet wanted to put her to sleep when my husband brought her back the next day, but he did not want to do it because she did not seem hardly sick,but as time went on all of us began to notice a difference in her. I am the only one who seemed to notice her suffering more. I noticed when she could not make it up the cellar stairs. I knew that she was not doing good, but no one else wanted to admit it.
About two weeks later, a Saturday she did not eat her food in the morning and I knew something was up but, i did not give it too much thought. In the afternoon i went looking for Socksy,and I called her. I heard her underneath the deck. I watched as she tried to get up but her hind legs gave out. I reached under the deck to get her. About 1 or 2 minutes later she died in my arms. My world came apart that day.
The cat who I loved so much was gone. A sad feeling overcame my body and I started to cry. It hurt so much. My daughter Kendra was upset the first day and maybe two days after. I was suffering the most and no one seemed to care. It was like my feelings did not matter. My family had become these uncaring people. I felt so alone, so I called the grief support hot line and that seemed to help me. So I decided to set up a special time where I could listen to the music about Remembering Candy, and grieve for my baby Socksy. It was a very hard thing to do, but i needed that time to slowly get over this terrible grief I was feeling. I knew I would never forget her, and she would
forever be in my heart forever.
I miss you alot, and I will never forget you.
| Socksy |
| Rose Hume and Kendra Hume |