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June 28, 2006
Tough
I have had a rough week. One of our siamese cats, Ojee, took ill over the weekend, and on Monday he stopped eating altogether. Most of the evening he lay on the floor. I said to Michael, "We need to take him to the vet tomorrow!" After Michael had gone to bed, I was still awake, and I heard him convulse on the floor, vomiting up the milk and sugar that Michael had force-fed him.
These are our two siamese cats.
Ojee is the one on the right.
It was pretty evident to me that his time was over. I took a towel and put it under him, holding on to him. He was shaking and convulsing. I'm not sure if he was still breathing but his heart was faint.
I woke Michael up and told him that Ojee was leaving us. I let Michael hold him for a while.
There has been considerably more that's happened this week. I received some wonderful news on Sunday that I would like to write about in a separate post. It would be better to write about that when I am not feeling sad.
Posted by Bastique at June 28, 2006 9:59 PM
Comments
My sympathies. You must have given Ojee the special kind of love that he wouldn't have received anywhere else.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 28, 2006 11:56 PM
As a cat lover and all around animal lover I was deeply moved by this posting. When I look at my own Georgie and imagine him in that state it brings a tear to my eyes. When I was 20 I had a Orange Persian who late in his life developed epilepsie, and I did whitness several bad seizures. However I moved to a far away state and he was put to sleep a year later. When they called to tell me about it I was rocked for several days. Even having to take a day off of work.
I hope that Ojee will remain in your hearts, and with you in spirit and memory for a long time to come. As long as you remember him, he can never die.
john
Posted by: John at July 1, 2006 7:58 PM
Oh my gosh,I'm so sorry to hear about Ojee.
I feel ya.My kitty Mitzie has a really bad upper-respitory problem that I've treated twice w/ antibiotics,and it's back again.It's scaring me so bad to hear her snoring and wheezing,so reading this really got to me.I don't want to lose my precious Mitzie darn it,but she can't seem to get well and stay that way.
Anyways..your so right.As long as you can hold Ojee in your heart,the sweety hasn't really gone anywhere.Nice way to put it.
Posted by: tammi at July 2, 2006 11:24 AM