My beloved Socks died last Sunday (well technically 2 Sunday's ago, and it's taken me some time, and courage to share this with the world. I had him for 14 years, he slept with me every night of our lives together, and I knew I had cancer before any Dr. ever told me because he would not leave my side (literally, he even followed me to the bathroom. This is the cat that came and layed in a tub with me while I had a 105 temp in my early 20's (you know how much cats like water). He woke up on Sunday and could not walk, this happend once before and I took him to the vet and he was ok for a few more months, this time it was worse and he kept going to the bathroom on himself, so I'd give him a bath and tenderly blow dry him and I knew it was time to put him down, so I called the MI humane society which gave me numbers of places that are open on Sunday's. I called the first one, and they said it would be an emergency charge of $89. through tears, I told them I could not afford it, and the tech talked to the vet and they said they would do it free of charge. So I loaded him up into the van in a towel and held him the entire drive. He stopped breathing about 10 min. before we got to the vet, so he died in my arms. AT least I did'nt have to put him down, he died naturally very peacefully, I was petting him the entire time.
I know pet owners will feel my sorrow that I am feeling, and he was a special little guy, like I said before he slept with me every night, every night I was in the hospitial with cancer he would meow and meow and drive everyone nuts at nights, because he missed me. I could write stories all day long about that baby kitty who brightened my life for all those years!! I hope he's in heaven waiting for me :). God dosen't say anything in the Bible about pets going to heaven when they die, but I know God loves me and knows how much I loved Socks.
I have more pictures of him, but they are on my lap-top and going to have to wait until I go to the library to upload them.
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