Today we said goodby[emoji22]
Today was a sad day at our household. We were forced to say goodby, goodnight and Godspeed to our little 19 1/2 year old family member, Annie.
She came to us from a kitty adoption center in Moreno Valley 19 1/2 years ago. She grew up with our boys and watched them grow into young men. She outlasted five family puppers and three family kitties. They say dynamite comes in small packages and this little firecracker ruled the roost, chasing 65 lb Australian Sheppards and larger cats like nobody's business. Nobody messed with her.....well maybe except Morgan. Another big orange and white male rescue kitty who came to us after his humans decided to move away and leave him behind. He would grab her in a headlock and then roll on from side to side his back hugging her while she threw a temper tantrum, while looking at her like he was thinking..,,"yup,you love it"
She put up with four moves, countless trips to the vet, family drama and unconditional love. In the end, her kidneys just plumb wore out. Her condition deteriorated in this past week. She was drinking lots of water but couldn't go in her litter box, went off food and was down to 3 lbs 7 oz, She was tired and essentially was just skin and bones. She was having extreme difficulty walking and couldn't support her back legs, falling over constantly. As selfish as we were being by not wanting to make that hardest of choices, we felt her quality of life was drastically declining and seemed as if she would not make it much longer. After long deliberation on what would be the best path for her, we made that difficult choice. After she fell asleep in our arms for the last time, we then took her to our parents ranch where she was placed near Morgan under a large willow tree so they can chase countless field mice together once again.
We will miss you grandmakitty, your head bumps and love bites.
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