Cats. Those who have them love them. Those that don't often do not understand how these animals attach themselves to us, and how we bond to them.
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RQS 's cat has been ill for a while. We didn't have a clue about what the problem was, but we knew that it was related to the cat being 18 years old. Things started out with this cat not being able to control when it had bowel movements. Yet, after a visit to the vet, the cat seemed to be responding to medicine, and was regaining control - or, so we thought.
Recently, RQS had to put one of her cats to sleep. It was both an emotional and financial decision, as this cat was "only" 13 years old. When RQS was confronted by the knowledge of the treatments this cat would need, without any assurance that the cat would survive, RQS made the hard decision to put the cat to sleep. As she said, it was her "husband's cat", a cat that never recovered from the death of RQS's husband. Putting her younger cat to sleep was a very emotional decision for RQS, and she knew that she would soon have to do the same for the older cat - "her cat", as she called it, as it attached itself to her when it was a kitten. Sadly, today was that day.
This morning, I dropped RQS off at the train station, and she had an uneventful ride home. Despite a very healthy appetite, the cat had been losing weight for a while. However, she saw that this cat could not control its bodily functions any longer as she entered her apartment. The cat was very weak. So, off to the vet she went, and it was the day she feared. "Her Cat" had to be put to sleep, and she was crying all the way home.
Chatting afterward, RQS sadly noted - "We won't have any scheduling problems anymore with our cruises." To me, that's a sad byproduct of a heart wrenching loss.... Both of us would prefer to deal with the problems associated with this very lovable cat....
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