RIP Cal: 2002 - 2013
Feb. 5th, 2013 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
With eight cats I knew that this day was bound to come sooner rather than later, but it's still hit me harder than I thought it would.
When the Vet opened Cal up to fix the herniated abdomen he found a golf-ball mass of pancreatic cancer which had spread to other parts of her body. Apparently pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive ones. It's also quite painful. The tumour was, of course, inoperable and the Vet's recommendation was that we not bring Cal out of anaesthesia but have her put down while she was still asleep. We agreed.
In good weather Cal liked to pick up a stone from the driveway, toss it in the air and then try to keep it suspended by batting at it with her paws. She was surprisingly good at it. In bad weather her preference was to chase plastic bottle caps around the kitchen floor until they skittered too deep under one of the appliances for her to reach. It always brought a smile to my face to see her lying on her side, one paw stretched under the fridge in an attempt to retrieve the escaped cap for one more go around.
She will be missed.
When the Vet opened Cal up to fix the herniated abdomen he found a golf-ball mass of pancreatic cancer which had spread to other parts of her body. Apparently pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive ones. It's also quite painful. The tumour was, of course, inoperable and the Vet's recommendation was that we not bring Cal out of anaesthesia but have her put down while she was still asleep. We agreed.
In good weather Cal liked to pick up a stone from the driveway, toss it in the air and then try to keep it suspended by batting at it with her paws. She was surprisingly good at it. In bad weather her preference was to chase plastic bottle caps around the kitchen floor until they skittered too deep under one of the appliances for her to reach. It always brought a smile to my face to see her lying on her side, one paw stretched under the fridge in an attempt to retrieve the escaped cap for one more go around.
She will be missed.
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Date: 2013-02-05 11:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-06 03:35 am (UTC)The paramour has hundreds of pictures of our cats and a while back zie went through the laborious process of tagging them all (digitally) with their names. So tonight we were able to look back through almost 400 pictures of Cal, from kittenhood on up. Such a sweet and playful cat she was.
I remember reading somewhere that homeless cats only survive, on average, for about three years. It makes me feel good that we were able to give Cal an extra eight happy, comfortable years.