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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.

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Date: 2013-02-05 11:14 pm (UTC)
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My sympathies on your loss. Yes it might have been expected [sort of] and yes it was the right thing to do. But it still hits like a baseball bat to the gut. It'll hurt like hell, but eventually it hurts less and the good memories will still bring a smile.

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