Today we stayed home. Meowie is definitively on her way to the rainbow bridge and none of us really felt like going to the movies and then coming home to find her gone. So we've lit some candles, wrapped her in a soft blanket and are just spending time waiting for her to pass quietly.
If some of you question that choice rather then rush off to the vet to euthanize her, let me assure you she is in no apparent pain and is sleeping. She is just very old. I have made that choice for too many of my pets, and it is never an easy one. Those of you who have been "with me" through the FIP ordeal know only too well I have seen enough to last me forever.
When Brian was younger, and our first cat died, he decided we would wrap her like a mummy and place her favorite things in a box with her. Stephanie likes to plant bleeding hearts around in memory of a passed favorite pet.
I think with Meowie, a simple grave in the woods with a chicken leg would make her spirit happy.
I trapped Meowie a few days before she gave birth to 4 kittens about 16+ years ago. She was part of a feral cat colony that lived behind the Kentucky fried chicken in Flemington. She never tamed, not in all those years she's lived with us, but she was happy, she'd eat in the kitchen with us, sleep on the end of the bed, but never was there ever touching allowed. But unlike some feral, she was always happy inside. When we moved, it was quite a chore to get her into a carrier...but that is another story.
Brian worked on the laptop some more installing a few more older games to play in Hershey, and trying out a few more to see if they would run. Transferring some files from his computer as well. Since I doubt we will have internet access at the hospital, he's frustrated and a little cranky about his gaming limitations. For those of you who don't know, Brian deal with a great deal of things through video game transference. Unlike his father, he has really no temper, in fact tends towards passive aggression and the video game thing works for him.
Scott's sister Donna and her husband have planned a fund raiser for Brian
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=125387870804962
and we want to thank her for all her support and efforts on Brian's behalf. It's really a terrific thing she's planning.
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