My Animal Spirit Guide Crossed The Rainbow Bridge
June 14, 2019
At the vet, saying farewell: we had a long talk and she never let go of my arm; she never stopped purring.
It was time. It was enough. More than enough.
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June 15, 2019
Today is still Caturday.
I read through comment after comment on my posts. (on Facebook)
Then I re-read them.
Then again.
I left everyone a heart though I wanted to leave words but I was overwhelmed.
I am OK and then I am not, but that is the way we deal with loss, that back and forth and up and down.
The people who “get it,” and who understand that bonds with animals are as close as the bonds we have with people, are very, very special and I thank you, guys: You people from my childhood, from all my schools and neighborhoods, and groups and work and family and other friends who are with me here. I thank you. It helped, it really did, and it shows you how many people were intrigued by a little animal who came to the door with her babies, to guide me when I was recovering from my own health issue.
“What goes around comes around,” my friend, Anne says. It’s very true.
I woke up this morning and there was no cat to feed or to try to feed, no medicines to administer. I had no fear that Mellie wouldn’t eat the food with the Prednisone ground up in it. I didn’t have to put the transdermal thyroid ointment in her ear.
There was no horrifying screaming gagging after she ate baby food. There was no food to warm up in the microwave for 5 seconds and no warm chicken broth.
My chronic heart palpitations calmed down. I felt relief, but with that relief is the big trade-off. REALITY.
The cancer got her and was spreading in her head. It was obvious, I knew it with everyone of my senses as I observed her senses fail, one by one. And then she only had one functioning eye. It goes quickly through a little body. it got her.
📌But, here is the mystery: Mellie was the second kitty to be put down yesterday from thyroid cancer. A vet tech is recovering from thyroid cancer. My friend Jeri is recovering from thyroid cancer. Oh, and Nan, too! Mellie’s cancer was very rare, one of two reported. Cats are known to be the bell-weathers of human health.
Something is going on in the environment. SOMETHING is going on. The veterinarians know it. They are overwhelmed with cancer patients at The Animal Medical Center in Manhattan.
I hope someone figures this out, fast. Please. Someone.
And thank you agin, to EVERYONE. I hold your loving comments with me, and I know several of my friends lost kitties in the last couple of months and to them I share the support. ❤️❤️🐱❤️
I can feel your tremendous sense of loss and grieving. In varying degrees of feeling we are all going through the loss of sweet, beautiful Mellie.
You have precious memories of her to treasure. Thank you for sharing them with all of us!
Love and hugs….. I know exactly how it feels to lose a cat, I’m still missing mine.
I am so sorry.
(((Hugs)))
Sorry about my typo. I obviously meant to say thyroid.
Sue, I’m so sorry that you had to say goodbye to Caramel. As I sit here recovering from my own thyroid surgery, your post was very intriguing.
I’m totally at a loss for words, but please know that I understand what a loss this was for you. At least you can know, in your heart, that you did everything to ease her way across that rainbow bridge.