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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 11/3/2016: the last picture of Taco
From: leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 19:23:26 -0800
References: <50344EB4-0804-4608-BF01-FD97E48A8E6A@frozenlight.eu>

Sorry for your families loss, glad you were able to be with him at the end.

Jay

On 3/12/2016 4:13 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Our beloved kitty Taco is not with us anymore. This week he stopped eating 
> and was basically just sleeping all the time, or sitting under the table. 
> I took him to the vet Thursday afternoon. She examined him and gave him an 
> anti-inflammatory injection in case it was just some garden variety 
> illness. But he deteriorated further yesterday, and so at 5 p.m. I took 
> him back to the vet for a blood test. About 1 1/2 hour later the verdict 
> came. Taco?s kidneys were failing completely and he had only days to live. 
> There was really only one possible decision, but I could not make it on my 
> own. My wife is in Colorado visiting our son, and my daughter is in 
> Cardiff, so after a conference call during which the family decided, I 
> called the vet and said that I was coming with Taco. Just before leaving 
> home, I made a quick video of Taco with my phone?Monica wanted to see her 
> kitty alive one last time...
>
> Isabel has been our vet ever since we moved to this neighbourhood 8 years 
> ago, and she handled everything with utmost compassion and care. Taco went 
> to kitty heaven peacefully, with no pain, and with my hand gently 
> caressing his soft fur throughout.
>
> Before starting the procedure, I asked Isabel to pose for me so I could 
> get one last picture of Taco:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-k2jh98c/A
>
> RIP, Taco Cat Wajsman. Born in Brussels 14 February 2000, died in Alicante 
> 11 March 2016.
>
>
> Nathan Wajsman


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