Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry Nathan for your loss. It is felt by all of us who have a love for a family pet member. Ted is so right in what he wrote Keep good memories of your beloved dog. Scott > On Oct 31, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Ted Grant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Nathan mon ami, > Having had the pleasure over the years of enjoying your many photos of > Cheeta I also sat here and shed tears at your post of her passing. > In our family it was always cats. I even had the strange experience back > in the Ottawa days when a pregnant female cat was lying in my lap one > evening when she made some very strange sounds moved around kind of > strange like and began delivering her litter in my lap. > We knew she was close "HOWEVER?" not this close? I had a big blanket under > her anyway so I immediately put her into her big box where over the next > while she delivered 5 little ones! > So over night we went from 3 adult cats to 8. > And we grew up with the little ones as they did with us. As they became > older and began chasing around in big circles through the lower level of > the house it was amazing watching them grow. Eventually we gave them to > friend families living by around the neighbourhood. > As they were learning to acclimatize to their new digs, often those living > nearby would turn up at our back door. I would have to take them back to > the new digs quite often. An emotional bit of experience each time. > When we moved to the west coast of CANADA Irene and I drove our cars and 5 > cats were flown out as soon as we were settled in our new home. > But pets aren't strangers...THEY ARE PART OF YOUR FAMILY! And what happens > to them is felt by the whole family and at times? That can be as sorrowful > as losing a human being of the family. > In time another pet will sort of replace Cheeta, but never replace the > feelings one had! > cheers, > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman > Sent: October-30-17 11:24 PM > To: Leica Users Group; Olympus Camera Discussion > Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 30/10/2017: goodbye to Cheeta > > Many of you have already seen this on Facebook, but for the rest of the > list: > > Yesterday we lost our beloved doggie Cheeta, our companion for more than > 16 years. Here are two images from the beginning and end of her life. > > This one was taken in October 2001 in our house in Zurich. My wife has > just given 5-month old Cheeta a bath and is now drying her with a thick > towel: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-r4Fc4gw/A > > Cheeta has been declining for the past couple of months?we all get older, > after all. But the decline accelerated in the past two weeks, to the point > where Cheeta stopped eating and was not moving around a lot, although > there were occasional flashes of activity. So on Saturday morning our vet > for the past 10 years, Isabel, did a blood test and a sonogram. The > sonogram showed a tumor on her liver, but what was causing her symptoms > was that her kidneys were no longer functioning?the same illness that > killed our kitty a last year. Here, Isabel is extracting the blood sample: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-D7WL7pD/A > Cheeta hung on for the weekend, but yesterday it was time. I left work > early, picked up Monica at the university, and the three of us went to the > vet together to accompany Cheeta on her final journey. > > This morning, for the first time since 2000, I woke up in a house without > pets. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information