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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 11/3/2016: the last picture of Taco
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:09:02 -0500
References: <50344EB4-0804-4608-BF01-FD97E48A8E6A@frozenlight.eu>

Crying for Taco here this morning, but I'm glad he's not in pain.

Tina

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 7:13 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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...
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> 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.
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> Before starting the procedure, I asked Isabel to pose for me so I could
> get one last picture of Taco:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-k2jh98c/A
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> RIP, Taco Cat Wajsman. Born in Brussels 14 February 2000, died in Alicante
> 11 March 2016.
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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