Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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