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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 11/3/2016: the last picture of Taco
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 06:32:04 +0530
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Sorry to hear about that, I can imagine the pain the family must be going 
through.
Jayanand

Sent from my iPad

> On 12-Mar-2016, at 17:43, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> 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
> Alicante, Spain
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