Mini

[dinahsmum]

15.9.1990 - 16.1.2007
:cry:

The vet was suprised at how much she had gone downhill since he saw her 10 days ago. He said he thought she probably had a lymphoma, with masses in her abdomen and pulmonary cavity - hence the difficulty in breathing. Her veins were collapsed and it wasn't easy to administer the fatal dose. But - all over now, no more discomfort for her, no more worry for me.

Here's an early picture (don't have any kitten ones, maybe Katie has)
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and here she is, getting a bit of sun, this Sunday



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ah - 16 years. The house will not be the same :(

[Fran]

Oh Hilary, I am so very sorry :(


RIP min x

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[alexgirl73]

Oh Hilary, I am so sorry!

RIP little Min xx

[yola]

Oh no . . . Hilary; I'm so very sorry. :cry:

[Luke]

Ah....Hilary i'm so very sorry, she was such a beutiful girl..:cry::cry::cry::cry:

[Hreow]

<<<<<<<hug>>>>>>>>

[charliebubs]

I'm so sorry to hear that DM.

RIP Mini - play hard on the bridge hun.

Lots of hugs coming your way
((((()))))
xx

[Mags]

I am so, so sorry to hear this Hilary :cry:

Thinking of you and sending you (((((big hugs)))))

RIP dear Mini xxx

[Luke]

She looked so regal, beutiful and dignified right too the end..such a sad loss

[Mags]

You have been left with such beautiful memories of her Hilary and you saved the kindest gift til last......

[alexgirl73]

A beautiful lady who has given you 16 years of happiness and love. Enjoy those memories xxxx

[charliebubs]

She is gorgeous. 16 years is a very good innings.

Sorry for your loss.
xx

[yola]

She was a beauty. And has left you with memories to treasure. Did you have any inckling that she was in such a bad way??

I hope your two little scamps don't pine too much for her. :?


Edit to say, is your OH at home with you? I hope so - not nice to be alone at such a time.

[Donna]

So sorry x

[dinahsmum]

Thank you everyone.
Yes Yola - My OH is here, and has a day off, so that was a bonus for me.
I knew 'something was wrong' when I took Min about 10 days ago. However, her kidney tests came back 100%. I told the vet I still thought there was something and he said they could run all sorts of tests but it wouldn't be easy as all we had to go on was that she was 'not very well'. So we agreed that she would come home and be watched. Maybe it might have been 'just a virus'. She was better for a few days, then her appetite almost vanished. Last weekend she started looking breathless and last night, after coming upstairs, she virtually collapsed flat, mouth open, sucking air. She recovered and we (eventually) went to sleep. I wouldn't have been surprised to find her dead this morning. She was still having difficulty breathing - her chest was moving hugely as she breathed. The vet said he thought he could feel a mass in her belly and the breathlessness (in the absence of heart problems) pointed to an additional mass in/near her her lungs/lung cavity. The likelyhood was a lymphoma, in several sites through her body. He said we could use steroids to (maybe) give her 'a few more weeks' but there didn't seem much point in that.
I thanked him for managing her so well through her kidney disease and he thanked me for doing the best for my cat. Must be a sh*tty part of being a vet, even though you know you are doing the right thing for the animal. Still doesn't help you with the wreck of a human in the consulting room.
So, that was that. The empty carrier to bring home again. I am OK. Sad and relieved.

[smudgley]

It's never easy is it?
Thoughts are with you from the Smudgley house

[Moli]

So sorry to hear about Mini, Thoughts and Hugs with you at this sad time..... xx

RunFree little girl..... xx

[Luke]

Hilary you did such a brave act of kindness, one not many can do yet are 'forced' to, as it were.
She was such a lovely 'old bird' and you have more memories than most:)

[Lenore]

I'm so sorry. RIP Mini xXx

[EmmaG]

aww petal I am so so sorry :( It can be so hard to let them go ......

She was such a beauty....RIP sweet Mini

[Kim]

Oh Hilary, I am so very sorry. (((hugs))) It is never easy is it?

I can understand your emotions, sad, yet in a way relieved. You know she had a great life with you and you let her go with dignity and spared her further suffering, I'm sure she would thank you for that. :(

[Kazz]

Good Lord been elsewhere today yet at home. I am sorry Hilary, yet like you relieved she is not suffering. It is sad but also a relief isn't it.

So very sorry - so very sorry.

Karen

[borderdawn]

Im really sorry to hear this, such a wonderful old girl.
Dawn.

[tilly]

Sorry to hear of your loss she looks gorgeous.
Sally

[Sweet]

I am sorry to be reading this Hilary, you all have great memories to hold on too.

R.I.P. Min x

[Elaine]

I am so very sorry Hilary, sending you a big hug and loving thoughts at this very sad time. xxx
R.I.P. Min, you are a brave and beautifull girl, you were soooo loved and will be greatly missed. Sleep well babes. xxx

[Snoof]

RIP Mini. Here's to a life well lived, in love and kindness and with the best set of people one could imagine...

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[whiskey]

RIP Mini i am so sorry to here about your loss:( she looked a beautiful lady

[Het]

So sorry to read this, she was such a gracious looking girl and it doesn't matter what age...it is still such a shock to have to say goodbye. I've done it 3 times in the last year with William being a real shock, all you can do is treasure those you have left and appreciate every minute with them.
Sleep tight Min xx

[dandysmom]

So very sorry for your loss, Hilary; it's never easy. Cherish the memories.... RIP, little Mini......

[dinahsmum]

Thank you for your kind thoughts everyone. You're right; I have lots of good memories.

[kado]

She was a beauty. Im so sorry

Jane kado guinness kay simon

[Jac]

Just found this. I'm so sorry. Hugs and thoughts ((((((())))))
RIP wee one

[dinahsmum]

It's a year today since Mini died.
In some ways it feels very recent but mostly it feels like it was absolutely ages ago and memories of her - though many and very vivid - feel as if she was a part of our life from a long way back.
Funny how our perception of time runs, isn't it?
Anyway, I'll have warm memories of my old lady today.

[Fran]

Thinking of you today DM x

[yola]

Nice to remember a much-loved, but a sad anniversary nevertheless.

[Mags]

I hope today will be filled with lovely memories of Mini, DM ............ maybe tinged with just a little sadness...

[Erin]

thinking of you today DM xx

[random]

Thinking of you. x

[Grete]

*hugs* DM, hope today is as good as it can be for you.

[dandysmom]

"Not forgotten"..and never will be. Thinking of you. DM. (((hugs)))

[babycakes]

Thinking of you today X Look after yourself X

[alexgirl73]

I'm sure you'll have a wee smile on your face when you think of her DM. still missed x

[Kim]

Thinking of you DM, It is never easy.

[Kazz]

Doesn't seem like a year to me either Hilary. This time last year I posted on this thread and I had Cleo asleep on my lap, doesn't seemlike a second let alone a year. But in otherways it seems like a lifetime ago.

Take care Karen

[babycakes]

To all those who are missing their furbabies right now X


"In The Candle's Glow"

Warm light coming from far below
Twinkling, sparkling is the candle's glow
All is well up on the ridge
The place we know as Rainbow Bridge

Loved ones sleeping in heaven's light
Tended by candles in the night
Peaceful dreams be theirs to keep
As they slumber in this night so deep

Hearts on earth that miss them so
Take comfort in the candle's glow
Watching for them in skies above
We are bound eternally by love
Author Unknown

[Tom_J]

Thinking of you DM