I Miss You Both So Much!

I am so terribly sad. My precious Mousie and John's adored Kitty have both gone to the Rainbow Bridge within days of each other. Mousie on September 4th and Kitty, just this past Saturday (the 13th)....so this blog is no longer "5 and Counting", sadly it is "3 and Counting."

Mouse has been with me through thick and thin for almost 17 long years. I could always count on him to be there for me when no one else was. He has comforted me through the good times and the bad with a soft paw and his incredibly loud purrs. He had this cute way of jumping in my lap and "bumping" my head as if to say "I love you, Mommy!" The past year has been so hard watching him waste away to nothing and knowing that sometimes he did not even seem to recognize me. It just got to the point that I could not stand to see him jump at his shadow anymore. He was almost blind and could not get comfortable enough to sleep more than a few minutes at a time. So....I made the very hard decision to let go and have him put to sleep. John was so sweet....he took Mouse for me as I would have never been able to do this myself. I feel it was the right thing to do as he just didn't seem to be my Mousie any more. Sleep well my baby and I hope one day to see you again. I love you with all my heart and will never forget you.

Kitty had been with John almost 3 years prior to my meeting him in 2000, and since that time she had taken over a large chunk of my heart also. Kitty was a very large girl, but her heart was equally huge. She loved John with an almost human love and was very jealous over him. She had only in the past couple of years grown to love me almost as much as him. It would be funny sometimes just to see how possessive of John she was....she always had to be touching him with a paw if he were around. Even the tiniest kiss from me would cause her to scurry over to him as quickly as possible and "lay on the paw" as is to say, "he's mine". LOL! John had been through some rough spots prior to our meeting and he always credits Kitty with saving him in those trying times. She was his anchor and loved him adoringly 'til the end. Her death is a double whammy coming so close to Mousie's departure. She had always snored a lot when she slept so when we noticed she seemed to be snoring louder, we really just chalked it up to a head cold until the day I saw this tiny drop of blood on the bed where she had been laying. We immediately took her to the vet and began treating her with 2 very strong antibiotics in hopes that it was just a sinus infection, however the vet had been very forthright with us, telling us that he believed it to be more serious (cancer). She seemed to get better while on her meds but within a day of completing her meds, she was back to sounding like she could barely breathe through her nose and would not eat or drink (not eating was a big issue for Kitty....eating was her most favorite thing next to John). She even started hiding in the cabinet on Friday night so we figured she was trying to find a private place to die. John could not bear to see her like this and the vet had told us there was pretty much nothing we could do. On Saturday morning and not wanting her to suffer all weekend I hurriedly called the vet and they said to bring her. John had taken Mouse to be put to sleep for me and I felt I needed to return the favor for him. John's birthday is today, I would have hated for these two days to be forever linked. So in less than 2 weeks both of our precious angels are gone. I hope one day to see you again Kitty and as sad as I am about Mousie's passing, at least you two can be together again while you wait for us.

The top layout contains a frame cluster by one of Susan Darter's (Rasberry Road Designs) CT, Ellen. It is from Susan's kit,
Paris Nights. Please see the link to her blog in my sidebar. She does beautiful work! The paper was by me.