Thread: I've had better days than today.

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I know that when one of us animal lovers posts about the passing of one of our beloved pets, those among us who don't feel the same way about animals as us think it is the dumbest thread they have ever seen. That's ok, I really don't care. Today we had to put the last of our old cats to sleep, and it is really tough.

Alto was her name, and she got that name because she was Dan's cat and he plays the alto sax. When she was a very small kitten she got out of his Girlfriends house and the neighborhood Tom cat beat her up terribly......it took $ 1,000 worth of stitches to close her up. Dan stayed in his room for one week solid and nursed her back to health, and she has been fine for the past 16 years, but time finally caught up with her this past week. She just got old, and her systems started shutting down.

Last January, when we moved, we could only take two cats into our new place, so we kept Chewy and Lucky, and my ex wife Nancy graciously took in Alto. The decision was made because Chewy and Lucky gave Alto no peace at all, always wanting to play, and she was older and just wanted left alone. Nancy was never a cat lover, but grew to love Alto. They would curl up on the couch and watch TV, and Alto always took over the pillow at night.

She has gotten increasingly frail and lethargic, and today Nancy and I took her to the vet. He confirmed it was just time to let her go, and the decision was made to do just that. The call to Dan was one of the hardest I have ever had to make, but I think he knew last night this would be the outcome. We went over and spent time with Alto and didn't say one word on the way home.

So, if you are a pet lover, you will understand how broken up we all are today. She was one of our original 4 cats. Sniffy, Scooter, and Sassy were the other 3 and they also are gone and were about 16-17 years old. Sassy was Don's cat, and I know he had the same terrible thing to go through a little while ago. Here is a picture of Alto sleeping with Lucky on happier days. She is the little multi colored one. RIP Alto.

Don