~Missy in April~

[helena]

I am sorry to hear about your kitty!! Big hugs for you sweetheart!!

[Laurie]

Missy,

I am so sorry and so sad for you right now. I wish I could be there with you to give you a big hug. :-( Laurie

[Laurie]

Here I am with tears in my eyes.... I feel so bad about your kitty. I have a very hard time accepting this with animals. It breaks my heart and I can't help thinking "why does it have to be like this??". I know that sounds immature, but it really bothers me. I love them so much.

[rsmithozark]

How is your kitty? I know my animals are like children to me. I have a mini daschund and a dalmatian. Interesting combo, huh?

[Missy]

Originally Posted by Laurie

Here I am with tears in my eyes.... I feel so bad about your kitty. I have a very hard time accepting this with animals. It breaks my heart and I can't help thinking "why does it have to be like this??". I know that sounds immature, but it really bothers me. I love them so much.

I feel terrible inside. I also feel like a reject and am afraid of what people will think of me if they see me. I am a wreck. I have been crying the last 2 days because all I can do is think of all the silly little things she did. She was also very affectionate. I just wish there was something I could have done to help her.

[somethingnew912]

I know how that is. I got my dog, her name was Sugar when I was 9 years old, I chose her as my Christmas present and she was completely mine. Then in January when I was at school, I called home and my dad told me that my mom had taken Sugar to the vet because she was really sick. I talked to my mom the next day and she said that Sugar was still at the vet and she was reallly sick and severely dehydrated. They ran tests for a couple of days but before they got the results back, I knew that I was going to go home and skip the rest of what at my school they call Jan-term (a little mini-mester) to see my dog. By the time I was packing my mom called and said that they found out that Sugar was having kidney failure. This was a complete shock because she had always seemed so healthy up until like 4 days before. I drove home and when I got there my mom had taken Sugar home because the vets pretty much said there was no hope. It was so hard to watch her. She was coughing up what looked like blood and she was so weak and she looked 5 years older than when I had left her a week before. I felt so powerless. I stayed up with her most of the night just watching her as she slowly moved around the room coughing up blood. The next day my mom called me from school where she teaches and told me that I could take Sugar in to a specialty vet to see if there was anything they could do (a kidney transplant or something). The only problem was we didnt have the money for it. By the time I finally decided to make the appointment anyway, it was around 2 p.m. I went to check on Sugar again and she was laying there, still breathing. I went to the bathroom and I came back and she wasnt breathing anymore. I felt so helpless and so bad for her that she had to die that way. I dont really know why I am telling this story, I am tearing up right now just thinking about it. I guess its sort of thereaputic to tell someone else who is hurting that it does get easier. My mom went through what you are going through, she questioned why we even get animals when they die and the pain hurts so bad (we have always had a lot of animals right now we have 3 dogs, 3 cats, and a bird). But yeah we went to the vet to have Sugar cremated and a lady saw me and my mom crying and she told my mom that her dog and husband had just died and that she too had questioned why she loved things so much just to have them die, but she said that the years (or months in your case) that you have with the animal (or person in her case) more than make up for it. You grieve for a few weeks, but you have memories forever.

[Missy]

I am missing my babygirl like crazy still.

Along with the death of my kitty, I have gotten a really bad cold. I can hardly breathe, my sinuses are real bad and I have a sore throat. Needless to say, I haven't been to the gym at all this week. I have been doing terrible with my eating...well by not eating.

My bf and I went for a 45 min walk last night. The weather was so nice out and we wanted to walk into the park where we buried our kitty.

[muppet]

I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. But these things take time. Don't feel silly or embarassed because you are emotional and sad. You lost something that you loved -- it's normal and natural.
Totally unrelated -- but I wanted to tell you I love the title of this thread -- sounds like it should be a song. 'Missy in April' Or maybe a movie!
Take care Missy.
Carol

[Missy]

I haven't gone to the gym at all this week...my cold is so bad now that I think I sound like a man *lol*...all I do is hack..yummy!

We were bad last night too..ordered a medium pizza and cheesy bread from Dominos...surprisingly the scale numbers didn't go up when I checked this morning.

I am going home to my parents place for Easter weekend. I am excited, I haven't been home in awhile. I had my parents up to my apartment last Sunday for my mom's birthday. I made her supper....but I haven't been back to my parents place in forever. I am looking forward to my moms dinner...but I know she'll have chocolate treats and everything else too *ACK*

I want to go for another walk tonight. It's sunny and beautiful out today...I'd like to walk by where my kitty is buried again. Plus since I haven't been getting to the gym..I need some kind of exercise.

Hope you all have a great Easter!!

[helena]

AWW you sound awful!! LOL.. well you would do if i could hear you!! lol..
Its better not to exercise when you have a cold!! when you get better i expect you will be back at the gym working out like a mad woman!! lol.!!

Once again i am so sorry to hear about your kitty, it is so horrible when a pet dies, my dog zeus is like a child to me!! I love him so much!!

Enjoy yourself at your parents house!! and have a fantastic Easter!!