Re: Ten days
- From: "Irulan" <lrulan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:10:58 -0500
You made the right decision. It will take a little bit of time, then all you
will remember are the good times.
Lily & her mama
--
Irulan
from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time
"Marina" <frankiennikki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It's been ten days since Frank made his final journey, but it feels like
> an eternity. I can't believe it hasn't been longer.
>
> He's still the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last
> before I go to sleep. In bed is where I notice his absence the most. He
> didn't participate a lot in our everyday life otherwise. These last few
> years he spent mostly in bed, sleeping, with a trip to the food bowls and
> the litter box now and then.
>
> But when I go to bed, that is when it really hits me - there is no Frank.
> He always used to come to bed when he saw me going, even if he'd been
> sleeping in the sauna. Inside a minute, he would appear at the foot of the
> bed, jump up, and walk alongside me, looking me in the eye all the way,
> then curling around my head or on the pillow next to mine, and purring his
> furry little head off. He did this on our last night together, and he did
> this a few hours before the vet came, when we took a nap. I really
> considered cancelling the vet'¨s visit then, but then I forced myself to
> think of all the weight he had lost in such a short time, and that his
> body just wasn't absorbing any nutrients any longer. I know it was time, I
> did the right thing, and might even have done it a little bit too late,
> but I'm happy to think of that last nap when he lay purring by my head.
>
> Thinking selfishly, it's a relief not to have to force the medicine down
> his throat twice a day any more, or drag him to the vet's for poking and
> needles. And it's a relief no to have to be sick with worry All.Tthe.
> Time. This autumn has passed in a daze of continuous worry that made me
> feel sick every day. I won't lie, it's a relief not to have wonder all the
> time if Frank is in pain or not.
>
> Miranda seems to have recovered and be back to her old self. Caliban has
> been an absolute sweetheart all the time (with bouts of maddening
> hoolikittenism, of course). He's such a clown and makes me laugh all the
> time with his antics, or with his cuteness.
>
> All in all, we're taking one step at a time, one day at a time. And I
> wanted to thank you all for your kind messages, e-mails, flowers and
> cards. They've all helped me a lot and comforted me.
>
> --
> Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
> marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
> Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
> Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
> and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki
.
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