Jessica Wandering

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I’m going to miss my cat

This is Amelia. I adopted her when she was five, not long after my divorce. She’s 11 years old.
She is a healthy, round, satisfying cat of 10.5-11 pounds. She has to wear a bell or she will bring you birds and mice and rats as presents.
This is Noodles. She is 20 and counting. She likes heating pads and cuddles and we have to bribe her to eat so she stays above 6 pounds. She has kidney failure, high blood pressure, and is hypothyroid and takes medicine every day.
They have learned to tolerate each other. But they don’t really like each other. So when we were going to travel, we thought both in the car would be too much.
My sister loves cats. But she hasn’t had one as an adult. She was up for trying it out temporarily, which was a wonderful mutually beneficial arrangement.
We had her checked by the vet so she could fly and I spent about a week there helping her feel comfortable. I knew Jenny would take great care of her and I promised her she would have her golden years as the only cat in our home once Noodles passed.
And then the right side of her jaw swelled up. Jenny took her to the vet and got antibiotics and found she had lost weight.
The vet visit was on the anniversary of my moms death. Zarah and Jen took me for drinks and we toasted Amelia hoped for an abscessed tooth and not cancer.
But the follow-up vet visit found aggressive jaw cancer.
My sweet kitty died 3 days later.
Zarah and I have started putting a leg high in the air to commemorate her “chicken leg” when she would groom. This is the even more ridiculous “double chicken leg.”
She will be missed for her cuddles and her antics. Another reminder to live our precious lives while we have them.

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4 responses to “I’m going to miss my cat”

  1. Vfelton Avatar
    Vfelton

    Oh Jessica, so sorry to hear this. We lost our cat Millie to the same disease. So hard to say goodbye. Blessings to you.

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    1. jessicaeastre Avatar
      jessicaeastre

      Thanks Virginia. Oh I’m sorry to hear that. It was so weirdly quick, but likely painful.

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  2. jenniferlblackburn Avatar
    jenniferlblackburn

    She was such a good kitty. I’m so sad for you.

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  3. kushneza Avatar
    kushneza

    I’m so sorry and sad we lost her. I really wanted her to have her promised years of Noodles free living. I just can’t believe Noodles the Immortal One best all the others.

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