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Leave a treat for Mikey (In Loving Memory - RB)
Nicknames:
Mikey, Michaelangelo
Pet-Peeves:
Believe it or not, he didn't like male humans very much at all...guess that came from living with 2 female humans!
Favorite Toy:
Any scrap or wadded up piece of paper - he would be happy playing with that for hours!
Favorite Nap Spot:
He loved to nap in my mom's lap.. :)
Favorite Food:
Tuna, but he mostly ate Special Diet dry food per recommendation of his vet, but every now and then he would be spoiled with some table scraps here and there....
Skills:
He somehow was always able to jump up to the very top of our kitchen cabinets...
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story:
I was in high school and had been wanting a kitten for years. My friend worked part-time in a small local pet shop after school. When I saw Mikey, he was scrawny and kinda smelly and full of fleas (he shared a cage with several other kittens that much less than properly cared for - needless to say, the pet shop hasn't been in business for sometime now) so I picked him. When we took him to the vet for the first time and he saw his condition, he was sure he wasn't going to make it. Mikey proved him VERY wrong! :) Oh, as for his name...no I didn't name him after Michaelangelo, the artist...I named him after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle because of the personality similarities...LOL!
Bio:
Mikey crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge just about a year ago. I had moved out of my mom's to live with my present husband, and though he seemed to be aging rapidly he was still the bestest friend and companion to my mom that anyone could ever hope for. He was there for her and comforted her through 2 major surgeries until my husband and I moved her out in October of 2003 and temporarily in with us. We were unable to have cats where we were living so my husband's one sister (who loves cats and has MANY of them, indoors and out) took him. It was right after my mom moved out that his health rapidly went downhill. My sister-in-law called within 2 days of taking him to tell me she had to take him to the vet he was doing so poorly. The next day the vet called me and told me the horrible news - Mikey had a HUGE tumor in his abdomen and surgery was VERY risky and not at all guaranteed to be successful. I had to go see him, and upon seeing how much he was hurting and suffering, I made the hardest decision I've ever had to do...
I was there with him when they euthanized him. I stroked and pet him, talking to him, in tears, telling him I was so sorry, so sorry that he hurt so bad, so sorry that I didn't know he had been sick for so long and so sorry that I couldn't save him. Words cannot express how I felt when I saw and felt him leave me and this world behind, yet I knew deep down that he was at a much better place, free from pain and suffering, with all of his new feline friends at the Rainbow Bridge...
To this day, I believe that although he was sick, Mikey was my mom's guardian angel, and stayed with her and watched over her until he knew she was allright and it was okay to let go, and I know she and I will never forget him and what he meant to us and did for us. He was more than a pet - he was a friend, a companion, and a confidante...one who my mom and I shared our deepest thoughts and feelings with, and one who helped us feel safe when we were alone. We miss you, Mikey! Cowabunga, dude! :*)
I also owe a lot to my sister-in-law for being so generous and willing to take Mikey into her care on such short notice...I know she felt really bad about what all happened though it was not at all her fault, and I am just forever grateful to her for taking care of him in the short time she had him as well as she did. Thank you!! :*)
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I've Been On Catster Since:
| August 19th 2004 |
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More than 7 years! |
Rosette, Star and Special Gift History
Catster Id:
63672
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November 22nd 2004 6:40 pm
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This is my first entry ever in any diary, let alone since being here at Rainbow Bridge. I know you, my mom who saved me from that "place" when I was a kitten, now have a new life and family with 2 other kittens, and I'm very happy for you :) I was just a little upset at first, thinking you would forget me, and how DARE you replace me, but even now as I look down on you typing this for me and honoring my memory with even a tiny piece of this "World Wide Web" thing, I see her crying, and every now and again you'll look up my way, saying "I miss you, Mikey"...well, mom, I miss you too...very much, but I am okay. I have made a lot of friends here, and I am happy and VERY healthy :) I can see you haven't forgotten me, and believe me, I haven't forgotten you either. I know that what you did for me in letting me go was hard, but thank you - you set me free from a LOT of pain and suffering. I don't know if you know this, but right after I passed on, I was still there with you in spirit, trying to comfort you and tell you I was okay. You did the right thing, and you don't know just how much it means to me that you were there for me the whole time.
You didn't know I was sick because I hid it. I was too busy taking care and reassuring my gramma, your mom, through her health problems. You and she both took care of me so well, I wanted to return the love and kindness somehow to you. I was sick for awhile, but that isn't your fault. I chose to stay. I chose to be your mom's guardian through her health trials. ;)
I do not blame you for anything. Nothing is your fault. It was my time to go, so please don't blame yourself. Whatever you may feel the need to be sorry for, I do forgive you. And I love you still very much, and always will. Please try not to be sad...I can see you crying again...I'm okay...really. I'm still here with you in spirit. I'm still your friend, your companion, your confidante, and you can always confide in me, even though I'm not there physically. I am doing very well here at Rainbow Bridge, so well in fact that I feel like a kitten again!! :)
Please don't worry yourself too much about me. I miss you and love you too. We will see each other and be together again some day - I promise! ;) But until then, please please keep taking care of and loving Hershey and Precious as well as you took care of me and loved me, and know that there are indeed "holes in the floor of heaven" and I'm watching over you... ;)
With meows and purrs and kittie kisses,
Mikey ;)
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