Hector's Last Photos

I couldn't post things here like I wanted to, it wouldn't allow me to post HTML, so I created a journal at Live Journal to make the post.

Please copy paste the URL below into a web browser to see Hector's last Pictures.

http://kittyatpeace.livejournal.com

Thanks for being such great friends over the years.

Gone to the great beyond...

My friends, Hector passed on around 7:30 p.m. tonight, I had to make the decision to put him down. He wouldn't eat despite my best efforts to entice him, he has been wasting away slowly the last year and rapidly over the last 3 days, his breathing was labored and when I got home today he wouldn't move from his spot in the window. I picked him up and gave him some love and attention but he wasn't into it. I took him to the kitchen and tried to feed him but he didn't want it, and he walked very stiffly back to his sunny spot in the window. I gave him more love and took last photos of him, he looked like he felt miserable. I couldn't stand to see him like that, so bony, breathing hard, he looked ready.

I held him in my arms and stroked his head with my fingers as he was administered the barbiturate to put him to sleep. He collapsed in 2 seconds and was gone in 5. The doctor left the room and I cradled him in my arms and I told him I love him.

I will bury him this week.

I love you Hector, you were full of personality and the best, most smart cat I ever had.

Getting old

I have very sad news friends, Hector lately has been very ill and decrepit and his condition is worsening. He's thin, will barely eat, has trouble using the litter box [ #2 ] and he looks miserable. Lately I've had to do things for him like wipe him after he gets out of the box, and he has been vomiting on an empty stomach. I have been struggling with the thought to have him euthanize. Up until this last week he has had energy and life in him, and now I can see his body failing him, and I've been playing the watch and wait game. I don't want to put him down, but I can't stand to see him miserable too. I'm still waiting for signs that it is time... he still has enough energy to love, and I give him as much attention as I can.

~Owner in distress