D-Max...In Loving Memory


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"Thank you Bridge Brigade and Ms Maria for my beautiful picture on my Bridge Day..."

Home:York, PA  [I have a diary!]  
Sex: Male

A white rose for Mom on my 5 year Bridge Day

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"A white rose for Mom on my 5 year Bridge Day"

Watching over my family

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"Watching over my family"

My last good picture before I made the journey sitting in my box by the heat

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"My last good picture before I made the journey sitting in my box by the heat"

May 2004 after my owie was removed..I felt so much better

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"May 2004 after my owie was removed..I felt so much better"

With Mom at Christmas looking handsome

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"With Mom at Christmas looking handsome"

My first picture October 2000...I am such a little guy

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"My first picture October 2000...I am such a little guy"

Brothers Napping..we were supposed to grow old together...........

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"Brothers Napping..we were supposed to grow old together..........."

3 Hearts of Love for Mom..Thanks for helping me Ralphie

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"3 Hearts of Love for Mom..Thanks for helping me Ralphie"

The Meadow at Rainbow

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"The Meadow at Rainbow's Bridge"

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Arrival Story:
I would like to share D-Max's story...One of courage and a will to live...While driving to meet our new baby we discussed what we would name him...Many names came up but not just the right name...My daughter asked the question what is black in photography (my husband is a dark room guy)...Pure black is D-Max short for Density Maximum...Thus the name D-Max... D-Max came into our lives as a scared 3 month old kitten in October of 2000, but instantly became the King of our house... Three months later his brother and littermate Midnight joined our family. They became best buddies, playing, grooming each other, and cuddling... There was never a doubt that D-Max was the Top Cat and Midnight was happy being the Captain... When D-Max was a kitten he developed a terrible wheeze which was diagnosed first as allergies and then eventually feline asthma. He started getting depo shots to help with his wheezing...As they became needed more frequently we decided to do something about the whole cat and not the symptoms and in December 2002 he began acupuncture treatments...It worked and he was a happier more active cat getting treatments about every 6 weeks rather than getting the shot...He knew when we went to Dr Steve that he was going to feel better and just purred while the needles were doing their thing... Then in February 2004 our world fell apart as he developed a detached retina in his left eye...He was just 3.5 years old. After consulting with a veterinary ophthalmologist, and doing blood work he was diagnosed with FIP...We had no idea just what this was and what a terrible disease it was... He was instantly put on prednisone and antibiotics... We decided we were going to be proactive in his treatment... His diet was tweaked and he began treatment homeopathically...His appetite improved and he felt better...I discovered homeopathy too late to save him but it did give him a much better quality of life for his last year... By May 2004 his eye had gone blind and developed glaucoma... The only option was to surgically remove the infected eye...The eye had a necropsy done at Cornell and came back positive for the FIP corona virus...By the day after surgery my old D-Max was back and pain free once again...The owie was removed and life was good...He became my one-eyed wonder living a completely normal happy life, playing and climbing to sleep on his favorite spot on top of my monitor...We celebrated his 4th birthday on July 25th 2004... During the holidays his other eye began developing ominous symptoms and he began to go blind in that eye...Life became less fun, he slept more and ate less...We watched him gradually wasting away...After a week of force feeding him and sub-q fluids we helped our D-Max pass to the bridge...It was the hardest decision we ever had to make but it was the only one... On that last morning Midnight just sat there and stared at him for the longest time as if he understood more than perhaps we did what was happening... D-Max will always be my little hero...He fought so hard to live but in the end the FIP was just too much. His wooden box sits beside me and I talk to him every day..

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From the Meadow to Mom


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January 18th 2010 8:32 pm
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Dear Mom....

5 years ago tonight I was on the floor on my heated pad...Mom you were holding me and talking to me..I looked in your eyes and told you Mom it is time for me to make the journey..We have shared a good life and it is time for me to move on...Our time together was short...4.5 years but in that time we shared a very special bond that we still share...

I have been here in the meadow for 5 years...I know it does not seem possible but it is..Mom do not cry for me...Celebrate my life...I will never leave you..I am with you always...Remember the fun times we had together..How I was the king of the house....How I would fall asleep on your legs and they would fall asleep and you would not make me move ....How I helped Midnight feel comfortable when he joined our family...He loves you and I come to visit him to make sure he is ok..

Remember how I liked to play with my weird guy....I know you still have him in your memory box...Remember how Midnight and I would play chase in the middle of the night up and down the stairs...and How we would sleep together in the window seat...This is how I want you to remember me..not as I was those last days..You did everything you could to save me but the FIP was just too much for my little body..

I know you moved to a new house..I have moved with you..Our old house was only a building...I live in your heart not in a building..I was with you tonight as you lit your candles and talked to me...My box sits beside your computer just like it always has and I watch over you and Pops and Midnight...

I love you Mom and I know you love me..Please do not cry..smile as you remember me tomorrow...As my dear friend Ralphie says..Every Day is a gift...I love you always and forever..D-Max


Dear D-Max...

5 years ago...It seems like yesterday but yet it is such a long time ago...Longer than you were with me...The pain has eased but there is still that empty spot in my heart that no one else can fill..when you left you took a piece of my heart...Hold onto it..It is yours to keep and remember me..I did everything I could to save you with the knowledge I had at the time...You have taught me so much and given me so much....Without you I would not be the person I am now....I am forever grateful that you chose me to love and allowed me to be your Mom...I will never stop loving you...Tomorrow as I light your candle I will send you my love and at the same time I am going to bury my grief deeper in my heart where it will remain and I will remember you with love and smiles...I love you always and forever..Mom,

My Dear Brother...

I am sitting here with Mom in our new house...I am so happy that you came to visit me the other night...It was fun running around in the hallway and chasing each other through my cubes just like we used to chase each other up and down the stairs at our old house...I miss you but I know you come to visit me and I hope that the next time you come you remember to hop up on the bed with Mom before you go back up the rainbow slide...I miss you and I am forever grateful that you showed me how to love Mom and Pops..I am still a scaredy cat sometimes but I know that you are watching over me and still helping me....We were supposed to grow old together..I love you always and forever..Medianoche The Pukemeister


I visited Midnight


January 6th 2010 7:09 pm
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On Sunday night Mom and Midnight were in bed and she had to get up to use the litter box and went back to bed...when she got up it disturbed him of course and he went out in the kitchen to see what was out there and of course it was me..We sat and stared at each other and communicated in our special way for a long time...

He has cubes that sit in the dining room right outside the bedroom door for him to walk through every night before he goes to bed...Mom called him back to bed but we started to run through his cubes and run out into the kitchen back and forth a couple of times making lots of noise like we used to at the old house running up and down the stairs..Then we went into the bedroom and he sat on the top of his scratching post that sits at the foot of Mom's bed and just stared at her and watched me fly back He meowed see you later and then he hopped into bed and tucked in ready to sleep..They went right to sleep after that...

I did not go to see Mom I went to see Midnight...Poor Mom felt bad that I did not hop on bed with her but she knows that it was me chasing Midnight around her new house...She felt better knowing that I had found my way "home"....


A New Year Memory


December 31st 2009 7:51 pm
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Mom I See you are remembering New Years Eve 5 years ago..You and Pops were in South Carolina for the wedding and Midnight and I were home alone with Ms Chris coming in to feed us and play with us...

I was very sick and you knew it and did not want to leave me alone but you went anyway and I know how worried you were about me...Midnight protected me...

The day after you got home I tried to help you put the decorations away but I was so weak it was hard for me and you realized that the FIP was winning and you were not going to be able to save me another time..You made it possible for me to have an extra 8 months with you when you took away my owie eye but now my other eye was starting to go blind and my body was getting so very tired....

I see you staring at the tree..My ornament is in front of you as you remember Christmas past when I was healthy and Midnight and I opened our pressies and played with our toys and chased each other up and down the stairs...

You moved to a new house this year...I moved with you..Midnight knows I moved with you..He and I will always share that special connection...

Mom please remember the early years and the many happy times we shared...Do not feel sad..

You did everything in your power to save me and gave me the best life any cat could ever want....Dry those tears and snuggle with Midnight....I know how hard it was for you when he came to our family and he had problems adjusting but he loves you very much in his own way..

Please do not try to make him into me..He is unique in his special way just like I am unique in,my special way....We each own a different place in your heart....We were supposed to grow old together but it did not happen..We are still together always and forever brothers and best friends....


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