Cat profile for D-Max...In Loving Memory, a male Bombay

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"Watching a butterfly under the rainbow..Thank you Ms Maria"

Home:Millersville, PA

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Sex: Male

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"I am Mom's one eyed wonder but I now have 2 eyes of gold"

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"Surveying my World"

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"Me and Ralphie and Baggy in the pumpkin patch sharing favorite memories"

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

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"Me and my Brofur"

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"The Meadow at Rainbow's Bridge"

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"Thank you Ralphie's Mom for this pawsome picture of me under the rainbow..I Love you"

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"Magic Carpet Ride on the Rainbow"

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"My Brofur and I ..We were supposed to grow old together..."

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My One Eyed Wonder, Little Guy, String Bean

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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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One Eyed Wonder

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♫HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-OLE!♫ , AWA Country Club ... International HQ, Black Cat Irish Pub, Feliway� Felines, FIP Support, HAVE A HEART, Holistic wellness and natural health for dogs and cats., Rainbow Bridge Angel Babies, Tall Cat Tales, THE PAWSITIVE PAWSEE, THUNDERCATS*, We R Hats~ A Hat Club for Dogs and Cats, We're One-derful!, ^*^Over The Rainbow^*^

I've Been On Catster Since:

November 3rd 2007

More than 2 years!

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Catster Id:
657343

for 728 days

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The first time I met Mom and Pops

October 20th 2009 4:19 pm
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I have a story I want to share with you tonight..It is a happy story...9 years ago I was living with my Mommy cat, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins and a human Mommy...I was a happy little kitten just barely 3 months old..One Saturday morning my human Mommy came in and talked to me and told me that I was going to live with a new family and there would not be any other cats living with me....I was scared...

Meanwhile in PA that Saturday October 21, 2000 my new Mom and Pops and human sis were getting in their car for a 6.5 hour drive to come and meet me and take me home....They made it to my house and we were introduced and when asked what my name was I was told it was D-Max...That is a photography term meaning density maximum or pure black....I was put into a carrier and taken to their car and Pops sat in the back seat with me and held my paw for most of the 6.5 hour drive home and talked to me to make me feel better...

When we got to my new house there was a litter box, water and food for me..I walked around a little bit but stayed close to
Pops and slept on his chest the first couple of nights...I was supposed to be his best friend and buddy...

Well soon after I Started to adjust to my new home Pops had to go on a week long business trip and left me home with Mom...WOW did she ever spoil me and spend lots of time with me..She and I bonded that week and when Pops came home it was ok but in that week Mom and I formed a very special bond.....We still share that bond and I love her and miss her...

Happy Mother's Day

May 9th 2009 7:20 am
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I know how hard this time of year is for you remembering those days in 2004 when I was so sick and you made the first hardest decision of your life to have my eye removed...May 11th the day after Mother's Day it will be 5 years when you gave me my second chance at life...And yes I took advantage of it and I was with you for 8 more months till my frail body could no longer fight the FIP and I made the journey here to the meadow....

I know how hard these next few months are going to be for you Mom...I am with you always and forever no matter where you live...When you, Midnight and Pops move I will go with you..I am in your hearts not in the house..someone else will live there and maybe some night I will visit them and run up and down the stairs....I will always come visit Midnight and you wherever you live..I am a part of you always and forever...

Now dry those tears and remember the happy times that we shared....How we snuggled at night, how you always followed me with my food to make sure that I ate properly, how Midnight and I chased each other up and down the stairs and then napped on the window seat with our legs in the air...Remember my little weird guy that I always loved to play with and tried to play with up to my last days at home with you before my final car ride....And I know when you were cleaning under the bed you found my very first feather on a stick that you had for me when I came home..There is not much feather left on it but I know you treasure it and it will be going with you.....

Mom I love you..Happy Mother's Day from the meadow....

51 months

April 19th 2009 6:56 am
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Dear Mom.....

51 months ago you held me as I took my final car ride to Dr Steve....You were crying because I was ready to move on to the meadow here at Rainbow's Bridge...then 26 months ago White Boots took his first and last car ride with you to join me....Ralphie, Baggy and I were there waiting for him because you told him to look for us...

We along with our many furriends were with you and Pops in the hospital when he was so sick...We sent him healing love and light and he is getting stronger and stronger each day...As is Ralphie's Mom...

I love you Mom...I will always love you...Think not of January 19, 2005 but remember all of the fun times we shared....How I would cuddle with you when you were sad or not feeling well, how I loved to play with my weird guy...I know you still have him in my special box....

I have been watching you , Pops and Midnight and I know there are big changes coming for all of you..Remember it is not a place or a thing that is important but my love and memory that you carry with you...I go where you go in your heart and memory....

Yesterday White Boots and I watched you outside on his patio...He lived there and spent time there but he is also in your heart and memory and will always be with you...

Now have that good cry and then take your walk and remember our love will never die...My body has moved on but my sprit and soul are a part of you that you always carry with you...

Purrs and love coming down the rainbow slide to your heart....I love you always and forever...D-Max your one eyed wonder who now has 2 eyes of gold

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D-Max...In Loving Memory

From the Meadow to Mom

The first time I met Mom and Pops

Happy Mother's Day

51 months