Stoney's Updates

Very Sad

Over the past week or so we had been calling around trying to get a vet who would do the surgery on Stoney to close his hole up and remove the abscess. We found someone who said they could probably do that. So we took him there yesterday.
When the vet looked at him he said that Stoney's problem was much bigger than bad teeth. Stoney had also developed another hole in his cheek like the one he had before, except this time there was no pus draining from it. There had also been a few times where Stoney's eye/socket was bleeding quite a lot. This was something that this particular vet had seen before and knew what was wrong. They scraped a few cells from Stoney's face and looked at them under a microscope. It was cancer. It was an incurable type and the vet said he would not live much longer. We could either sustain him for the next couple of months or we could put him to sleep. The vet thought the most humane thing to do was the euthanasia. We didn't want him to suffer anymore either. There was no way to make him get better like we had hoped and Stoney had something far worse than an abscess and a large hole.
So yesterday we helped him to the bridge. He looked peaceful like he was asleep. He doesn't have to hurt anymore now.
We miss him so much and it hurts so bad. We had no idea he had cancer and the whole time we thought we could fix him. I can't imagine the pain he must have been in, poor baby. And he was still so young. He brought us much happiness and many laughs and we have beautiful memories of him. He was the best kitty we ever had the pleasure to take care of.
He is going to be buried with other kitties and we will go and visit him there. I can barely believe that he is gone and it's so hard to think about him not being here.
We want to thank each and every one of you, humans and cats, for all the purrs and caring messages you sent to our baby and us.
I would have come on yesterday to tell you all but I couldn't bear to write it. Stoney, you are loved always and you will always be in my heart.

Meows, Purrs, and Love,
Stoney and his Family