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Offline LesleyW

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Re: Cindy
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2007, 17:50:04 PM »
So sorry to hear your news, I can honestly say I know exactly what you are going through at this time of year, having just lost Pagan.   :RIP:  Cindy, a beautiful girl.   :hug: to you Willow.
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Re: Cindy
« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2007, 16:58:27 PM »
So sorry to hear this and just before Christmas too

 :RIP:   Cindy
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Re: Cindy
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2007, 14:41:42 PM »
 :RIP: Cindy, what a beautifull girl Cindy is, and you gave her a wonderfull life. :hug: :hug:

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Re: Cindy
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2007, 12:02:02 PM »
So sorry to hear about Cindy.  What a wonderful life you gave her she is lucky she found you :hug:

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Re: Cindy
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2007, 01:04:06 AM »
Thats so sad

RIP Cindy you were a gorgeous girl x

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Re: Cindy
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2007, 10:43:47 AM »
I'm So Sorry Willow
 :RIP: Georgeous Cindy, Have Fun at the Bridge
Thinking of you both  :hug:
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Re: Cindy
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2007, 10:10:14 AM »
I am so very sorry to hear this, she sounds like she was a wonderful cat though, and had wonderful owners.
I know how you feel about being calm about it, I think it is a lot easier when you know about it in advance, and you know that you are doing the best thing for them. RIP little one.
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Re: Cindy
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2007, 09:55:51 AM »
Thank you all for your kind words.

We all keep looking at the little cat shaped dent in the sofa, expecting her to be in her (second) favourite spot.  Willow can't understand where she's gone and is wandering around looking for her. 

I feel strangely calm about it though, I think because I had the privilege of saying goodbye to her, which has not been the case with any of the other pussies I've lost.  She gave me two lovely trilling purrs as I stroked her head yesterday morning. 

XXXX

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Re: Cindy
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2007, 02:52:47 AM »
Cindy is a beautiful girl and so pleased you had extra time with her  :hug:

RIP Cindy play hard on the Bridge

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Re: Cindy
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2007, 00:01:01 AM »
Sorry to hear the sad news  :hug:  Cindy will be safe and sound at the Bridge by now, waiting for you until you are ready to collect her xx

The Greatest Gift

I always knew this time would come,
From the very instant our eyes first met.
How I loved you then! How I love you now!
I made a promise then, and I will keep that promise now...
You will not suffer from a pain that will not heal;
You will not know the loss of a life remembered, now gone.

It is for me alone to make this decision,
The price for the bright joy and pure laughter
You brought me during the time we shared.
I am the only one who can decide when it is time.
When my hope dies, and my fear rides high,
Just when I need you most, I must let you go.

It is for you alone to tell me when you are ready
For without your guidance, I will not know
When to lay my grief, my guilt, my anger
My sorrow and my selfish heart aside
And give you this last gift, this greatest gift.
Your eyes will speak to mine, and I will know.

The pain of this moment is excruciating.
Tears stream down my face in a river of sorrow.
And my heart drowns in a pool of grief.
For you have spoken and I have listened,
And unlike other decisions I have made
This one brings no relief...no comfort...no peace.

For if there´s one thing you´ve taught me,
If there´s only one thing I´ve learned...
Unconditional love has a condition after all,
I must be willing to let you go, when you speak to me
I must be willing to help you go, if you cannot go alone.
And I must accept my pain so you can be free of yours.

Go easily now, go quickly now,
Do not linger here, it is time for you to leave.
Go find your strength, go find your youth.
Go find the ones who've gone before you.
You are free to leave me now, free to let your spirit soar
Rest easy now, your pain will soon be gone.

I pray I will find comfort in my memories...
In the dark and lonely days ahead.
I cannot say I will not miss you, I cannot say I will not cry.
For only my tears can heal my broken heart.
But, I promise you this; as long as I live,
You will live, alive in my mind, forever in my heart.

So I give you this last gift, all I have left to give,
And this will be my greatest gift...sending you away.
It is the measure of my unconditional love...
For only the greatest love can say,
"Good-bye, go find the bridge, we'll meet again,
Loving you has been the greatest gift of all."

Forever and Always... Until Rainbow bridge....


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Re: Cindy
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2007, 21:23:04 PM »
I am so very sorry to read about the very beautiful Cindy; but I cant help but think what a wonderful life she had with you, sounds like this lovely girl had you wrapped around her paw.
R.I.P. Cindy

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Re: Cindy
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2007, 21:21:28 PM »
I am so sorry, what a beautiful girl Cindy is - thinking of you.
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Re: Cindy
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2007, 21:20:05 PM »
Oh Willow, how sad. She was a lovely girl  :hug: :hug:

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Cindy
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2007, 21:05:25 PM »
My beautiful old girl was PTS today - she was seventeen.

We first saw her, with her brother, in the summer of 1990.  She was a young cat - perhaps 5 - 8 months old, and her history was scant, but it was believed that her mother was feral, and we know that the two kittens had been trapped and taken to the Cats protection. 

At that point I thought a cat was a cat - I had no idea what a ride we were in for.

They were sweet and pretty for, oh, about the first 30 minutes.  Then mayhem.  They were indoor/outdoor cats - 24 hours.  Any sign that they'd be locked in for the night was met with a refusal to come in at all.  They made the rules, and eventually decided that they would stay on their terms.  Cindy spent her early adult years with the classic aloof attitude, minding her own business.

But by the time she turned ten she decided that perhaps a bit of love and affection wasn't so bad after all, and turned into a lovely friendly lap cat.

She'd been really healthy until October, when she looked like she had some problems with her mouth, as she was dribbling a lot, and had taken to weeing on the carpet if she was denied catflap access (she had always refused any of the multiple litter trays we have).  She wouldn't let the vet examine her, and we were advised to PTS immediately as she probably had a tumour.  When we asked to take her home for the evening and bring her back (because to us she didn't seem that bad) the vet did agree to give her some fluids and take some bloods.  When we went back the following day we saw our normal vet, who was astounded that we had brought her to be PTS.  And of course Cindy was all over him and let him do an examination (and found no mouth problems).  She did have elevated blood sugar, though not apparently high enough for diabetes to be diagnosed but that explained the weeing.  Anyway to cut a long story a little shorter she had a pick-me-up jab and we took her home.

For the last few weeks she has been fantastic (apart from the weeing thing!), and was even fine last week when she had a vet checkup.  But at the weekend it seemed that the spark had gone from her eyes and she stopped eating.  When she stopped weeing as well I knew there was something seriously wrong.

So with a lot of sadness my OH took her (I'm a coward) today.  We're both devastated, but glad we had two more months of quality time with her.

Here she is, where she loved to be, on OH's lap.

Bye bye Cindy - we won't forget you

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