I took her to the vet on Monday afternoon. The vet said she thought her kidneys might be shutting down. But we decided to give her fluids and antibiotics like we did last time. Those had gotten her a good 2 to 2 1/2 months. We hope that might happen again. When I took her home, she couldn’t settle. Monday night she walked around the house meowing and off a lot. She was struggling to walk and could barely get herself up and down the stairs. I’m not sure if she slept monday night or not. I was unable to settle her.
Tuesday I got everybody after school. I tried to start work. When I checked on Lady Grey I found her just sitting in the hallway between the office in the bedroom. She couldn’t walk with me to the bathroom like she normally does. I knew that was a bad sign. I tried to take her to drink. She wasn’t interested. Given Lady Grey loves water, that was another bad sign. I had a sense this was going downhill fast. I called the vet to get it Bass because by 3 o’clock she was barely moving. I didn’t think it was worth torturing her by giving her the anabiotic‘s because I figured she was probably dying. They asked me to make an appointment to bring her in Wednesday morning, and it was a good thing they did. By the time we got her there Wednesday morning she was barely alive. Tuesday night was really rough. Getting the kids to bed and then after school Wednesday morning was also very hard. They love Lady Grey very much.
I warn the kids that things weren’t looking good. And they came in to see her Wednesday morning they could tell she felt really bad. They could see that she was struggling. The degree wasn’t moving, her tongue was sticking out, her eyes were glassy, she was laboring in breath. They are somehow managed to say their goodbyes and go off to school. I’m so proud of them for that I know that was really hard.
I laid on the bed with Lady Grey for about 45 minutes before getting her ready to go to the vet. I couldn’t go by myself, I needed David to come with me. I’m thankful that he took the day off work to take care of his family and what we needed. He was a wonderful man. By the time we got very grateful that we weren’t sure if she was even alive. Ashley listen to her and said her heart still beating. She said she was really weak and confirmed what we wanted to do with her. We agreed to put her to sleep and put her out of her misery. Ashley says that sometimes animals, especially cats, can go on like this for days or even weeks. I did not wish that for her, none of us wish that for Lady Grey.
I held her and hugged her and kissed her and told her that we all loved her and that I loved her very much. She passed peacefully around 10:30 AM. Before we could even get home with her body, Ellie was texting me from school telling me that she couldn’t stop crying and she really needed to come home. Although I do not want to set a kind of precedent that you can skip school and work when things get tough, we decided to give her this one day. I went ahead and picked her up from school. She spent the afternoon laying beside Lady Grey. She made a lovely tribute video. She just couldn’t leave lady graveside until we finally had her funeral.
David made her a casket, but very nice casket. The kids and I decorated it with lovely messages and images for lady gray. We placed her in it with a super soft blanket, one of our softest, it reminded us of her super soft fur. Lady Grey had the softest for of any cat I have ever known. I think it’s because she was so clean. For most of her life she kept her self so very clean. It made her first so very soft.
We buried her at the top of the garden. David made her a lovely cross as a headstone. He said a prayer at the gravesite. There were a lot of tears shed today by all of us a different points in time. We love that cat. We still love her. She was with David and I for 16 1/2 years. She was one of our first babies and one of our first investments together. She has kept me company through so many sicknesses and sadness is in so many work from home days. I am going to miss her so much every time I am in my office. The house will be so lonely without her following me to the Bathroom between every conference calls all day long. I love the way she kept me company in the office for the past few years while I worked. She seems so content to just be with me. And she gave me so much peace when I looked at her under my desk, especially during tough meetings. She provided so much happiness and joy to this family. Lady Grey you will be so missed.
I really love this picture of her. This was taken one year ago today. She would come up to me at my desk and she wanted to get on my lap and put her paws up on me and asked me to pick her up just like a little baby. She is the sweetest thing.
Some pictures of everybody working hard to get ready for Lady Greys funeral today.
David diligently dug her 3 foot deep grave in pouring down rain. He never complained once.
A few pictures of the kids give them final cuddles last 24 hours.
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