| twesterm said: When I lived in Oklahoma my parents got me a cat whom I loved. While I had real friends, this cat was my friend too. After we bought the cat we found out it had a heart murmur and was very sick, but still we kept him. Months later, my dad got a job in Texas and that summer we moved from my home in Oklahoma, the only one I had ever really known, and then moved to Texas where I knew nobody. It was the summer before I entered 4th grade so I was still really young. My only friend was this cat since I knew nobody there since we moved in summer before school started. We moved to Texas before our house was finished being built and we lived with my grandparents for a while and an old old old on the property (we lived on a farm). My parents, brother, and sister were all on the farm doing whatever and I had slept at my grandparents that night. I remember getting up and going to see Sam, my cat. I looked for him and eventually found him inside his pet carrier laying completely still. I touched him and moved and could see he was still alive but not moving at all. I panicked and ran around looking for the phone number for the house on the farm and eventually found it. I remember calling my parents in a panick and getting the the answering machine and leaving a message telling them Sam wasn't moving and I didn't know what to do. I hung up the phone and went to my cat and held him in my arms, crying. The cat looked up at me, convulsed, and then collapsed. It wasn't until later that afternoon when I had spent all morning and afternoon with my dead cat and only friend in my arms did my parents finally hear the answering machine message. Needless to say, I cried and that summer sucked. |
I don't know what to say, except I understand the feeling. While it wasn't my cat, I saw a kitten being killed by my acquaintances' dog, convulsing before it collapsed. I kicked the damn little shit across the yard and didn't get over the sight for two weeks. I still have problems with breathing while thinking of that. *pets own cat*
