Crossing the Rainbow Bridge - Page 2

OnyxCougar · 10-17-2005, 05:17 PM

*hugs Dagney* You were a good mommy to Max.

richlevy · 10-17-2005, 07:00 PM

I'm sorry for your loss.

LabRat · 10-18-2005, 03:47 PM

I hope the all good memories help sooth your pain, thanks for being one of the good pet owners.

BrianR · 10-23-2005, 08:01 PM

Dag, I'm sorry to hear about Max. I'll miss him too. Sorry also for the late notice this post has gotten. I only just now saw it.

Call me if you need a shoulder to cry on.

Brian

classicman · 04-16-2016, 01:11 PM

Searched the Rainbow bridge as I figured there had to be a thread about pet loss. Well...

As some of you know, my youngest son's best friend was his cat Lucky. She was truly a 3 legged wonder. She was born in this house 19 years ago and was his sole confidant since even before his accident. When he was in his coma she was in his room waiting for him for a month. She came out to eat and do her business - that's about it.

Since then she has been his best friend, in many ways, his only friend. He would sit with her and talk to her for hours. She would sit and listen and let him pet her. She slept in his bed for the first 18 years and only in mine when I decided it was time to contain the damage due to her incontinence and eating issues. Over the last couple weeks, the decline was getting very steep.
On March 28th while I was about an hour from home on business he sent me a text "Dad, there is something wrong with my cat. She isn't moving." I could feel the pain in his text. My heart sank as I realized that the LAST THING I wanted was for this to go down with him home alone. I called my dad (5 mins away) and had him head over to the house. I got there a little later. She was still alive, just very "slow".
She didn't seem too bad the next day, except she really wasn't eating. I snuggled with her that night knowing that tomorrow's trip to the vet was probably going to be her last. She was ready ... we certainly weren't.

We knew the end was near and after 19 years, we had to make the decision no pet parent wants to make. We let Lucky go that afternoon. She lived a long extraordinary life from her birth on the basement stairs, being bottle-fed without a mother to losing a leg at age 4. Dan & I were there for all of it - even at the end as she calmly left this world while I held her paw. It was her time and it was peaceful.
She's with her big sister now, whole again and running free. So fortunate to have been your human. I'll miss cuddling with you on the couch. Sweet dreams my lil oreo cookie. You are already sorely missed. Luv ya old girl.

I've now lost both my girls in 8 months, both at 19. Death sucks for the living. Dan and I made a collage of some of her pics.

glatt · 04-16-2016, 01:20 PM

Sorry, classic.

limey · 04-16-2016, 02:23 PM

Sad for you and Dan, classic. X

Sent by thought transference

Undertoad · 04-16-2016, 02:51 PM

Well done, old cat, did your job properly. Sorry for your loss classic and Dan.

Griff · 04-16-2016, 03:01 PM

Sorry dudes.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-16-2016, 04:35 PM

Damn cats, why do they have to make the end so painful. Condolences to the family she touched and loved her.

infinite monkey · 04-16-2016, 04:48 PM

Awww crap. Sorry man.

DanaC · 04-16-2016, 06:06 PM

Ah, Classic, that's so sad. My condolences to you both.

classicman · 04-17-2016, 10:34 AM

thanks all. She was a good girl & lived an extraordinary life.
Like I said, Death sucks for the living.
I believe she is with her sister now, whole again and running outside in the grass - something she hasn't been able to do as of late. Losing three of them in 8 months has really taken a toll on me. I'm still working on Dan. He forgets and then remembers and its like it just happened all over again. Ugghh

Gravdigr · 04-17-2016, 02:22 PM

Dang. Got something in my eye...

Classic, so sorry to hear this. My condolences to you, Dan, and the family.

classicman · 04-19-2016, 09:03 PM

thanks, bro.

10-17-2005, 05:17 PM	#16
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	hugs Dagney You were a good mommy to Max. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

10-17-2005, 07:00 PM	#17
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I'm sorry for your loss. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

10-18-2005, 03:47 PM	#18
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I hope the all good memories help sooth your pain, thanks for being one of the good pet owners. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-23-2005, 08:01 PM	#19
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Dag, I'm sorry to hear about Max. I'll miss him too. Sorry also for the late notice this post has gotten. I only just now saw it. Call me if you need a shoulder to cry on. Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

04-16-2016, 01:11 PM	#20
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Searched the Rainbow bridge as I figured there had to be a thread about pet loss. Well... As some of you know, my youngest son's best friend was his cat Lucky. She was truly a 3 legged wonder. She was born in this house 19 years ago and was his sole confidant since even before his accident. When he was in his coma she was in his room waiting for him for a month. She came out to eat and do her business - that's about it. Since then she has been his best friend, in many ways, his only friend. He would sit with her and talk to her for hours. She would sit and listen and let him pet her. She slept in his bed for the first 18 years and only in mine when I decided it was time to contain the damage due to her incontinence and eating issues. Over the last couple weeks, the decline was getting very steep. On March 28th while I was about an hour from home on business he sent me a text "Dad, there is something wrong with my cat. She isn't moving." I could feel the pain in his text. My heart sank as I realized that the LAST THING I wanted was for this to go down with him home alone. I called my dad (5 mins away) and had him head over to the house. I got there a little later. She was still alive, just very "slow". She didn't seem too bad the next day, except she really wasn't eating. I snuggled with her that night knowing that tomorrow's trip to the vet was probably going to be her last. She was ready ... we certainly weren't. We knew the end was near and after 19 years, we had to make the decision no pet parent wants to make. We let Lucky go that afternoon. She lived a long extraordinary life from her birth on the basement stairs, being bottle-fed without a mother to losing a leg at age 4. Dan & I were there for all of it - even at the end as she calmly left this world while I held her paw. It was her time and it was peaceful. She's with her big sister now, whole again and running free. So fortunate to have been your human. I'll miss cuddling with you on the couch. Sweet dreams my lil oreo cookie. You are already sorely missed. Luv ya old girl. I've now lost both my girls in 8 months, both at 19. Death sucks for the living. Dan and I made a collage of some of her pics. Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-16-2016, 01:20 PM	#21
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry, classic.

04-16-2016, 02:23 PM	#22
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sad for you and Dan, classic. X Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-16-2016, 02:51 PM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well done, old cat, did your job properly. Sorry for your loss classic and Dan.

04-16-2016, 03:01 PM	#24
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sorry dudes. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-16-2016, 04:35 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Damn cats, why do they have to make the end so painful. Condolences to the family she touched and loved her. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-16-2016, 04:48 PM	#26
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Awww crap. Sorry man.

04-17-2016, 10:34 AM	#28
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	thanks all. She was a good girl & lived an extraordinary life. Like I said, Death sucks for the living. I believe she is with her sister now, whole again and running outside in the grass - something she hasn't been able to do as of late. Losing three of them in 8 months has really taken a toll on me. I'm still working on Dan. He forgets and then remembers and its like it just happened all over again. Ugghh __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-17-2016, 02:22 PM	#29
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Dang. Got something in my eye... Classic, so sorry to hear this. My condolences to you, Dan, and the family. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-19-2016, 09:03 PM	#30
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	thanks, bro. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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