Our cat Simone :: 1985 - 1999

Sep 25 07:16 UTC 1999

Our cat Simone died at 2:20 this morning.   She'd been living on borrowed
time since she went into the first crisis in early July, just before
Leslie left for her summer study program in Austria.   For a while 
the goal was simply to keep her alive until Leslie got back in 
mid-August, and we made that goal.  I think I invested a little too much
in the idea that she might stabilize and stay with us for another few 
months, but her strength went into a steep downward spiral this week.
Even two nights ago she was still interested enough to come and sit with
us, and we took her outside where she enjoyed stalking a few moths 
and eating some grass.  But she went into a steep downward slide 
Friday night.

I'll probably write a few more stories about Simone in the next few
days.  Right now it's hard to accept that her body is in a box next 
to me on the sofa, and she's not going to jump out of it.
We're planning to bury her under a rosebush in the back yard Saturday
afternoon.

response 2 of 23:

Sep 25 11:25 UTC 1999

14 years is a long time for a cat.  
Sounds like she got lucky in the
human department, too.  

response 4 of 23:

Sep 25 16:19 UTC 1999

I'm sorry, Ken. I will have to be committed when my cat dies, I know. 
Simone (a wonderful name for a cat!) sounds like she had a wonderful 
life with two parents who loved her very much. She was lucky to have 
such a good home. 

response 6 of 23:

Sep 25 20:22 UTC 1999

Oh, Ken.  I'm so sorry.  My own cats are now both 13, and it's been
difficult to watch them get older.  Like beeswing, I can't imagine having
to deal with losing them... My condolences to you and Leslie.

response 8 of 23:

Sep 25 21:34 UTC 1999

        Sorry to hear it, Ken, it being her time or nbot.

response 10 of 23:

Sep 25 23:42 UTC 1999

My deepest sympathies.  It makes me realize how much I care for my cats 
and how much I will hate to lose them when the time comes.  They've 
been a part of my family's life for years.

response 12 of 23:

Sep 26 01:23 UTC 1999

<birdy hugs Ken and Leslie>  Oh, I'm so sorry.  =(  Kitties are so precious...

response 14 of 23:

Sep 26 06:06 UTC 1999

m sorry for your loss, Ken. Even though I don't really know you or your cat,
I know it's tough when you lose a pet you've cared for for a long time.

response 16 of 23:

Sep 26 16:48 UTC 1999

linked to pets>

<silence>
,

response 18 of 23:

Sep 26 18:06 UTC 1999

<hugs to Ken and Leslie>

response 20 of 23:

Sep 29 03:31 UTC 1999

My thoughts are with you and Leslie, Ken.  

response 22 of 23:

Oct 5 20:06 UTC 1999

We went to my cousin's wedding in Long Island last weekend, and it
turns out that the father of the bride (my uncle) lost his 
beloved 8-year-old dog to cancer just a few days before the wedding.
He said "I'm so sorry about your cat," I said "I'm so sorry about 
your dog," and we had a big hug.

I think Simone is haunting us.  I keep imagining her too-long
toenails clicking on the floor.  Also, our young cat Katya keeps
looking at places where she might be, as if she (Simone) were 
there.  I also think Katya is feeling quite lonely, since our
other surviving cat (Little Bit) is quite old (17) and 
completely unwilling to play.