Cat Tuesday: Blair

[heidicullinan]

I suppose the best way to begin Cat Tuesday is with introductions. I have four cats, though until last November I had five. Mia left us mid-November after almost a year battling cancer, and I'm still mourning her. We'll cover her another time. Today, though, is for Blair.
Blair, sadly, also has cancer. We thought for a while he had multiple myeloma

Comments

[mary35]

Love the Blair kitty pics. I never got to meet him as a teeny tiny kitten.

[heidicullinan]

He was a pistol. Best was when he greeted the trick-or-treeters at Halloween. He would run along the ledge of that screened-in porch in Washington until he ran out of rail, then press his paws against the screen and watch them disappear. "Come play with the black kitten!"

[ext_382358]

I'm going to share this post with the good folks at at Vashon Island Pet Protectors, some of whom are damned intuitive. So if you feel a rush of warm fuzzies this week, could be the cat lady magicks. Also, I love you.

[heidicullinan]

Love you too, Margie.

[anonymous]

Good morning! I am a friend of Margie's and am into tiny dog rescue and rehab. I can so relate to your situation. Last year, we lost four of our "failed fosters" after many, many years. Right now we have a wonderful old lady Chi with mammary cancer and severe arthritis who will be with us for hospice until she opts to sleep in the lap of Dog. It is a bitter-sweet situation always and, as always, will result in tears and mourning and remembering and letting loose balloons and eating cupcakes and cookies as we watch the balloons up up. There is always the knowledge that they were allowed dignity, comfort and love in the final days and not fear and aloneness.

Gayle Sutton

[heidicullinan]

Thank you so much. Four is a lot! It was good to give Mia a gentle end. Mostly now I just miss her. She was with me a long, long time.

[egret17]

Aw, look at how handsome he is! He sounds a lot like Chaos, actually, who's a crabby, nippy, fetcher with a sweet side. :)

[heidicullinan]

:)

[steinsgrrl]

What a beautiful boy! And you're a great kitty mom. I had to grin, as we had a cat that would fetch little balls like that. I miss him a lot. Thanks for letting us see Blair. :D

[heidicullinan]

He's a good boy.