Sorry to hear it, Frank. 23 is a pretty good innings. We recently lost one of our goldfish and even that wasn't easy.
On Sep 1, 2012, at 10:13 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > I've been a bit quiet these two days dealing with a family issue: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2008/03/cats-eye.html?m=0 > > The name she came to me with at the age of seven, in 1996, was Patches. If > you do the math that would make her twenty three. > > Judy thought Patches wasn't a very fitting name for such an imperious lady > and started calling her The Divine Ms. P. > > It suited her. > > Her health started declining about a year ago. Recently she had a great deal > of trouble walking (we carried her pretty much everywhere - she still meowed > to be carried to the litter box!) > > A couple of days ago a congenital receding chin became so pronounced that she > could only eat by spoonfeeding. We knew it was time. > > She was put out of her misery this afternoon. She went like a lady, without a > whimper. > > Gonna miss her like heck. > > Best, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.