In 1999, the year in which my wife and I were set to get married, we stumbled into The Magic Pet Shop in Wethersfield, Connecticut. We happened across a tiny Himalyan Sealpoint kitten who captured our hearts from the moment we met her. The pet store wanted the handsome sum of $600 which was very steep for two young people just starting put in their careers – and had a wedding to pay for on the horizon. But she was such a beautiful little kitten that we couldn’t allow ourselves to leave without making her our own. The fuzzy little kitten was so endearing to us that we named her Precious.
So we took her home and she became our first baby, and family member. And for the past eight years, she’s been our bunk-mate, playmate, alarm clock (even at 3 am), babysitter, furniture re-finisher, and most of all – our friend.
As of this writing, she is still with us. I guess part of this web-log is an opportunity for me to share some of the pictures and stories about Precious, and a way for me and my family to deal with the tragic turn of events that started a few weeks ago when she began to show signs of neurological disease.
This is not easy to write, in fact it’s a painful trip down memory lane since we know that she most likely will not be with us in the near future, perhaps not even for Thanksgiving.
If you are a pet owner and have experienced such a traumatic turn of events such as seeing your pet suddenly and without warning become terminally ill, then you must understand what we are going through. The idea of letting her go has to be the most difficult decision we have ever had to face.
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