Saying Good Bye To Mew

Mew is dying, and the vet does not think she will make it another 12 hours. She is not in any pain, but was given morphine anyway. Mew will die here at home in a crate type box.....very short sides....so she can see out if it, if she opens her eyes on a soft blanket in there........
We will bury her on this property. I have yet to pick a spot, but will when the time comes, I suppose.....so now, it is just saying good bye to her until she just stops breathing.....

Her kidneys have stopped working, and she is bleeding from the mouth...the rest of her is slowly shutting down....

I have had this cat in 3 different houses since 1999, where she lived with me. She is the oldest pet I have had ...none of the other animals here lived with me in 3 houses.....most of them have lived in two....and pug siblings, Moxy and Minxy and Sully, have only known this house....

It is very sad, but I knew this was slowly coming for a few months now. Mew became emaciated this year, and I knew something was wrong.....she weighs only 5 pounds now. She was always thin but always had a nice coat of lean meat under her fur....this year, she is only bones...Here she was in June, already emaciated here.......


I am feeling sadder here....as I know for sure now that this is the end.....

 

Sorry to hear that... There goes another little piece of your heart.



...but you will meet again.

 

I'm really sorry. Our little friends certainly become family. And it hurts when they go.

 

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So sorry Moonglow to read your news. They become part of our family and we mourn them when they leave us. Big hugs to you and a gentle one to Mew.

 

Sorry for your loss, Moonglow. Mew seems like a very special friend. And it's always hard to say goodbye to those we love most...

 

Sorry to hear, Moonglow... Mew sounds like an awesome cat. May peace find her peacefully...

 

Love and kindness toward animals is more pleasing in the eyes of God than anything we can do for other humans.

 

Poor Mewey is still hanging on....she has always been a tough little fighter. At around 3:30 am here, will be 12 hours, and if she makes it to that, we have one dose of morphine to give to her in liquid form....as the morphine only lasts 12 hours.
It is always a dilemma.....do I have the animal put down or not? In the case of Zee, my old cat, we did have put down......we kind of got talked into it by the substitute vet at my vets that day. Zee had cancer, but he was still moving around on his own, the day he was put down, so we decided never to do that again and let nature take its course as long as an animal is not suffering.....but to see Mewey just laying in the same position hour after hour, with perhaps a movement of her tail, and her eyes are just open......is not so good either.
I feel so bad for her.....poor little wonderful....always gentle, great, awesome cat.....

 

I'm so sorry, Moon!

It's so sad.

I'm really glad that you have the morphine so she's not suffering.

That's the worst.

I'm sorry your heart is breaking.

 

Thank you. Of course, I am sad and will miss Mew so much, and the dynamics of this house will change yet again....but I am mostly sad for her and what has happened to her. I wish she would die soon, rather than just lay there pathetically, so I see the usefulness of putting animals to sleep, too....I just did not want to play god. Animals in the wild go somewhere to die, and I imagine with many of them, it is not quick either, and they do not have morpine to help them.....I know if I go to sleep soon, I will probably find her dead in the morning, so I am trying to stay up at least to give her the last morphine.....

 

((((((((Moonglow))))))))

((((((((Mew)))))))))

xx

 

Mew took her last breath about 10 minutes ago.
I could not leave her, as I knew her death was imminent with heavy breathing for awhile at first...then jerky movements of her limbs.....and then as they said it would be some loud puffed out breaths, and that was it. She never closed her eyes. I was with her to lightly stroke her head and talk softly to her, so she was not alone when she died. My mother always loved Mew, too, so I hope my mom is there to hold her now......

Waiting for the morning light now to bury her.....

 

Thanks for all of your support through this.....

 

Had to be strong and numb yesterday to get things done I needed to do here, but this morning it hit me that Mew is gone and burying her in the back of the house was pretty tough....and to think, I will pobably have to go through this many more times here......and it is never easy, as you all know who have fur family members......so I am just in a kind of sad limbo today. It is a good thing I need to go to a meeting tonight (Stan and his brothers and family)and a little baby's birthday party tomorrow.My neighbor's baby will be one tomorrow.

Cannot believe Mewey died on another 9/11. My mother hated the number 11.

 

You're a great care taker / care giver. Sorry for your loss, Moonglow.

Mew gets to do this now ...

:flyhigh:

 

I saw this message too late unfortunately... Moonglow I'm sorry for your loss, much love to you and the other ones in your household.