On Friday afternoon, we had to say goodbye to our precious Bitty Bitty. She was almost 18 years old, and had been having health problems for a while. About three day before, she stopped eating and was getting weaker and weaker. On Thursday, she gently looked at me and cried a soft mew that told me she was ready. We called our Vet, made the final plans and spent a few more hours with her, loving her and sitting with her in the back yard, which seemed to make her feel a bit at ease. I will miss her terribly, but I know she feels no more pain, and as her Mom, it was my responsibility to let her go. After she was sedated, I could feel the pain release her tiny body. I could not hold her for the final injection, but I know she wouldn't want us to remember her final breath.
I've spent the past few days going through all her photos and finding the ones that really showed her in her true form. She was my photo assistant and loved to be outside when I'd take my photos. She was a Daddy's girl and a silly clown. Goodbye my Boo...
Here are a few more photos of her and her mate,
Rex, who passed four years earlier.
They both loved the ceramic heater!
They were my healers
She was the Queen :)
Daddy's girl all the way
Her last day.....
What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose;
All that we love deeply,
becomes a part of us.
-Helen Keller
