It was ...

[blamebrampton]

… a very good last day. There was sun, salmon, some compost guarding, and some me guarding as she checked the laptop posed no threat.

And, at the end, with all of us kneeling around her cushions in the garden, she tried to bite the vet despite being sedated to the eyeballs. Because near-death does not mean a Min cat should give up the fight. The vet was incredibly charmed by this, and described it as extremely Minlike. The vet nurse cheered Min on, which I suspect was a trifle treacherous.

It is clear to me now that I cannot die before J, because, like the good, strong, tough man he is, he is bawling.

Comments

[sarcasticpixie.livejournal.com]

Glad she went out with dignity and sass. Hugs to you both. <3

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Oh, sweetie... *hugs you gently*

Min sounded like such a brave, wonderful, cunning cat, and she was very lucky to have you in her life. *hugs you some more*

[oceaxe.livejournal.com]

You loved her well, and she had the best farewell a cat can hope for. *sends calming thoughts and love*

[prilbrum.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. Sending you love.

[shadowclub.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you have to go through this:(

♥

[lilliputian722.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry. *cries with you*

[madchemist36.livejournal.com]

Gregor and I send our condolences. Also Virtual salmon to restock your bare cupboards. I would have cheered for Min as well ;-)

[blindmouse.livejournal.com]

I also bawled when my cat died, while drinking tequila and orange juice with my mother and telling cat stories. Er. The last few grammar lessons I've had are telling me I ought to clarify that my cat wasn't drinking tequila and telling stories, but I'm rather charmed by the image, so I won't.

I'm very, very glad that you made the last few days good for her. Lots of sympathy.

[dragonfly-lily.livejournal.com]

Wish I could do something to make it better.

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

*joins in the bawling*

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

While wiping my tears and sniffling after leaving my own comment, I happened to notice this one from you. My condolences on your own cat, but the thought of him/her drinking with your mother and telling stories made me smile.

I just realized, TODAY, that this is the first year that I didn't think of the day my most beloved cat died on that date. For the first time in three years, it passed without me remembering. So, I guess I'm healing, yes? I still miss him, though.

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

*hugs again*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It was good. Thanks, *hugs back*.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Dignified, homicidal, I don't want to split hairs on that one ...

We are up to 138 pages back on I Can Has Cheezeburger. That's not obsessive, is it?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We were hoping for a few more days, too. But her nights were becoming laboured and the days were becoming shorter, so hen she started to not be able to hold her food, it was time. But we miss her.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we know we did the right thing. Though she went more with bad temper and outrage that she was being held down in the face of vet people ... Hey grumpiness was always one of her most endearing features.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Sno. We're still pretty teary. Not having her in the front garden or on her outdoor futon was so wrong. But she did not suffer and she went on a good day, and that's not so bad.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We're taking care of each other. And of course I am now wondering if it could all have been prevented if only I had studied veterinary oncology all those years ago. I keep not seeing her, it's very weird and sad.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Meri, they are comforting indeed.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

They will. Thanks for the hugs, Miss Chris, have some back.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

How is your muppet? I am so behind on the rest of my life! I hope that he is doing well! And thank you.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I am allergic to cheese, which I think is of similar bigness to being allergic to cats. I know I am missing out on something really cool.

We've spent all day telling Min tales, from the drop bear impersonations through to her luggage fetish ("Did you pack that bag yourself, madam?" "Yes. Unless it contains a dead rat. Then the cat helped.")

I am a bit teary at the fact my flist is so lovely and tolerant of my mad cat ladydom. J has madder cat mandom, I may need to knit him a bobbly hat ...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

That's what is keeping us from just hiding in the house. Thank you dear anonymous person, I suspect I know you.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ciel. The kindness of flist is a very regenerating thing. I could hear J quietly crying in his study earlier tonight, he was reading through the Min entries and all the comments. It seems to have been somewhat cathartic for him.