The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 07-08-2017, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Ritchie passed away at approx 16:45 today. He had been blind for three weeks but had not adapted well at all, and we felt the kindest thing was to end it for him. I have not cried so much in years; at one point I really thought someone was tearing my heart out of my chest (I could feel the pressure as it moved) and at another I felt sure my eyeballs had popped out from crying.

Ritchie died peacefully in my arms and was the sort of character nobody who met him will ever forget. He spoke: he said things like "I want to go out", "Oh man!" "Rain!" and "Aw come on!" He was such a sweet little guy, and I'll miss him more than he will ever realise. It hurt so much to end his life, but I don't regret it. He had nothing left to look forward to, and now at least he's at peace.

So long, little guy: I'll never forget you if I live to be a hundred.

Oh no how sad.

RIP little kitty.

I know whenever my cat goes I'll be devastated.

Pet_Sounds · 07-08-2017, 06:46 PM

My condolences, TH.

Chula Vista · 07-08-2017, 07:24 PM

Again, so sorry.

We've had the same vet for the 20 years we've been out here and have had to put down 2 cats in that time. They are incredibly compassionate about it. While I'm hugging the cat and the doctor is giving the meds, the assistant rubbed my back the entire time.

Once it was over they both said they were sorry and to take all the time I needed and then left me alone in the room with a small blanket to cover them before I left.

And then days later we get a condolence card in the mail signed by the staff. Super nice touch.

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	My condolences, TH. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Again, so sorry. We've had the same vet for the 20 years we've been out here and have had to put down 2 cats in that time. They are incredibly compassionate about it. While I'm hugging the cat and the doctor is giving the meds, the assistant rubbed my back the entire time. Once it was over they both said they were sorry and to take all the time I needed and then left me alone in the room with a small blanket to cover them before I left. And then days later we get a condolence card in the mail signed by the staff. Super nice touch. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”