by Monica
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A CAT THAT HAD THE WILL TO LIVE BUT JUST NOT ENOUGH STRENGTH. IT STARTED ON THE NIGHT OF SEPT.28,2001. AS MY HUSBAND I SAT IN THE LIVING ROOM(BEING A NICE NIGHT OUT WE HAD FRONT DOOR OPENED) I HEARD THE DESPERATE CRY OF A CAT. WELL WE LIVE OUT (ON A BUSY ROAD)SO I GOT UP TO SEE WHAT THE MATTER WAS. I ASSUMED IT WAS PROBLY JUST A STRAY MALE CAT TRYIN TO PICK ON ONE OF MY CATS. SO I GOT A LITTLE CLOSER AND I COULD SEE THAT THE CAT COULDNT WALK. I WRAPPED HER UP IN A TOWEL AND BROUGHT HER IN, AND LOOKED HER OVER. WELL IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT SHE HAD BEEN RAN OVER,SO I ASKED MY HUSBAND WHAT TO DO AND OF COURSE BEING SO LATE I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE KEPT HER IN THE HOUSE THAT NITE. I TOOK HER TO VET THE NEXT DAY WITH INTENTIONS OF PUTTING HER TO SLEEP BECAUSE I KNEW SHE WAS PROBLY BLEEDING INTERNALLY. WELL THE VET SAID THAT SHE WAS NOT BLEEDING INTERNALLY. THAT BASICALLY SHE HAD A BROKEN PELVIS AND NEEDED SOME TLC AND REST AND WOULD BE FINE. WELL SO I TOOK HER HOME AND KEPT HER ON MY BACK PORCH TRYIN DAILY TO GET HER TO EAT AND MAKE HER WALK. AND HOPING SHE WOULD BE WELL ENOUGH TO EVNENTUALLY RETURN HER OUTDOORS.WELL SHE LASTED ONLY ABOUT A WEEK EXACTLY TO THE NIGHT I HAD FOUND HER AND SHE COULD NO LONGER SURVIVE. I LOVED THAT CAT AS I HAD HAD HER MY WHOLE LIFE BUT I KNOW THAT SHES NO LONGER SUFFERING SHE CROSSED OVER AND I MISS HER DEEPLY!