WE HAD A CAT WE CALLED HIM SNEAKERS HE WAS GRAY AND WHITE.. HAD HIM SINCE HE WAS A BABY , HAD HIM ABOUT 11 YEARS.. HE GOT TO BE A BIG CAT , HE WAS A CAT WITH HIS OWN PERSONALITY.. HE HISSED AT EVERYONE AND GROWLED BUT I THINK HE WAS JUST A BIG SCAREDY CAT.. HE DIDN'T HISS AT ME , MY MOM ESPECIALLY AND MY SISTER.. I COULD JUST PUT MY ARMS AROUND HIM AND LAY ON HIM LIKE A PILLOW AND ALL HE WOULD DO WAS PURR.. HE LOVED MY MOM SO MUCH YOU COULD JUST TELL SHE WOULD COME HOME FROM WORK AND HE WOULD GET UP AND RUN TO HER IT WAS SO CUTE.. HIS FAVORITE THING TO DO WAS EAT! WE WOULD SAY SNEAKERS WANNA EAT AND HIS EARS WOULD GO UP AND HE WOULD COME RUNNING IN THE KITCHEN.. HE WOULD RUB HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CAN OF FOOD.. HE LOVED TO EAT.. THAT WAS HIM.. HE WAS VERY INTIMIDATING TO PEOPLE CUZ HE WAS SO BIG AND PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS MEAN BUT IN MINE AND MY FAMILY'S WE SAY IT WAS JUST HIS PERSONALITY AND I BELIEVE HE WAS ALWAYS JUST PROTECTING US IN HIS OWN WAY.. HE NEVER REALLY WAS SICK.. HE HAD GOTTEN SICK ONE TIME BUT THEY SAID HE HAD A LITTLE URINARY INFECTION AND WOULD BE FINE AND HE WAS.. THIS TIME CAME OUT OF NO WHERE.. HE WAS FINE ALL WEEK AND THURSDAY CAME AND HE WAS JUST HIDING IN OUR BASEMENT WE THOUGHT NOTTIN OF IT CUZ IT WAS A HOT DAY SO WE FIGURED HE WAS JUST TRYIN TO STAY COOL.. I WATCHED HIM ALL NIGHT ANYWAY .. FRIDAY MORNING HE SCARED US SO BAD HE COULD HARDLY WALK .. HE WAS GETTIN SICK AND BLEEDING.. WE RUSHED HIM TO THE VET.. CRYING.. SO SCARED.. AND KNOWIN HOW MUCH OF A SCAREDY CAT HE WAS WE HAD TO WATCH THE DOCTOR'S TRY TO WORK WITH HIM SEEIN SNEAKERS SO SCARED AND SO DEFENSIVE.. YET THEY SAID HE JUST HAD THE SAME THING HE DID A FEW YEARS AGO..GAVE US MEDICINE .. DID SOME THING TO HIM AND SENT HIM HOME SAYIN HE WAS FINE.. I PUT SNEAKERS IN MY ROOM SO HE WOULD BE LEFT TO REST.. WE HAVE ANOTHER CAT LACES WHO HAD BEEN WITH SNEAKERS FOR ALONG TIME AND SHE LIKED TO PLAY AND BOTHER HIM SO I PUT HIM IN MY ROOM SO HE CAN REST.. WATCHED HIM ALL NIGHT PETTED HIM ALL OF US.. HE PURRED YET LOOKED STRANGE .. THE NEXT MORNING WE CHECKED HIM AND HE WAS WORSE.. HE NOW WAS PARALIZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.. CRYIN SO LOUD BLEEDIN AGAIN.. WE WERE SCARED HYSTERICALLY CRYING.. RUSHED HIM TO THE VET AGAIN.. NOW THEY TOLD US HE HAD NO RED BLOOD CELLS AND NEEDED A BLOOD TRANSFUSION YET THAT VET WAS CLOSIN FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SO WE HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER ONE WAY DOWN THE PARKWAY IN HOLIDAY TRAFFIC.. IT WAS THE SCARIEST 2 HOUR DRIVE.. WE GOT HIM THERE FINALLY.. THEY TOOK HIM RIGHT AWAY.. HAVING TO SEDATE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS SO DEFENSIVE STILL.. STILL FIGHTIN TILL THE END.. HE HAD HEART.. THE DOCTORS CAME BACK SAYIN HE HAD NO BLOOD AND VERY WEAK.. AND THEY DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG.. BASICALLY SAYIN HE WILL NOT MAKE IT.. AND WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.. MY MOM MY SISTER AND ME ALL LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER MY MOM SAYIN TO THE DOCTOR HOW CAN I MAKE THIS DECISION NOT KNOWIN WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR BABY.. SO THEY DID X RAYS TESTS.. CAME BACK SAYIN HIS BLOOD TESTS WERE FINE BUT THEY FOUND A BIG MASS IN HIS STOMACH STILL NOT KNOWIN WHAT IT WAS.. BUT GUESSING IT WAS CANCER.. GOD CANCER!! HOW COULD WE NOT KNOW.. WE FELT MORE SAD THEN EVER.. HE SEEMED FINE FOR EVER NOW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN.. IT DIDNT MAKE SENSE.. THE DOCTOR TOLD US THAT EVEN IF THEY TRIED SURGERY HE WAS TO WEAK AND THEY FELT HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT .. THEY BROUGHT SNEAKERS IN TO SEE US.. OH MY HEART BROKE SEEIN HIM LIKE THAT.. HE WAS ON SO MUCH STUFF TO CALM HIM HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HIMSELF .. HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS US AT FIRST HE GROWLED HE LOOKED IN PAIN.. WE DECIDED THE HARDEST THING WE EVER HAD TO DO.. WE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO SUFFER.. SO MY MOM AND MY SIS AND I TALKED TO HIM.. I BELIEVE HE KNEW WE WERE THERE.. MY MOM WANTED HIM TO KNOW WE WERE THERE.. SHE HELD HIS PAW AND TALKED TO HIM.. I SAW HIS EYES JUST KEEP GOIN BACK TO MY MOM.. I KNOW HE KNEW IT WAS HER.. SHE STAYED WITH HIM TILL HE PASSED.. SHE DIDNT WANT HIM TO GO ALONE.. MY SIS AND I COULDN'T WATCH.. OUR HEARTS HURT TO BAD.. WE WENT IN AFTER PETTED HIM.. HE LOOKED SO PEACFUL NOW.. WE SAID GOODBYE .. AND THAT WE WERE SORRY.. WE CRIED FOR DAYS.. WE ARE ALL STILL TO THIS DAY CONFUSED TO HOW THIS HAPPENED OUT OF NO WHERE HE WAS FINE AND ONE DAY BOOM ALL OF THIS HAPPENED.. OUT OF NO WHERE.. IT WILL NEVER MAKE SENSE.. WE MADE HIM A CROSS COLORED IT GRAY AND WHITE LIKE HIM.. AND PUT IT ON OUR TREE IN OUR BACK YARD.. WE HAD HIM CREMATED.. WE HAVE HIS ASHES WITH THE RAINBOW BRIDGE AND A PICTURE OF HIM UP ON OUR MANTLE.. ITS WEIRD WITHOUT HIM.. MY OTHER CAT LACES.. IS LOOKIN FOR HIM NOW AND THAT HURTS MY HEART EVEN MORE TO SEE HER LIKE THAT.. SHE WAITS AND WAITS FOR HIM AT THE WINDOW.. SHE SAW A CAT THAT LOOKED LIKE HIM OUTSIDE AND WENT CRAZY.. KINDA TELLIN US I THINK TO LET HIM INSIDE.. SHE IS SO SAD NOW.. WE HAVE PICS OF HIM ALL OVER.. I'LL NEVER GET OVER THIS.. TILL I SEE HIM AGAIN.. WE JUST ALL WANT SNEAKERS TO KNOW WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH.. AND WERE SORRY THIS HAPPENED WE DID EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY COULD.. I WISH WE KNEW WHY THIS HAPPENED.. WE HOPE YOU KNOW WE WERE THERE THE WHOLE TIME AT THE HOSPITAL WE NEVER LEFT.. WE HOLD U IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS FOREVEER U WILL NEVER EVER BE FORGOTTEN.. WE LOVE YOU.. YOUR MOM, MICHELLE, DANA, LACES, ERIC,ALLIE AND EVERYONE ELSE.. MIDNIGHT WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU UNTILL WE ALL MEET AGAIN.. JUST PLEASE DONT HATE US.. WE LOVE YOU OUR SNEAKY BABY.. REMEMBER THAT ALWAYS...