Aimee

This is Aimee. Aimee wasn't a fan of her picture being taken. Can you tell? :)

Aimee came from the animal shelter to live with me when I was 14. She was with me all through high school and college. She was there when I moved out. She was there when I got married.

She was there when I had appendicitis. In fact, she was the cat that pawed at my stomach and "meowed" at it when I got appendicitis. One smart cat.

Sadly, five years ago Aimee started getting random sores on her head and neck. It was usually taken care of by medicine. Then in November she started to get worse. In December, she started to sleep in her litter box.

I took her back to the vet twice since then. We tried different things. Nothing helped. She was just getting worse. My normally snuggly kitty didn't even want to be touched, let alone petted. She was in so much pain. She had more open sores than she had fur at this point.

So today I had to take my Aimee back to the vet. To get put down. :(

Hated that I had to do that but nothing else they could do for her. I'm sad that she has been there for all the big events of my life but she will never get to meet my first child.

I'm not a "my pets are my children" type of person. I truly hate the term "fur babies." My pets are my pets and are animals, not children. But I do still love my pets and this was harder than I even imagined it would be. I've had pets get put down before but this is the first time I have ever had to make the decision and take the pet.

One of Aimee's most favorite things was to sleep under the Christmas tree. She came to live with me at Christmas time so I think that she thought she was a Christmas present. :)

So here is one last picture of Aimee hanging out where she loved to the best.