MEMORIUM TO SPOOKY

i wanted to add a note to this entry........today, march 1, i received a sympathy card from my vet.....where i took spooky to take his eternal rest.  it was signed by everyone on the staff, and a personal note was added by one of the staff members, that i was in their prayers and thoughts through this difficult time.........i have never had anything mean so much to me since i was all alone in my journey to the vet with my beloved kitty.  they made me feel good inside about letting spooky go.......and now, they are letting me know they understand........what a wonderful bunch of people........thank you again, HENRY COUNTY VETERINARY SERVICE...........

 

            

Above is Michael holding Spooky before Spooky got sick.  Below is Spooky with his Christmas bow (with Peaches looking on........forgive my feet in the shot). 

 

SPOOKY

(A/K/A   SPOOKSTER, POOK, POOKY, TUTIE, TOOT TOOT, SWEET BABY BOY AND MANY OTHER NAMES)

BORN 1986

PASSED FEB. 16, 2006

MY BABY BECAME ILL RECENTLY, AND WAS SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY.  I COULD NOT WATCH HIS SUFFERING ANYMORE.  HE LIVED A GOOD LIFE, EVEN THOUGH HIS EARLY YEARS WERE FULL OF DANGER.

ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO SPOOKY WAS AN OUTDOOR KITTY.  A REAL TOM KITTY, LADIES' MAN.........   

UNTIL A HUMANOID DECIDED TO SHOOT HIM WITH TWO REAL BULLETS.........ONE WENT THROUGH HIS STOMACH AND OUT THE OTHER SIDE, AND ONE SPLIT THE BONE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER, CAUSING THE LEG TO DANGLE UNATTACHED EXCEPT FOR SKIN, FUR AND A LITTLE MUSCLE TISSUE.

MY DAUGHTER (THEN 5) AND I TOOK HIM TO THE VET TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO.  THEY COULD WORK WONDERS IF WE HAD CLOSE TO $1000.  WE DIDN'T.  SO WE LEFT HIM TO BE PUT TO SLEEP. 

LATER THAT EVENING THE VET CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT SPOOKY WAS TOO GOOD OF A KITTY TO PUT DOWN, AND THE RECEPTIONIST WOULD PAY TO HAVE A PLATE PUT IN HIS LEG AND WOULD KEEP HIM IF WE SAID OK. 

I FIGURED IF HE WAS ALIVE, WE WANTED HIM BACK.......SO I CALLED MY EX HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM TO GO AND PAY THE VET FOR THEM TO NEUTER, GIVE SHOTS, TEST FOR FELINE LEUKEMIA, AND PUT A CAST ON HIM..............HE DID.

FOUR CASTS LATER, THE BONE HEALED IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS BONES, BUT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT THE WAY SPOOKY GOT AROUND. 

SPOOKY SAVED MINE AND AMANDA'S LIFE ONCE BY DETECTING THE BEGINNING OF A SMALL FIRE IN A WALL LIGHT SWITCH.  THEN ONCE WHEN AMANDA FELL OFF HER BED AT AGE 3, KNOCKING THE BREATH OUT OF HER, HE CAME AND GOT ME UP OUT OF MY BED, AND TOOK ME TO HER................OUR LITTLE BLACK GUARDIAN ANGEL.............

SPOOKY WAS THERE FOR ME WHEN I WAS LONELY.  HIS FUR WAS SOAKED WITH MANY OF MY TEARS OVER THE YEARS.  HE BECAME MY CONSTANT COMPANION FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, AFTER AMANDA MOVED OUT.

SPOOKY, MY PRECIOUS ONE, YOU SERVED WELL, LITTLE SERVANT.  NOW, GO FIND PEACE AND ROMP AND PLAY WITH GIZMO AND ALL THE OTHER LITTLE CRITTERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE YOU, ON THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. ( http://rainbowsbridge.com )

YOUR MEMORY WILL BE WITH US ALWAYS.......  

WE LOVE YOU DEAR BOY.....................

(MY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE VET AND ASSISTANT THAT MADE HAVING MY BABY PUT TO SLEEP EASIER.  THEY TREATED SPOOKY AS IF HE WERE HUMAN, AND ME AS IF I WERE HIS MOTHER........THANK YOU AGAIN HENRY COUNTY VETERINARY HOSPITAL)