By now, you all know about Bella. She is one of the loves of my life.  She came into our life as a stray.  She was only 1 lb and was so sick.  Even when she was that sick, she purred and rubbed her head on you.  She was just so happy to find someone to love. I took her in, I took care of her.  She slept in my arms as a baby would and any time she would awake she would purr louder than a full grown cat. You could hear her purr across the house. She really is the most wonderful cat. She fetches her toys no matter how many times you throw them, and she starts purring as soon as you walk into the room.  She is just happy to be with you.  She will follow you from room to room, and she will sit on the sink and watch you brush your teeth.  I have never loved an animal as much as I love her.  Yesterday when I got up I noticed she was breathing funny.  It seemed to take all her energy just to breathe.  I thought I may be imagining things so I tried playing with her but all she wanted to do was lay there. So, I got out the catnip.  Usually she’d be on top of me before I even got it open… she didn’t care about it.  We took her to the vet where they did xrays and tests. The doctor came back with her and said “It’s not good”.  She has feline leukemia and a tumor has grown in her chest and is pressing against her lungs. He said we will, in the end, have to put her down, not today, but shortly. She will eventually stop eating and reacting to us.  He cannot operate on the tumor because of where it is located.  He said in some cases they can give them a steroid shot and help shrink the tumor and it can give the cat more time.  Even with the tumor gone, she would still die of the leukemia.  We took the shot and went home.  I cried all day yesterday.  I feel like there is a hole in my chest.  I didn’t tell anyone about it all day.  I couldn’t say it out loud.  Last night, my mom called and I finally uttered the words.  There is nothing we can do but keep her comfortable and try to be with her as much as possible.  I keep praying for a miracle. She’s doing better today. She laid in bed with me for hours this morning, she purred a lot… it was so good to hear her purr. Maybe the steroid has helped a little.  I would do anything to help her… to make her okay…  It hurts so bad that I can’t help her. All I ask is that everyone keeps praying for that miracle.

By now, you all know about Bella. She is one of the loves of my life.  She came into our life as a stray.  She was only 1 lb and was so sick.  Even when she was that sick, she purred and rubbed her head on you.  She was just so happy to find someone to love.

I took her in, I took care of her.  She slept in my arms as a baby would and any time she would awake she would purr louder than a full grown cat. You could hear her purr across the house. She really is the most wonderful cat.

She fetches her toys no matter how many times you throw them, and she starts purring as soon as you walk into the room.  She is just happy to be with you.  She will follow you from room to room, and she will sit on the sink and watch you brush your teeth.  I have never loved an animal as much as I love her. 

Yesterday when I got up I noticed she was breathing funny.  It seemed to take all her energy just to breathe.  I thought I may be imagining things so I tried playing with her but all she wanted to do was lay there. So, I got out the catnip.  Usually she’d be on top of me before I even got it open… she didn’t care about it. 

We took her to the vet where they did xrays and tests. The doctor came back with her and said “It’s not good”.  She has feline leukemia and a tumor has grown in her chest and is pressing against her lungs. He said we will, in the end, have to put her down, not today, but shortly. She will eventually stop eating and reacting to us.  He cannot operate on the tumor because of where it is located.  He said in some cases they can give them a steroid shot and help shrink the tumor and it can give the cat more time.  Even with the tumor gone, she would still die of the leukemia.  We took the shot and went home. 

I cried all day yesterday.  I feel like there is a hole in my chest.  I didn’t tell anyone about it all day.  I couldn’t say it out loud.  Last night, my mom called and I finally uttered the words.  There is nothing we can do but keep her comfortable and try to be with her as much as possible.  I keep praying for a miracle.

She’s doing better today. She laid in bed with me for hours this morning, she purred a lot… it was so good to hear her purr. Maybe the steroid has helped a little.  I would do anything to help her… to make her okay…  It hurts so bad that I can’t help her.

All I ask is that everyone keeps praying for that miracle.

  • January 17, 2011, 10:55am

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