Our family was saddened to lose a dear companion - our cat Holly Lynn. Our then small daughters (2nd and 1st grades) begged and pleaded for a cat, almost nineteen years ago. One day the school principal came over the intercom and announced to the students if anyone was interested in a kitten, to contact him. Three excited brown-haired little girls ran off the school bus with the news they had found their kitten! Since we picked her up shortly after Christmas, the girls named her Holly.Holly lived with us until our oldest daughter married and Holly moved with them. She has been a loving companion to our family and we will sorely miss her. On Tuesday evening, she worsened and could barely stand. We met our twin daughters at the animal hospital and she was in kidney failure and failing quickly. The veterinarian recommended that we put her to sleep, given her age and the severity of her health status. And on that cold, snowy night we brought our beloved kitty home for the last time.
Last night we held her funeral. My husband built her a kitty coffin and we buried her wrapped up with her Ocean Whitefish cat food and other favorite treasures. We buried her in our flower garden with our beloved Golden Retriever who passed away four years ago next week. It is amazing the grip that our fur-friends have on our hearts. Holly, you will be missed by your loving family. Hope to see you in Heaven!
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I read this on a post from Stephanie on Facebook. I mentioned to her that we still had Chase, the cat that you guys gave us. I don't know if you remember you guys found 2 cats at the church (THFN) and we took one of them. Well as of Monday he was doing fine but believe it or not he died yesterday. The vet had told us about 6 months ago that he had an enlarged heart and that is what would probably be his cause of death someday, but we really didn't think it would happen that fast. We were very surprised. We noticed on Tuesday that his litter box was empty and he hadn't eaten in a few days. So Wednesday morning we were going to take him to the vet but he didn't make it through the night. So we completely understand how you guys feel. Chase was one of the family for us too!
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