Tansy
Sorry to have been absent from here over the last few weeks but we have been suffering from a bad dose of 'life' round here.
It all started with Rosie cutting another tooth (only 3 left to go!) then Dave & I both caught a stomach bug last week that lasted over the bank holiday weekend. Thankfully Rosie didn't get it but the whole parenting thing doesn't work very well when both parents are broken. The final straw was when I found one of our cats, Tansy (the cat in my avatar), behaving very oddly on Monday afternoon.
Dave took her to see the emergency vet where they discovered she was extremely dehydrated and has lost over a pound in weight since her annual check up in December. The vet ran some blood tests, and they found severe kidney failure. The vets tried to treat her but she was not responding, they were trying to syringe feed her but Tansy refused to swallow so we listened to what she was telling us and let her go. My Dad came over and took Rosie and I to the vets as Dave had a meeting he couldn't get out of. We let Rosie say goodbye to Tansy and then my Dad took her to a near by park while I stayed with Tansy till she'd gone.
We all miss her horribly. We got Tansy and her litter mate Dill when they were 8 weeks old in 1996. Rosie is taking it by far the best of all of us, thank goodness for the pragmatic nature of two year olds. I got a copy of 'Goodbye Mog' in just in-case but I don't think I'm going to need it this time round.
Tansy was a frequent visitor to my sewing room to keep me company when I got to spend time up there
In her classic 'feed me' pose
Tansy loved a sunny spot and wasn't too fussy about where it was
It all started with Rosie cutting another tooth (only 3 left to go!) then Dave & I both caught a stomach bug last week that lasted over the bank holiday weekend. Thankfully Rosie didn't get it but the whole parenting thing doesn't work very well when both parents are broken. The final straw was when I found one of our cats, Tansy (the cat in my avatar), behaving very oddly on Monday afternoon.
Dave took her to see the emergency vet where they discovered she was extremely dehydrated and has lost over a pound in weight since her annual check up in December. The vet ran some blood tests, and they found severe kidney failure. The vets tried to treat her but she was not responding, they were trying to syringe feed her but Tansy refused to swallow so we listened to what she was telling us and let her go. My Dad came over and took Rosie and I to the vets as Dave had a meeting he couldn't get out of. We let Rosie say goodbye to Tansy and then my Dad took her to a near by park while I stayed with Tansy till she'd gone.
We all miss her horribly. We got Tansy and her litter mate Dill when they were 8 weeks old in 1996. Rosie is taking it by far the best of all of us, thank goodness for the pragmatic nature of two year olds. I got a copy of 'Goodbye Mog' in just in-case but I don't think I'm going to need it this time round.
Tansy was a frequent visitor to my sewing room to keep me company when I got to spend time up there
In her classic 'feed me' pose
Tansy loved a sunny spot and wasn't too fussy about where it was
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I just found your blog....I wonder if you are the same Karoline I was a "secret pal" with years ago on a BB. Still have the needle roll you sent me displayed in my sewing room.
And it's so true about both parents being sick and trying to take care of the little one. Hopefully you'll never face that situation again -- we had it happen with 2 kids! Ugh!
I'm sure Tansy and Plume are playing together now, wherever they are!
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Goodbye Mog is a lovely story - it made me cry when I first read it.
It sounds like Tansy had a good life and was a good companion.
Take care!
Donna
((Karoline))
Hope you and Dave are now feeling better.
How much longer until the new baby?
-Jen
Take care of yourselves!