Stories of your Pets

• By p3pattyo
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• October 13, 2012 at 6:54 pm
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Hi there, I too have a wonderful pet, a little chihuahua named Bella! She was given to my children for a Christmas gift last year and she brings my kids and I such joy. April I went in for emergency surgery and so was away at hospital for a week and when I got home she just was so happy to see me, she hasn't left my side since! And with crohns and having this ileostomy I have good days and bad days but the one thing I can count on is Bella. She senses my moods, on my down days and I'm resting she curles up beside me and when I'm sad and crying she will crawl up in my lap and kiss my tears away! My children are awesome, but I put on a smile and get them off to school - but then when I'm alone and feeling so overwhelmed there's my Bella to cheer me up! So I agree, animals are smart and wonderful!
Patty

• By MarkNelson
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• October 14, 2012 at 7:50 am
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Hi JRo12,

I am from up by Eau Claire, WI. We have a cat that we inherited from our son called Hobbes. He's been a great friend. During chemo he would curl up by my feet on the couch as if to try to help me gain strength.

Animals have a healing grace to them.

Mark

• By Cass58
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• October 14, 2012 at 9:20 am
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I've had 2 wonderful dogs that I loved with all my heart. They both passed in their senior years, and I've finally convinced hubby it is time to get another one. We are going to the animal shelters today, and hopefully I will find my new best friend. Wish me luck, because my hubby can be difficult and indecisive. The dog in the picture was my dear Katie that I adopted from the pspca. I miss her terribly!

Cass

• By Dan53 (Inactive)
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• October 14, 2012 at 9:44 am
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I don't know how precios this may be to anyone else, but it brings much joy and laughter to my wife and I. My wife and I shop at a local charity thrift store. About two years ago we went in one morning and heard a tiny meow behind the counter. When we stopped to look there was a tiny tabby kitten in a box. The people who run the thrift store were frantically trying to find a home for him. When wwe asked where he came from they said he had apparently fallen from the ceiling and survived. Needless to say we took him home. He was so tiny I had to feed him with an oral syring for 24 hours until I could teach him to drink from a bowl and eat small amounts of wet food. I tend to call him my little fallen angel, my wife named him Rusty. He's not particularlly tiny any more, probably about twenty pounds and is extreemmly spoiled. If you haven't noticed we love him dearly. Dan

• By tjane
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• October 14, 2012 at 10:33 am
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I have 2 cats both named smokey. One I found on the offramp of the freeway and I rescued her. She is grey and white and I named her smokey. I worked at a petstore and they had adoption days and I adopted a grey cat that was allready named smokey. So they are both named smokey. Smokey 2 has learned how to open my glass screen door bypushing on it and let herself out. She has not fiqured a way to let hersel in yet. When I open the door to let her in the other smokey will bolt to get out. They never go far and wait on the front porch to be let in. If they are in the yard some where all I have to do is call for them and they will come a rumming. I think they just love the fresh air. Both of them will come to my side when I am layed up in bed. Most the time it is a good thing but some times they sandwich me in and it is hard to turn over. lol xox terri

• By amt52
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• October 14, 2012 at 11:24 am
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Like Mark, I had a cat who would insist on being close to me after chemo sessions. Her name was Blitzen. I had to wear a chemo pump at home (in a fanny pack) for 3 days every 2 weeks. She would lay on my lap, on top of my pump, and sleep for hours,or nudge me and purr. In my nursing career, I worked at 2 different long-term-care facilities that had a cat, as a facility pet. In both places, the cats could sense when a resident was close to death, and stay with that person until he/she passed on, even if it was days. I swear this is true, sounds like a superstition. they must be in tune with some aura or sensation, some type of intuition? Don't know- but I am a believer! (Sorry to go creepy on you:)

• By Mare5785
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• October 14, 2012 at 1:22 pm
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Amt... I so agree with you.. about the cats hanging out until someone passes... It is so true..and I have seen it. They are connected to us.. Even dogs.. but not as much as cats. A very good friend of mine, had a russell terrier that slept on her grandma's leg while in the nursing home and failing... She stayed there til Grandma passed... Two months later, her little terrier passed also.. We guess that Gradma needed her more...

My cats have always... always curled up next to me when I was not feeling well... Their warmth and purr were very comforting...

• By p3pattyo
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• October 14, 2012 at 2:49 pm
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Hello fellow pet lovers, I just wanted to let you know that "Bella" was on the spot today!! The man I live with, the father of my children, just doesn't understand that I have good days and bad days, today I woke up in severe pain in every joint in my body (I had my second dose of remicade). He is such a cold hearted jerk (I've left him 3 times!!). Anyway, there is the jerk in my life arguing with me over stupid stuff and he went slamming out of the house!! So I was in the kitchen making my daughter lunch, and tears started to flow and Bella came running in to me and was whimpering by my feet till I picked her up. She kissed my tears away, of course her whimpering brought my daughter out and so she held me too. Some days are overwhelming, but I have my children and my little Bella to help.
Hope everyone is having a better day then me!!

• By JRo12
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• October 14, 2012 at 4:08 pm
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Hello Everyone,

What great stories so far. I LOVE it!

Cass did you end up finding a new pet today? It is very difficult I know to lose your family member. It is always a tough thing because they have such shorter lives than we do. But they bring so much in that short time. I am glad you were able to convince your husband to adopt a new one. We can never replace the pets we had before but those pets would be so happy knowing that you are making a new life and home for a lost animal. Great picture by the way.

Dan what a great way to have found your kitten. Some things are just mean to be and wow 20 pounds that is a healthy cat.

Patty I am so sorry to hear that your partner is giving you so much greif and doesn't quite seem to grasp what you are going thru. Can I ask what keeps you coming back, besides of course the children? You must love him quite a bit and see a good future. You don't have to answer if you don't want, I would like to see the best for you. However it looks like Bella knew exactly what you needed yay for her! I hope you are feeling better than this morning.

AMT I loved to read about Blitzen. I have no doubt what so ever that the cats knew when a person was about to pass. I have read about that before. Animals seem to have this keen intuition that cannot be explained.

Mare what a touching story about the Russel Terrior it choked me up. You just have to appreciate a kitty's purring.

Mark I went to college in Eau Claire, Hobbes sound like a wonderful cat.

TJane, that is great two kitties by the name of Smokey. Do they recogniz their name by 1 & 2? I am sorry but I cannot imagine anything better then being sandwitched between two great pets. Just goes to show how much they cannot get enough of you.

Thank you everyone for sharing your stories, this is exactly what I was looking for and has completely made my day. I just wish I could see more pictures. Hope to see even more.

I hope you guy's don't mind, I am still a bit new to the site and I know it is probably not necessary but feel the need to address everybody and feel bad if might have missed someone. So hope you don't mind the long post.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Love JRo

• By p3pattyo
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• October 14, 2012 at 5:28 pm
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Hi JRo, that's a good question that I keep asking myself, originally this time I went back together was because the plan was to move to new state, new start. Well it started out great and my children wanted to be back with dad, but as time has progressed he has become even worse than before. So I can't really say why I'm still with im other than I think I'm just waiting for the right time and courage to just up and move back to Florida or Colorado where my family is. The only good thing of moving here is my children were given Bella:) Thanks for listening, sometimes it helps just to vent...
Patty

• By WyoJane
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• October 15, 2012 at 8:25 am
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I use to have a cat named, Bounce. She lived for 16 1/2 years. I got just a few years before I was diagnosed with Crohn's. There were times when in my teens and twenties when I was so sick, I was suffering from mini seizures. She always seemed to know when one was coming on, cause she was close by. I would wake up on the floor or couch if I got to it on time, and she would be sitting near my face purring, licking my tears. She was always so gentle and would reach out with her paw and tap me. Like she was saying everything is going to be alright.

She always knew when I wasn't feeling well and would be extra cuddly on those days. When ever I came home from school she would get so excited I come running and give her "jaoollooooo" meow. Yes, I had my own. When I was 19 I was in the hospital for almost a month with just a few days furlough before a major resection of my small and lower bowel. When I came back the surgeon had warned my parent's that she was going to be too much for my belly and they needed to take care.

My mom and dad said Bounce really missed me. She would walk by my bed and jump up and cry my meow softly and many times she would just sleep there for hours. My mom said literally she was depressed without me.

When I came home, my parents had closed her in the bathroom and brought me to their room and I laid down on their bed. Then my dad brought bounce in the room. You should have seen her in his arms, she wanted down onto the bed with me. But my dad was speaking so softly with her. She already knew though. She walked so gently up to me and stretched down next to my belly, and then gentle as could be patted me with her paw. And meowed my meow in soft soothing ways until we both fell asleep.

Through my whole recovery she never once jumped into my arms or lap. Once the doctor gave the all clear though when I came home, I greet Bounce, and came jumping into my arms. She knew I could pick her up again.

I live in an apartment that will not allow me to have a pet, if I could I would definitely get another cat. Miss having one so much.