I just called the vet. He says Pudgy is moving more but not a lot and
vocalizing, and that it is good improvement for twelve hours. I am to
call back in six hours. They gave him fluids last night and will feed
him today. Please continue praying for Pudgy. thanks

More purrs from me and Missy....

Ivor

We are very careful. Kittens can quickly move places where they
shouldn't go even as a door is closing. Thanks everyone for their
support for Pudgy. It is four hours still until I call the vet to find
out if there's been any improvement overnight.
tbg

I am so sorry to hear about Pudgy. I can sympathize with you. Calvin was
only about 8 wks old when he a boy who should had been more careful dropped
a formica board and Calvin was under it. He suffered brain damage, had
seizures and died a couple weeks later. I cried for weeks blaming
myself...Still do at times even tho it's been 4 yrs this month. We have him
buried in our back yard.
A healing hug for you!
Barb

I am so sorry

I am sorry for your loss.

Sue

I'm so sorry to hear this

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Oh, my.  I came in on this belatedly, and so did not have the chance to
wish him, to wish you all, well.  I wish it now, in spite of this
extremely sad turn of events.  May he be at rest.  

You gave him a chance.  

Diana

Comrades of our past were they,
Of that unreturning day.
Changed and aging, they and we
Dwelt, it seemed, in sympathy.
Alway from their presence broke
Somewhat which remembrance woke
Of the loved, the lost, the young--
Yet they died, and died unsung....

Fare thee well, companion dear!
Fare for ever well, nor fear,
Tiny though thou art, to stray
Down the uncompanion'd way!
We without thee, little friend,
Many years have not to spend;
What are left, will hardly be
Better than we spent with thee.

--Matthew Arnold

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Why does he still whisper to me,
Sleeping beneath the snow?
Only a kitten, the friend of a child,
So long ago.
Happy we were, sharing delight,
Days were serene and good,
But then he died and I couldn't change that,
Cry as I would.

Kindly old tree, shelter him still,
We could not hope to stay
Always a kitten and always a child,
Always to play.

--Heather O'Dare

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Is Heaven all you asked of it,
O little cat? Did Peter fit
A halo for your graceless head?
Is there a quilt for your special bed,
And a bowl of cream just out of reach
Of your thieving paw? Or do They teach
You not to steal in paradise?
Does the flapping of Their wings entice?
Do you scamper and swing on a golden fence,
Or are They teaching you reverence?
And are there really golden thrones
Up there? Or do the Mighty Ones
Have nice fat chairs that you can claw
And tear and snag with an impious paw?
And do the angels understand
That a little cat in a lonely land
Still longs for a kiss and a friendly cuff?

Celestial joys are not enough.
Please, some small saint in shining white,
Hold him close in your arms tonight.

--Bianca Bradbury

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Aionía aftoú e mnéme--May his memory be eternal.

--from the Eastern Orthodox funeral liturgy

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Warm summer sun
   Shine kindly here,
Warm southern wind
   Blow softly here,
Green sod above
   Lie light, lie light—
Good night, dear heart,
   Good night, good night.

--adapted from Robert Richardson's poem "Annette" by Samuel Langhorne
Clemens (Mark Twain) as the epitaph for his daughter, Olivia Susan Clemens

Take care,
Nicholas

I am so sorry to hear about Pudgy, I have only come across this website today
as my cat 'Donny' died on Saturday so I am feeling very low as you will be.
He was only 5 and came out of the blue.
I have posted about him in Health and behaviour titled Sudden Cat Death.
Cats are great and I have always had them.  We have only got one cat now and
at the beginning of the year we had 3.
I got Donny from being a kitten, he was known as a lion as he was really
fluffy and looked like he had a maine.
To Pudgy and Donny R.I.P

best wishes
Saxrocco a.k.a Clare