Sad Day
Brian is very sad tonight for this morning he had to make a very hard decision. He had to decide to put a kitten to sleep. About six months ago the stray Siamese cat that adopted us had a litter of six kittens. Three were three solid black and three were tortoise shell colored. One of the tortoise shell kittens was adopted by a co-worker of Brian’s and a black one was given to Christy’s Dad. One tortoise shell kitten and one black kitten ran away and Brian found the third tortoise shell kitten at the end of the driveway where it had been hit by a car. The one black kitten that was left was in the beginning the largest of the litter. Then he lost weight until he was only four pounds and we could see and feel his bones sticking out. From the way he acted we decided that he was partially blind and deaf. We fed him several times a day long for quite a while and he finally gained four ounces. Brian had taken him to the vet some time back and then he had an appointment this morning to have him checked again. The vet told him that the kitten had a virus that was making him blind and causing other problems. His opinion was it would be best to put the kitten to sleep. Brian came home at noon and seemed all right but then when he came home from work tonight he went into his bedroom, stretched out face down on the bed, and cried. He is such a softhearted guy, just like his dad. I had not formed an attachment to the kitten that Brian had named Little Brother but I admit to shedding a tear when Christy told me what was going on this morning. And now writing this I have tears running down my cheeks. I am probably more sad because my son is sad, just the mother in me I guess. When one of my kids hurt, then I hurt.
Oh, Deanna. How sad for him, but what a wonderful guy he is! It is such a risk to take in stray litters. We have seen both a litter of pups and a litter of kittens die due to disease. The vet said they have a hard time of it because their parents aren’t vaccinated or well fed and the mother’s milk doesn’t protect them as well. He is a good man for having taken the brood in. And also for the decision he ultimately had to make. My heart goes out to him.
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