Sending my little Bijou to Rainbow Bridge tomorrow (weight, felines, blood)
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I am so sad and heartbroken as I type this, but I have to help my beloved orange tabby, Bijou, to the Rainbow Bridge tomorrow. He is thirteen and a half, and started losing weight last year, then became very ill at the beginning of this year. We put him in the hospital for a week, and the wonderful doctors there helped him over the hump, he got better and went home. But.... diagnosis was unknown - he had the highest reading of white blood cells they had ever seen - so high they could not even be measured. Based on this and other tests, diagnosis was most likely cancer, bone marrow, leukemia or lymphoma. But we were able to have him around another 4 wonderful months, where he was fairly happy, albeit thinner, and had interest in life. Sadly, he deteriorated very rapidly these last two weeks, and has pretty much let me know he is ready to go. I am never prepared to do this, I have been crying all week. It helps me to post this here, I know all of you understand how this feels, and many of you have been through this before yourselves. I myself have done this many times before with other fur-babies, but it never gets any easier.
I hope tomorrow morning if you remember you could say a little blessing for Bijou as he joins all his friends and other dear fur-angels waiting at the Bridge. I bought a small lemon tree to plant in his honor.
I'm so very sorry. It's so hard to watch your beloved pets go downhill like that. It sounds like you made his last months as happy and comfortable as they could be. The lemon tree is a very nice remembrance. Rest in peace, little Bijou.
Yes there are many of us here who understand your pain and sorrow.
I'm so sorry.
Bijou is fortunate to have such a wonderful guardian and friend to help ease her transition.
Sometimes I don't post this link in the forums, I might DM it, because I felt ... what? shy, embarrassed ... don't want to seem like I think I'm "special" ... but I'm not ... special, that is ... Just very fortunate to have been given a gift to share with people such as yourself, who are in pain and need some (small) consolation.
Saber left this playlist to be shared, not hidden ... it is from our companions viewpoint ... and it speaks volumes:
We lost our sweet boy just a few weeks ago, right before I left to be with my mom, who is also fighting cancer. I haven't had a chance to mourn yet. I am so, so sad for you. I am sending you all the love I have from down in Dixieland. Blessings to you.
I am so sorry and will be saying a prayer for little Bijou. He will have many friends waiting to welcome him and he will be running free.
Like everyone else here, I know how you feel and my heart hurts for you. Remember that Bijou knew how much he was loved and that he will no longer be in pain. My thoughts are with you.
I am so sad and heartbroken as I type this, but I have to help my beloved orange tabby, Bijou, to the Rainbow Bridge tomorrow. He is thirteen and a half, and started losing weight last year, then became very ill at the beginning of this year. We put him in the hospital for a week, and the wonderful doctors there helped him over the hump, he got better and went home. But.... diagnosis was unknown - he had the highest reading of white blood cells they had ever seen - so high they could not even be measured. Based on this and other tests, diagnosis was most likely cancer, bone marrow, leukemia or lymphoma. But we were able to have him around another 4 wonderful months, where he was fairly happy, albeit thinner, and had interest in life. Sadly, he deteriorated very rapidly these last two weeks, and has pretty much let me know he is ready to go. I am never prepared to do this, I have been crying all week. It helps me to post this here, I know all of you understand how this feels, and many of you have been through this before yourselves. I myself have done this many times before with other fur-babies, but it never gets any easier.
I hope tomorrow morning if you remember you could say a little blessing for Bijou as he joins all his friends and other dear fur-angels waiting at the Bridge. I bought a small lemon tree to plant in his honor.
Thanks everyone.
I have no words. I'm so sorry. {{{{{gypsychic}}}}}
I'm sorry about Bijou. Think of how he'll be pain free, playing and chasing butterflies with all of our other pets who have gone before us.
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I hope you find peace with what has to be done. 
