Her Name Was Bug, She Was My Furry Best Friend....I Miss Her.

by Marie
(Tempe, Az)

Our story starts in 2006 when I moved to Yuma, Az. I moved in with a friend until I found my own place. Bug was left behind when my friend and his girl friend broke up.

"She's not friendly, leave her alone." He said, but being an animal lover just didn't happen. Over then next few months she would greet me, sit with me and eventually as if she was always mine slept with me. when I moved out, she came with me.

From that moment on we were inseparable. She loved me like no other animal I have ever owned. She was there waiting by the door when I got home from work, warming my lap when I watched tv, cuddling with me at bedtime like a stuffed animal, purring me to sleep and right there waiting to eat what ever I was eating.

We have been through a lot together. When I first got her I took her to the vets to have her spayed. I didn't know she was pregnant. The vets called me an hour or so after I dropped her off and asked what I wanted to do. Because I knew the humane society was full and I didn't know anyone to give the kittens to....I did what I felt was the right thing to do. I felt horrible.

This ended up saving her life. it turned out her uterus was infected and full of pus. The babies were already dead and had she tried to have them would of died as well. A couple of years later she dropped a substantial amount of weight in a very short period of time. Turned out she was diabetic. The vet half expected me to put her to sleep right then and there! I learned how to give her shots, and we moved on with our life.

Christmas day 2013, she began to act a little odd at first and then ill. She's been sick before and pulled through, I just to myself, "this will pass." But it didn't. I couldn't get her to eat, drink, or even use the bathroom. We took her to the vets and they gave her fluids and sent me home with some liver function meds. We battled for a couple of weeks before she finally gave in. On Jan. 07 2014 as if to say good bye, we cuddled together with such contentment and she purred. (she hadn't done so since she got sick) Then just like that, she was gone.

I haven't had a good nights sleep in a month.... It's hard to talk about how I feel to people. I work graveyards and it takes everything I have not to think about her every minute. I'm just sad....