Final Chapter
All of this happened about this time last year. Heather took Alexander home after 2 weeks in the isolation building. He wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t eating or drinking a lot but seemed glad of the attention. Heather has a fairly large house that she shares with her parents and a dozen or so transient cats along with various cadet felines. After a month Alexander while he wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t still eating much had put on a bit of weight and had perked up a bit but started sliding back into a lethargic state. Heather took him to the vet where they found a cancerous mass in his intestine, which the biopsy determined to be malignant. Alexander went back to Heatherâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s house where he died one night three weeks later being loved and cared for.
To a lot of people this would seem like a bad ending and a waste of money and time. To those of us that love animals it is money well spent and a labor of love that we never regret. Alexander didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t die unloved and abandoned somewhere alone but loved and he is missed. He has been over the Bridge for the last year where I hope to see him again someday.
Not every story has a happy ending and not every stray we rescue finds a home or lives a full life but that just makes us work all the harder to see that every one we rescue at least gets the best chance we can give them.
I am sorry it took me so long to get around to writing the last chapter but every time I would start I seemed to have a bit of trouble seeing the screen and what I was doing.
[font="]Howard Jones[/font]
All of this happened about this time last year. Heather took Alexander home after 2 weeks in the isolation building. He wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t eating or drinking a lot but seemed glad of the attention. Heather has a fairly large house that she shares with her parents and a dozen or so transient cats along with various cadet felines. After a month Alexander while he wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t still eating much had put on a bit of weight and had perked up a bit but started sliding back into a lethargic state. Heather took him to the vet where they found a cancerous mass in his intestine, which the biopsy determined to be malignant. Alexander went back to Heatherâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s house where he died one night three weeks later being loved and cared for.
To a lot of people this would seem like a bad ending and a waste of money and time. To those of us that love animals it is money well spent and a labor of love that we never regret. Alexander didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t die unloved and abandoned somewhere alone but loved and he is missed. He has been over the Bridge for the last year where I hope to see him again someday.
Not every story has a happy ending and not every stray we rescue finds a home or lives a full life but that just makes us work all the harder to see that every one we rescue at least gets the best chance we can give them.
I am sorry it took me so long to get around to writing the last chapter but every time I would start I seemed to have a bit of trouble seeing the screen and what I was doing.
[font="]Howard Jones[/font]
