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June 25, 2022 I put my best friend to sleep, I had 17 wonderful years, not enough though. I've had many cats in my life and I still have some with me now. But, none have ever captured my heart like Oscar. Like all my cats he was a feral rescue, a kitten with a URI so bad that his eye were matted shut and that is how I caught him. We got him fixed up and soon he was out in general population. He hid under the bed dreadfully afraid of the ceiling fan, that soon passed.
I was trying to find him a home but, as the days and nights wore on me and him started to become closer. He enjoyed having his belly rubbed and was very jealous of anyone cat or human that had my attention. And constantly butted my face. When I would come home from work and he was outside he would greet me by rolling on each and every paver in the the walkway until we reached the house and I would pet him on each one.
He would stay with me when I was sick. And during some of my darkest times in my life he was always there even at 2 in the morning, he would lay right beside me always as if watching over me. Due to a liver tumor that was pushing into his stomach were he was unable to eat and it was not able to be removed do to his health and the amount of weight he lost, I decided in the wee hours of the morning with Oscar by my side that I would not let him get to the point were he would suffer. That I would set aside my desire to keep him just for a little while longer, and try to give back to him just a little of what he had given me through the years of us being together. Though, I feel it is a debt I could never repay.
He took part of my heart with him that day and that's fine no cat was more deserving. I whispered in his ear before he was gone Thank You, words that fail in meaning. He's in my flower garden now were we use to hang out, everyday I see his grave and everyday my heart remembers a rolling cat on the pavers. I miss him more than words and I still Love him with what's left of my heart. I just wanted someone else to know our story. Thank you.
I was trying to find him a home but, as the days and nights wore on me and him started to become closer. He enjoyed having his belly rubbed and was very jealous of anyone cat or human that had my attention. And constantly butted my face. When I would come home from work and he was outside he would greet me by rolling on each and every paver in the the walkway until we reached the house and I would pet him on each one.
He would stay with me when I was sick. And during some of my darkest times in my life he was always there even at 2 in the morning, he would lay right beside me always as if watching over me. Due to a liver tumor that was pushing into his stomach were he was unable to eat and it was not able to be removed do to his health and the amount of weight he lost, I decided in the wee hours of the morning with Oscar by my side that I would not let him get to the point were he would suffer. That I would set aside my desire to keep him just for a little while longer, and try to give back to him just a little of what he had given me through the years of us being together. Though, I feel it is a debt I could never repay.
He took part of my heart with him that day and that's fine no cat was more deserving. I whispered in his ear before he was gone Thank You, words that fail in meaning. He's in my flower garden now were we use to hang out, everyday I see his grave and everyday my heart remembers a rolling cat on the pavers. I miss him more than words and I still Love him with what's left of my heart. I just wanted someone else to know our story. Thank you.
RIP buddy, you did everything a cat could do for their person. 
