[Sca-cooks] OT: Goodbye to Murphy

[Sue Clemenger]

Oh, Ranvaig, I'm so sorry.  It's hard to say good-bye to someone you've
loved, let alone for 17 years!
--maire, giving her fur-family an extra hug this morning

ranvaig at columbus.rr.com wrote:
>
> There have been several threads about cats.  Tonight I said good bye
> to Murphy, my friend of 17 years.  My son was one and a half, but he
> remembers picking out the kitten.  Murphy, what ever he can get into,
> he will get into.
>
> Murphy has been failing since summer and we talked about putting him
> down, but I couldn't bring myself to do it as long as he was stable
> and reasonably happy.  When I got home from work tonight he was
> laying on his blanket and crying, hardly able to lift his head. I
> took him to the vet hospital and they helped him on his way.
>
> He had used up more than his share of nine lives over the years, and
> I will miss him.