On Saturday night, Woody was hit by a car and killed.
Sparky and Woody
Melissa took this picture of the boys napping together on Saturday afternoon. She and I spent the day at home, doing a bit of spring cleaning, listening to the ballgame, and just relaxing. When we took a quick nap, the boys were right there with us. We finished the cleaning late and went out around eight to get some dinner.
When we came back, there was a message on the phone. We picked up his (not so) little body and drove out to the emergency vet, where we had a chance to say goodbye in a quiet, private room. There was a lot of blood on him, but no obvious external injuries and his claws were intact, so I think death must have come very quickly. I’m having him cremated, which seems excessive and first-world in a way, but I want that little box of ashes to keep with me.
I’d known in the back of my mind that this was a possibility: he’d become such a wanderer and, while I live on a quiet street, some of the nearby streets are busier (and it’s on one of those streets that he died). But I still hadn’t really expected to lose him. He was just a year old, bursting with energy and life, switching back and forth between full-throttle play and rock-like sleep the way young cats do.
I’m deeply grateful that I was home this weekend and that Melissa was with me. I’m also grateful for that phone call, hard as it was to receive. I know what happened; I didn’t have to spend nights awake worrying about him; I didn’t have to wander the neighborhood calling for him and posting signs.
I miss him like crazy.
I’m so sorry about Woody – what a gorgeous guy he was! Please take care of yourself.
I’m so very sorry :(. I wish I could do more, but I’m sending a big hug and sympathetic thoughts you way.
I’m so sorry that this happened to poor Woody. He looks like he was a good friend to you. It’s hard losing a pet. I cried my eyes out when my dog Sheba died. I’m sending you sympathy thoughts.
So sorry to hear your news – it’s brought a tear to my eye. I know it’s devastasting – we lost our beautiful rescue Persian just before Christmas to kidney disease. I love to read about your gorgeous cats but it makes me miss my boy so much! We invest so much in them. Remember the good times and give your other pusscats an extra cuddle!
My thoughts are with you. Our cats just wandered off. It was hard, and we assumed they were hit, but as a little girl I liked to think of them as living in a really rich house.
Oh, that is so sad! You know I lost a cat recently, and it is so hard to get used to the empty space where your furry friend used to be. Our cats have gotten out on occasion, through a not-quite-shut door, and I am always frantic until I can find them. I send you large quantities of sympathy and some tears of the heart.
My deepest sympathies. It’s never easy to lose a beloved animal. I wish you well on your recovery from this sad loss. Woody was a gorgeous kitty.
Sho very shadd.
We are the proud recipients of 2 of SH’s washclothes and we love them so much we wish she sold sets. These are the perfect weight clothes for washing babies heads without getting soap in their eyse. Our son is featured in an earlier post on whatifknits. Keep up the amazing work friend and feel better. Love Mimi