GA 1/14 good night Bella

Jason - Kona's Dad said:
You went above and beyond for your baby, Cecile! :bighug: She was sooo very well taken care of and couldn't have asked for a better human.

I'm going to miss seeing your posts with Bella in the profile pic. She was so precious.

Fly high sweet Bella cat_wings>o we will miss you :(
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Thank you, Jason.
I was thinking about what you wrote earlier today, it feels so weird and so hard at the same time. Yesterday evening I sat at the computer before going to bed to note her numbers. Earlier today I came back home because it was +4, without thinking. And tonight I was in the car and it was getting close to 7:30 and I was rushing to be home in time for her shot. I think it is going to take a long time, and I miss those moments, we were so close because of that.
 
Madeline528 said:
I am so very deeply sorry for your loss, Cecile. My heart is breaking for you :(
Please be kind to yourself. You were the best mom to your sweet Bella, and you both had so much love for each other.
Sending you prayers and lots of love and hugs :bighug::bighug::bighug::bighug:
Thank you for sharing, Bella and all the beautiful pictures.
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Thank you, Madeline. I miss her kisses. And everything else!
 
bluesunshine said:
I'm so sorry, I can't imagine all the empty spaces during your day :(. So much routine, especially with the FD... Your son seems like such a kind person.
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He is a very sensitive musician but he can also be a very silly teenager - 17 years old today ;) he loves cats, and he especially loved his Bella. She used to groom him when he was little, maybe she thought he was her kitten.
 
Cecile
There is nothing you could or should have done differently. It’s hard for a cat to survive one clot, let alone several. You were the perfect mom to her in every way, and we all adored her and lived for the next Bella picture or story. I hope you keep posting them, if it’s not too painful—I know we all looked forward every day to hear what she ate, or how she outsmarted the humans in the house.
She will stop by, every now and then, to make sure you’re healing and try to make you laugh.
Keeping you in my prayers
Colleen
 
cecile & bella said:
Thank you, Heike. She was very special, and always with us. I look for her everywhere. I just made lasagna and it was so hard not to cry, she would have been sitting on the chair by the island, her little head looking at me, asking for cheese. It's my son's birthday, he is 17 today, so I am trying very hard to be happy for him. He's been sending me all the pictures of Bella from his phone, so I will have more to share.
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(((Cecile!))) I can imagine she is missing in so many moments. I think it is o.k., to be sad about your loss and happy about your sons birthday at the same time. All the best for your son! Sounds like you celebrate with tasty lasagna. So happy you are here with us and glad your son made so many pictures of Bella and we can see them. She was such a special charakter. :bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
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Last night I woke up feeling very calm and almost happy, more than during the last week. I was dreaming, I was in a car with my childhood dog. I don't think I ever had a dream where he was since he passed in 1992. I take that as a sign that Bella is with me, and with him and my other cats.
And to share a photo of Bella :) about a year ago, wondering where was HER lunch bag, please?
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cecile & bella said:
Last night I woke up feeling very calm and almost happy, more than during the last week. I was dreaming, I was in a car with my childhood dog. I don't think I ever had a dream where he was since he passed in 1992. I take that as a sign that Bella is with me, and with him and my other cats.
And to share a photo of Bella :) about a year ago, wondering where was HER lunch bag, please?View attachment 72496
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Oh Cecile, that made me laugh -- the look on her face! Where's MINE???:joyful:

Thank you for sharing your dream. I'm so glad it brought some peace. Messages from our angel pets may seem "unscientific" to some and that's fine for them; personally, I think there is so much more that we don't know than that we do, and we ignore our intuition at our own expense.
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cecile & bella said:
My sweet Bella is gone. She did not have any strength left, I think recovering from 2 saddle thrombi was just as much as she could do. She was exhausted.
I helped her through the night, she was wheezing, she peed on her blanket, I washed her and kept her dry and warm. The vet came at noon. We were together all morning, just me and her, and I talked to her a lot. We went through the house, she stayed on all the beds, all the sunny spots she loved, until she let me know she wanted to move. Then she was by the heat vent, then her blanket in the corner by the bookcase, where she spent the last few nights. She kept moving, coming back to the kitchen, the living room, and eventually she just stayed here in the kitchen and her breaths were gettimg very slow. At the end she weighed 8 pounds. She was 13 2 years ago, down to 11 willingly (on my side at least), then it was just loss of muscle and the last few days of dehydration.
She went to sleep very peacefully in my arms, with her vet who really liked her. In the sun.
I miss her, she was here all this week but already gone, as my son said, and it is so true.
I feel bad, I should not have waited so long, but she was so strong, I was hoping for a third miracle.
I am so happy that she chose us at the Humane Society, she came to sit in front of us and said hello. Bella was a talker, she had many, many different ways of telling us what she wanted. That day it was "You are my new family, take me home now". So we did. And we had 7 perfect years with the most perfect cat, so full of personnality and so funny. I am amazed by how many of my son's friends, and my friends, some who don't even like cats that much, are telling us they are sad, that they loved her.
I will try to keep coming here, you have been like a family to us for the last 3 years. And maybe I can give back and help, too.
Thank you, thank you so much for all the love over the last few weeks, you cannot imagine how much it helped me. Thank you.
I feel so grateful for this forum. @Bandit's Mom you helped me so much, even when I had no idea what i was doing, I was scared to make mistakes, and you kept telling me what to do over and over and so patiently. Bella lived so well and she was so regulated because of you.
@Wendy&Neko @tiffmaxee @Little Man's mom (GA) @Angela & Cleo @Sienne and Gabby (GA) and many more of you who helped us. Thank you.
@Staci & Ivy @Heike & BInie @bluesunshine @Tim & Pookey @Fistuk & Shelly I love you all, I will keep coming to check on you.
@Diane Tyler's Mom GA your daily messages of love helped me so much.
I am sorry, i know I am forgetting many of you but please know that I read and appreciated every single message that was posted on my threads.
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Cedile, I am so very sorry for your loss of Bella. All my best to you. Bella lived so well. I hope she will meet Eddie and Blue on the other side of the Bridge. :bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
cecile & bella said:
Last night I woke up feeling very calm and almost happy, more than during the last week. I was dreaming, I was in a car with my childhood dog. I don't think I ever had a dream where he was since he passed in 1992. I take that as a sign that Bella is with me, and with him and my other cats.
And to share a photo of Bella :) about a year ago, wondering where was HER lunch bag, please?View attachment 72496
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Thank you for sharing this cute pic of Bella! She had so much personality and you could always guess what is happening in her cute little head. :cat:

I am happy your dream helped you to find some inner peace. You had such a strong bond with Bella and she will be always part of you. :bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
Heike & BInie said:
Thank you for sharing this cute pic of Bella! She had so much personality and you could always guess what is happening in her cute little head. :cat:

I am happy your dream helped you to find some inner peace. You had such a strong bond with Bella and she will be always part of you. :bighug::bighug::bighug:
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Thank you, Heike. I've been thinking about you and was waiting for your post, I'll go check on Binnie :)
I had a card from my vet and her tech today, it was very nice and made me cry, of course, but still very nice. She also taklked about Bella's personality.
 
cecile & bella said:
Thank you, Heike. I've been thinking about you and was waiting for your post, I'll go check on Binnie :)
I had a card from my vet and her tech today, it was very nice and made me cry, of course, but still very nice. She also taklked about Bella's personality.
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Hi Cecile, so nice your vet and the vet tech wrote a card! Bella just stole everyones heart. :cat: Thank you so much for checking on us! I just wrote an update. I send you lots of love and thank you for being around. You are such an inspiration and I already learned a lot from you! :bighug::kiss::bighug:
 
Jack & Mopem'sMom said:
Oh Cecile, i am so sorry to see this. Sending you and your family much love and many hugs. You did your very best for sweet Bella. Praying for you all :bighug:
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Thank you, Christine!
I am going through photos and found one of the day we got Bella. She was darker! And a lot bigger too. She adapted very fast to our house.
 

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Cecile! I'm so so sad to learn of Bella's passing. I hadn't been to the forum for two weeks and I'm only seeing this now.
I read with tears your touching and tender eulogy. I know how close you two were. You were always the warm spot me to visit here and find a good laugh from one or the other Bella's tricks.
I'll miss her stealing mozzarella and sleeping by sour toes. I can imagine how much you miss her.
You two were true companions to each other.
I'm inspired by the way you allowed her to leave at her own pace, and visit one last time all her favourite spots in the house. It takes courage and true love to allow our furr babies to leave naturally.
She was a wise one and new exactly what home she needed, who's the right mum that will be by her side with fierce support.
I send you so much love :bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
Fistuk & Shelly said:
Cecile! I'm so so sad to learn of Bella's passing. I hadn't been to the forum for two weeks and I'm only seeing this now.
I read with tears your touching and tender eulogy. I know how close you two were. You were always the warm spot me to visit here and find a good laugh from one or the other Bella's tricks.
I'll miss her stealing mozzarella and sleeping by sour toes. I can imagine how much you miss her.
You two were true companions to each other.
I'm inspired by the way you allowed her to leave at her own pace, and visit one last time all her favourite spots in the house. It takes courage and true love to allow our furr babies to leave naturally.
She was a wise one and new exactly what home she needed, who's the right mum that will be by her side with fierce support.
I send you so much love :bighug::bighug::bighug:
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Thank you, Shelly. The house is very empty without her. I printed a lot of photos and I look at her, it makes me smile. Thank you for your kind words.
 
I feel like Bella sent me a sign today. I saw 2 spiders (it's really cold, here, we don't get many bugs in the Winter!), which were a favorite snack, apparently tasty enough to jump and gobble directly. And then as I was vacuuming the kitchen, I found a white whisker. I have been looking everywhere for one, and I vacuumed many times over the past 3 weeks, so I have no idea where this one came from. It was in front of the heat vent where Bella spent her days in the Winter.
The little kitten I wanted to foster was adopted yesterday, but our almost hour long silent conversation on Saturday will stay in my mind. There have been cats like that. I remember a big black guy in a Petsmart in Tucson, many years ago, Boris. We had a long silent conversation too, and then a few months later we found Bella.
 
Cecile, I’ve been thinking of you since you said goodbye. Bella is just one of “those” cats — the ones who are just larger than life and own your heart. I use present tense because I suspect she *is* still with you, albeit in different form.

I’m always amazed and intrigued when a cat chooses their human. Whatever energy they’re picking up on, or whatever messages they’re receiving from furries who have left us, or however fate is playing a hand in it, somehow they just “know” that they’re supposed to go home with us. I’ve learned not to question their wisdom. I hope when the time is right, Bella will put your next kitty in your path.

Saddle thrombi are heartbreaking. I’ve had several cats go through it over the years and both fought the battle and opted not to, depending on the circumstances. It’s just so rare to have a good long-term outcome, but one always hopes for the rare exception. Bella seemed so vibrant and full of life — I so hoped she’d pull off a miracle. :bighug:
 
JL and Chip said:
Cecile, I’ve been thinking of you since you said goodbye. Bella is just one of “those” cats — the ones who are just larger than life and own your heart. I use present tense because I suspect she *is* still with you, albeit in different form.

I’m always amazed and intrigued when a cat chooses their human. Whatever energy they’re picking up on, or whatever messages they’re receiving from furries who have left us, or however fate is playing a hand in it, somehow they just “know” that they’re supposed to go home with us. I’ve learned not to question their wisdom. I hope when the time is right, Bella will put your next kitty in your path.

Saddle thrombi are heartbreaking. I’ve had several cats go through it over the years and both fought the battle and opted not to, depending on the circumstances. It’s just so rare to have a good long-term outcome, but one always hopes for the rare exception. Bella seemed so vibrant and full of life — I so hoped she’d pull off a miracle. :bighug:
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Thank you for your note, JL, and thank you also for your help before. I agree with you, it is special to be chosen, and cats have a way to know, they are such wonderful animals.
I was certainly hoping too, Bella was so strong.
Thank you :bighug:
bluesunshine said:
I love it, Cecile. I miss Bella so much. I am so glad she is watching over you. :bighug::bighug:
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Seth :bighug: thank you.
 
cecile & bella said:
I feel like Bella sent me a sign today. I saw 2 spiders (it's really cold, here, we don't get many bugs in the Winter!), which were a favorite snack, apparently tasty enough to jump and gobble directly. And then as I was vacuuming the kitchen, I found a white whisker. I have been looking everywhere for one, and I vacuumed many times over the past 3 weeks, so I have no idea where this one came from. It was in front of the heat vent where Bella spent her days in the Winter.
The little kitten I wanted to foster was adopted yesterday, but our almost hour long silent conversation on Saturday will stay in my mind. There have been cats like that. I remember a big black guy in a Petsmart in Tucson, many years ago, Boris. We had a long silent conversation too, and then a few months later we found Bella.
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I'm so happy you found the gift she left you behind.
I'm also glad that you're picking up on the messages she's sending you. I do believe that they send us messages from beyond the veil :bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
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