GA Frosty passed on his own

[Noah & me (GA)]

happy for me that Frosty passed away without me having to put him down....that is not the way I look at it.

Ana already knows how sad I am about this so I'm not taking anything away from her thread. Of the nine cats and one dog we've lost just while living here seven passed away peacefully in our arms at a vet's office. There was nothing peaceful or painless about the other three. Sorry.

 

[JeffJ]

Goodbye to Frosty. I felt so attached to him and his story. Theresa and I wanted him to make it for at least a year or two. I think the brightest candles burn the quickest. That was Frosty's story.

All our kitteh (and human) life and death decisions are hard. We lost Scoobs, 2 years ago and still wonder if we did the right thing. But we had saved his as a neighborhood feral, and after 5 years he jumped into my lap for the first time. So that's the reward we got, and the memories to treasure. Your time with Frosty had a lot of hardship. But you also have some good memories to treasure.

 

[Teresa & KitKat]

Ana,
You should be thanked for taking Frosty in, without you he would have had no one. I am sure that he knew that you and your husband loved him. I am sure Frosty was grateful that you took him in. Thank yourself for the good things that you did for Frosty.

 

[Marje and Gracie]

(((Ana))))

I’m just seeing this and I am so very, very sorry for your loss of your beloved Frosty. There are no words of comfort to be offered, really, because grief is grief. All I can tell you from experience is that be kind to yourself and let your heart grieve in any way it needs and wants to.

I’ve had 13 cats over the years and they’ve passed in different ways. There was only one that I felt peace that we “got it right”. It was the only one where I truly felt I wouldn’t have done anything differently. What I’m trying to say is that we all have regrets; we all second guess ourselves. It’s hard to not do but telling yourself that you did the absolute best you could is being kind to yourself. You have to focus on all the love you gave Frosty and how his life would have been so horrible without you. You saved him!!!! It’s a hard thing to do to let go of these thoughts about what we “could have” done but a friend, who just lost his kitty this week, told me today that he wanted to focus on the 16 years of her life and how happy she was and not the last hours preceding her death. Wise words.

May you find peace. And know he is and always will be with you.

Fly free, Frosty. You are very much loved.