In loving memory of Larry-the wonder cat

I just wanted to tell everyone about my wonderful cat, I loved him very much and still love him, and just thought that he was so great everyone should know about him.

    My kitties name is Larry. He was one of the cats that pierce college's vet tech program had to help teach their students. I met him when I used to live with my friends Gina and Lissa, because Lissa is in the program and she brought Larry home for winter vacation. From the start we hit it off. I had never met a cat with such big eyes and a wonderful personality. The first day there I looked over while talking to Lissa and said "what's up Larry" and he did a little head nod, which kind of freaked me and Lissa out. we both said to each other "did you see that" from then on I knew Larry was special. He went back to school after winter break and Lissa told me that I could adopt him if I wanted to at the end of the school year. I was so happy! He came home with Lissa again for spring break, and he was just the same old' Larry. He did this thing where he would mat his claws on the softest part of you he could find and matt his claws away.. He was very loving always wanting to be held and loved. with the biggest green-yellow eyes. Well, I finally got to adopt Larry in June, at the end of school. I was living in my own place now with Paul, and my sister Liz, and my other cat, Soot. Larry came home to me very happy. He had missed me and I missed him and he was the perfect cat. He was friendly to everyone and the minute you met him and saw his personality you would love him too. But towards the end of June he started not eating. We were hoping he would start again because he was acting normal in everything else, especially when Carisa would come over, because he loved her so much. But 3 weeks ago he started throwing up and then throwing up blood, and we decided he had to go to the hospital when he quit even getting up and walking around. I felt horrible for not taking  him sooner. I called Lissa, who works at the animal hospital and she said we had to bring him in, and she would help me pay for it and I could pay her back. We thought at that time it was just a blockage. He stayed that night at the hospital and they called the next morning. The vet told me that he had hepatic lepedosis, which is a liver disease caused when cats don't eat. we didn't know what had caused him to stop eating, but we knew to find out anymore we had to get him to eat. They sent him home with me with 5 meds and food for syringe feeding, each thing had to be shoved down his mouth, and he had to be feed 2 syringe fulls every 4 hours. He hated it. But he never bit or tried to hurt me. After about a week, we took him in for a weight check. he had originally weighed 10lbs 13oz when I first got him, and he had shrunk down to 5lbs 6oz. When we took him in he hadn't gained a pound. But he had been up and happy again which made us hopeful. They decided the best thing to do for Larry was to put a feeding tube in through the side of his throat into his esophagus and down into his stomach to be fed through that. He was very sad and lethargic after this was done. Then yesterday it all went worse, he took all his meds and food fine, but was acting sick. Then today, he started throwing up. I called Lissa and she said to get him into the hospital. We took him in and Dr. Johnson who is a very good doctor and very honest was there. He came in, they took an x-ray to make sure the tube wasn't causing the vomiting, and then a blood test to see how his liver was. The tube was fine, but unfortunately his liver had gotten worse. It was finally giving up. He was in obvious pain and wouldn't even come to me, if I picked him up he would growl at me thinking I was going to hurt him. Which he had never been like. I knew this was bad. Dr. Johnson explained to us that even if we had thousands of dollars to spend on all the treatments they could do, he would still be in pain through it all, and it would most likely not work because he was just so bad. I had to make the toughest decision of my life. Let my kitty go to a better place with no tubes, and needles and pain. or keep him here with me where all that was in his every moment. After thinking about it, and talking with my friends and the vet, I knew I just had to let him go. Dr. Johnson said I could stay there with him so he wouldn't be scared, and Paul and Carisa stayed right by my side. I held him and told him I loved him. and he was going to be my angel. And he wouldn't be in pain anymore. And they put a catheter in his arm, and put the euthanasia in him. I was explained to that the don't feel it, they just get very tired and go to sleep by the time the shot is done, and that is what happened, we laid him down and I petted him and kissed his little head and said goodbye to my baby. And totally broke down. I felt like I had given up on him, and that I was wrong to do it, but I know in the end it was best for him, I couldn't be selfish. and I didn't want him to be in pain anymore. he wasn't scared at all. he was very brave. He was the best cat ever.

   For all those who knew Larry, they could tell you he was a wonderful cat. Sweet, and Kind, and never even hurting his fleas(if he got any). I loved him more than I could love any other cat besides soot. they are my babies. and it may seem foolish but I loved them like they were my babies.  Everyone that knew him will miss him no matter what they knew him as. We called him lots of nicknames: Larr-ball, Larr-miester, Larry-the wonder cat, my-larry-ah(mylaria) and we would always sing "don't be fooled by the rocks that he's got, he's still Larry, Larry from the block" this all may seem very silly, but I dare anyone who would meet him not to love him. I miss him so much.  I guess I hope above everything else that he forgives me, understands now, and still loves me.......  I wish he was here. I wish I could've made him better. Bye my Larry, baby...I'll miss you.

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"In the arms of an angel, may you find, some comfort here" ~Sarah McLaughlin