my furry friend

this is my little furry friend princess

her life began on the first of july 1994,she came to live with us in the september of that year, and basicly life was never the same after that,  she was adopted by our older cat suzie and shown the ropes etc, when princess was about 9 months old we were adopted by another kitten, peaches,  so she was then put in her place by suzie and princess,  sadly just before that christmas we lost suzie,            

both princess and peaches spent days just wandering about looking for her,then cuddleing up together,           so now princess was the oldest and in theory the boss,  we wodered if this would be the case as she was handicapped and thought peaches would take over, but no, if peaches was out of order she got a slap for it,                       when we took princess for her first check up at the vets he said she would be lucky to have 4-5 years due to her disabilities,but with much home `physio` she managed to keep her tail and right front leg and the other legs became stronger,  so much so we didnt see her as any different to any other cat,       over the years she made many human friends and kept them in their place, quite often on the floor, as she wanted the chair they had just been sitting on and had got it to the required temperature for her comfort,           she also had her own hotwatter bottle ( due to her arthritis )                                                she also had a heart of gold if i was unwell or upset she would come and find me and cuddle up to me,                                                                                                           july this year she became a teenager....... and was as full of bounce as she always had been , earlier this week i got into trouble as she was doing her `rounds` in the garden and discovered that the water in the bird bath was frozen,so she duely found me and showed me the error of my ways , the following day she wasn`t bothered about checking the water, the day after that i took her to the vets in the morning as her breathing was a little rattley     ( she only had 1 fully funcioning lung ) he kept her in for tests and i colected her a couple of hours later,    she had fluid in and around her lungs and an enlarged heart,             he said to take her home and love her as this would be her last christmas,   i took her home ,(and cried a lot ) later that evening i had to go back to the vets, my partner came with me,  and we had to let her go,i was allowed to stay with her and held untill i couldn`t keep her warm any more, i dont know who was crying most, me, my partner,or the vet,                                                                                                          i`m useless at expressing my feelings face to face i hope you dont mind me writing all this here,

PRINCESS

1st JULY 1994--13th DECEMBER 2007

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