Very sorry for your loss Walt. Nice to hear from a bunch of guys who
aren't afraid to say they like cats.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
Walt Wayman wrote:
> The patriarch of our four-cat family, Max, died in February of this year. He
> was nearly 19 years old and just wore out. We buried him in the yard. My
> wife wanted to bring the feline population back "in balance," and so she
> brought home a very cute and vivacious female kitten from the local no-kill
> shelter. By late April, it was becoming apparent that Izzy was failing to
> thrive, and we got the diagnosis we had dreaded: FIP. Nothing seemed to help
> much, and in the last two weeks she had begun to decline rapidly. This
> morning we found her unable to stand and breathing weakly. We called our
> vet, who specializes in cats, and had an appointment at 11:00 to have her
> "put down." But Izzy didn't last that long and died peacefully in my wife's
> lap just before 10:00.
>
> So, I gotta go dig another hole in the cat graveyard and think up another
> kitty epitaph. Can anybody top this one?
>
> "Now on angel wings she sails;
> Now she chases comet tails."
>
> Wish I'd taken more pictures. She was a really pretty little girl.
>
> Hope y'all are having a better day. :-(
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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