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This will be short; I'm too torn up to write anything long, or that could possibly do justice to my longtime feline companion.

I had to put my cat, Britt, to sleep today.

She had a sudden onset of renal failure last week.  Her condition was bad and getting worse on a daily basis.  She was suffering, and although she could handle it, I couldn't.  She would occasionally meow at me with that "do something" meow (if you are a cat owner you know exactly what I'm talking about) and there was nothing I could do.

She was my best friend, always greeting me at the door no matter what time I came home from work.  She slept with me every night.  I took care of her, and in many ways she has taken care of me during the last three years as well.

I feel as though my heart has been ripped out of my chest.  Making the decision to do this was easily the hardest and most difficult thing I have ever done, although there was really no other option - it was either do it now, or do it in a few more days, weeks or months when her kidneys quit entirely.  

I miss her like hell.

A memorial/tribute page for Britt and her sister, Josie.

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