On December 15th, a Saturday, Danny & I were on our way to the bank. We were on the bus & it was suppose to drop us off on the other street, instead we got off the block before & walked across the street & onto the median, where new trees were planted & there were holes where they were planted & as we walked I saw this little black thing inside one of the holes. He was scared, but after a little while, I picked him up & he cuddled up by my neck. I didnt waste any time taking him to the vet to get him checked out, gave him his 1st set of shots & we went to the pet store to prepare for a new addition to the family.
As we got home we were thinking how long it would take for the puppies to get used to him or vs versa? We knew the puppies would just take getting used to but a kitten to get used to 7 little dogs? Who knew, it took less than 3 days before he wasnt hissing anymore. He was adjusting & getting used to the house & everything going on. We were all happy & enjoying his company. His funny ways & how he drove ElleJai wild chasing him around the house.
He was beginning to be very attached to us. Never wanting to be in the bathroom for very long alone, specially at night, so we started to allow him to sleep with us & he had his nights but he was a good kitty. All he wanted was to be with us or the dogs, I loved watching the love btwn them.
A couple days ago, I noticed he sneezed, but only one session of 3 sneezes. I told Danny we had to keep an eye out on that, but he was fine. This morning he woke up fine.. even playing around, but I did notice the change in his breathing, & to me his tummy was a little extended. Danny thought it was a hairball, but I felt like it was something more. We finally got a taxi & headed to the vet. I did notice that when we grabbed him he would give us a meow, thinking could he have some sort of damage inside. As we got to our vet, they asked us to go to another clinic that had an Xray machine. So we decided to go to Animal Welfare. We got there & of course the 1st things the vet said was that a cat breathing the way he was breathing didnt look too good, he right off the bat said he may have some sort of genetic issue, something he was born with. The X-ray was done & he was given back to us but he was "stressed", pist. I knew they did something to him that he wasnt happy about. The vet took forever to come out & talk to us. When he finally came he told us that he had the beginning stages of phenomena & had an enlarged heart. But Rudy was so upset that is when he started meowing non stop... of course the vet said he was highly stressed & he needed to go home & calm down.
Our walk home was terrible, he was giving the worse meows & we finally got home & took him out, the 1st thing he did was come out of the bag & throw himself on the floor & just continue to meow. I hoped he would calm down, but he didnt. He then started to have a bowel movement which he couldnt control nor even finish. Little by little his eyes started dilating. His meows were getting worse & my heart hurt so bad. I was so mad at the vet, when just 30-45 minutes earlier I asked if we should put him down, he said no. But then again he said the cat was in very poor condition, & he didnt think the cat would make it passed the weekend. I was like can you be serious? I dont want to have a cat die in my presence. The poor thing was suffering here at home. We finally took him to the ER & we let him go to Heaven.
He was such a joy to us in the little time we had him. We think this was something his previous owner knew about & thats why he was left in the middle of the road. Why would they not take him to animal serivces. Or something, no just leave him all alone in the middle of the street where we found him & gave him another 3 weeks of an amazing life. He gave me peace, made me feel better about Coco's passing. No he would NEVER replace Coco, but he made me feel better, life was fun & funny with him around.
This was the last pic we took of him, playing with our feet during bedtime. He just was a pure joy of happiness. It was only 3 weeks with him but a true animal lover falls in love within hours & thats how I felt about him. At least I know hes now in heaven with Coco & my whole amazing gang in that amazing other dimension. Before he left, I told him I was jealous that he was gonna get to go to Rainbow Bridge at such an early age & so soon, but I told him to enjoy that beautiful world.
Rudy, thank you for the joy you brought me & these lil rugrats. At barely 8 weeks, you purred your way to my heart so quickly & left a pawprint there. You will forever be remembered. God Bless. I Miss You.
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