Teddy has been such a big part of our lives for the last five years, he has been through a lot with us and was without a doubt a huge part of our family. He was absolute pain in the arse at times but we loved him to bits and feel so lucky to have had him for the time we did.
We feel absolutely heartbroken that he's gone, it just doesn't feel real. We keep expecting him to come bounding down the stairs meowing. Our house feels empty without him, its really shocked us just how much of a big part he played in our lives and how strange it feels without the little fluff ball around.
Our fluffy beast wasn't just a cat, he was a little buddy as well, he could always tell when you was upset and would come and snuggle up to you and purr that little bit louder, just to let you know he was there. He was a little protector and always looked after his brother and was so loving, when I was pregnant he would always come and wrap himself around my bump and sleep right next to it at night time.
Sadly on Sunday morning he was poorly and not acting himself, we decided to take him to the emergency Vet. The Vet told us it didn't look good and wanted to give him an x-ray, he sent us home and said he would call with news. 30 Mins later we took the dreaded phonemail, we was told a huge tumour had been picked up on the x-ray and we could either choose to have him put to sleep or operate. We obviously chose to operate as we wanted to save him. During the operation the Vet called us again and said the tumour was so severe that he probably wouldn't pull through and recover, and that it wouldn't be fair to let him go on. We had to make the decision to have him put to sleep. We went back to the Vets so we could be with him in his final moments, it was the least we could do, give him a few last strokes and say goodbye. It is without a doubt one of the hardest things we have ever had to do.
He hadn't shown any signs what so ever of being poorly, we had no idea how severe things were. We took him into the Vets thinking he had a stomach bug and then came out with an empty cat carrier. I think we are still in shock as it happened so quickly. Id like to think he didn't show how much pain he was in because he was so content.
We have another cat, Baxter, he is Teddys brother, we got them both together as kittens at 8 weeks old. He is lost without him, he keeps circling the house sniffing things and trying to pick up Teddys scent, the two of them have never been apart, I feel heartbroken for Baxter.
I know a lot of people are probably reading this and thinking I am overreacting and that it was just a cat but to us he was family and we miss him already. He was as much of a baby to us as our son. We loved him. Thanks for being awesome!
Sleep tight Ted x
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