The Beautiful Paws Thread

Miroslav

YorkiePud wrote: »

Well that's quite normal and totally understandable! Just get through today .. tomorrow can wait ...

No, it doesn't sound as though there was anything you could have done. She passed peacefully and at home ... what more could any pet (or person, come to that!) ever hope for? *S*

Yes, each day as it comes. Flatmate wants me to go and get a couple of bits of shopping with her over weekend. I'll have to, she relies on me for support.

I feel bad. After I gave her some painkiller, that's when she went downhill fast. I know she needed it, but that's making me feel guilty, that I may have made it quicker. She was doing well until then, her normal self

Mutter_2

lexilex wrote: »

Don't worry about outstaying your welcome, everyone is lovely on here, and talking about things helps. If you want you can PM me too.

In the end, after a few phone calls, I got Lexi back, in a disposal bag from the council, but don't get me started on that one.

I know exactly what you mean about feeling like you're disrespecting your cat by enjoying yourself. For the first few weeks, I would notice myself smiling at something, or laughing, and I would feel awful, like I shouldn't be doing it. It's silly when you think about it. Then that awful sinking feeling would return.

Try and get a good nights sleep tonight hun xx

Far from hi-jacking Miroslav's thread, I had no idea of that Lexi. That must have been dreadful for you. I'll say no more here as this is Miroslav's devotion to his Paws and rightly so.

Mutter_2

I am sooooh relieved that flatmate is ok with Paw's ashes.
She sounds a gem.

Are you ok? As can be.

Miroslav

She's fine, as long as she's not left alone with them.

I'm gutted. I just made a photobook with BonusPrint :

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1655311&highlight=bonusprint

and when i'd finished all the cat pics and text, it wouldn't let me order.

I saved it on my PC as well, but won't let me upload it, so i'd have to start again and it took me over 2 hours.

All that effort getting a book of my cats and now I feel like looking through all the Paws pics was all in vain

Miroslav

My photobook is sorted. Hopefully the order will go through now.

Mutter_2

Goodness Miroslav, your links sent me into infinity and beyond.

Miroslav

How do you mean?

Are you looking at ordering one? As the link was a link to another thread on here.

Mutter_2

No, I'm not looking to order one. I clicked the link and all sort of strange stuff appeared.
Mind, I removed the battery earlier as when typing Sky all I could get was jj////

How do you feel now at the cremation people, looking back?
I'm going to look at my nearest tomorrow, best do it before the worst and in a heap.

Miroslav

Strange. It was only a link to another MSE thread. I just clicked it and it took me to the thread.

I still feel a bit disappointed. The chap from the company that provide the inbetween bit, to take us to and from the cremation, (his company also provides pet sitting, vet taxi and other services) said barely anything to us and nothing at all about Paws. Didn't even ask her name or show any sympathy. The only time he spoke was when asking to fill in a form, when he wanted to go to a cafe to eat whilst waiting for the ashes to 'cool down and be returned' (and then he ushered us to a different table from himself, and when we hit queue of cars about 5 mins into the journey, he stopped, looked around at me and said 'Can I have the money now please?' Flatmate handed it to him and he started counting furiously, said thank you and bunged it in his wallet. It felt like a secret drugs transaction! He didn't come across as an animal lover in any way. He was like that with the crematorium folk and the cafe folk as well though.

We only saw 2 people at the crematorium, one bloke didn't say anything, the other didn't say much, but what he did say, he said gently and respectfully.

It would have been nice to have someone a bit sympathetic and empathetic on a big day, but at least flatmate and I were there to respect little Paws and do everything for the best of her.

I wish you well for tomorrow. It's not the kind of place i'd want to go unless I had too like yesterday.

Miroslav

I have renamed the thread.

It was painful reading it, so I have renamed it positively, in honour of her.

I hope people understand.