[peggybac]

Thanks RK! What I remember most about that week was I walked by her room and she had her arms stretched out above her and was talking to someone. It gave me chills because she was a woman of faith and I can only imagine who that someone was. Also, my cat, who loved her, never left her side. Was lying in her lap when she passed and stayed with her until the funeral home came and picked her up. Then he slept on her blanket on the bed for a few nights. Poor thing.

[ninergold3]

Peggybac -

Your post about your mom's cat brought tears to my eyes. My heart goes out to you and your family.

My mom was diagnosed with liver cancer at the end of 2004. She was terminal and her health failed rapidly. She didn't want to stay in the hospital, she wanted to die at home with her cats and my dad.

Hospice was brought in and a hospital bed was placed in the family room. Her cat, Thumper, left her side only to eat and use the litter box. He was with her when she passed. The poor thing was beside himself when the funeral home showed up to take mom away. We had to put him in another room until they left. Thumper slept in that bed until the medical equipment came to get the bed.

Thumper passed on less than a month later, as did the other cat AND the dog. I guess mom was lonely and decided to take her critters with her. *sigh*