Paka is gone

[tuffysmommy]

We had to let her go mid-March. For the only surviving sphynx kitten who was unwanted because she had a congenital defect in one eye and the the other was not perfect...she actually turned out to be a healthy, beautiful kitty. Her last day was a week before her 12th birthday. There was never anyone she didn't like...be it cat or person or dog who peeked into her carrier at the vet. The last time we took her to our local vet (we had to wait outside, it being COVID times in NY), it just seemed like she was never coming back out. When the tech brought her to us, he apologized ... they were having a heavy petting session. The two of us and her two furry sisters are not the same. I kept thinking we would get better and I would write a beautiful eulogy but everyone's hearts are so crushed that we are no longer who we were. My always aloof Biscuit became very clingy to both me and Paka when Paka was sick and has just plastered to me since Paka is gone. Foxy, my clairvoyant, had a urinary tract infection just before Paka got noticably sick and upon sonogram they found enlarged noncancerous nodes in her gastro tract. She may have IBD....(from stress?). Goodbye my Paka Na Harufu ("Little cat with stinky poos" in Swahili as she was named by the vet who delivered her and let us adopt her and her furry sisters). I had no idea what a sphynx was when I got this allegedly "special needs, blind cat" and now I don't know how we'll ever be happy without her. RIP.

 

[Toa and Ross]

My heart breaks for you and your family. So sorry for the loss of your Paka. It's hard to continue a happy life after you lost such a great love. Sending lots of hugs

 

[Yoda mom]

@tuffysmommy , oh my heart hurts for you and Foxy and Biscuit that beautiful Paka got her angel wings. I share in your immeasurable hurt. I am still not the same since my first Yoda passed years ago and most recently Yoda man. Paka only knew a life of eternal love. I try my best to remember the love, soo much love and some days are soo heartfelt I know too well. may our babies run free together.

please give Foxy and Biscuit extra lovin from me. here for you.

please keep us updated on Foxy. all paws crossed for her. did vet mention if nodules can resolve on own? any meds?
I know they can get stress related uti's. prayers continue for her.
holding you in my thoughts and prayers. here for you.

"Replied the glorious cat For I will whisper into their hearts That I am always with them I just am....forever and ever and ever." - poem for cats.

Lighting a candle for baby Paka.

 

[Catzzzmeow]

I am so sorry your angel gained her wings. Fly high sweet baby you were loved beyond measure and that is everything.

 

[tuffysmommy]

My heart breaks for you and your family. So sorry for the loss of your Paka. It's hard to continue a happy life after you lost such a great love. Sending lots of hugs

Thank you. General run of the mill people don't understand it is more intense with a sphynx. They change everything they touch.

 

[tuffysmommy]

I am so sorry your angel gained her wings. Fly high sweet baby you were loved beyond measure and that is everything.

When I told you I understood about Jouët, I truly did.

 

[tuffysmommy]

My heart breaks for you and your family. So sorry for the loss of your Paka. It's hard to continue a happy life after you lost such a great love. Sending lots of hugs

@tuffysmommy , oh my heart hurts for you and Foxy and Biscuit that beautiful Paka got her angel wings. I share in your immeasurable hurt. I am still not the same since my first Yoda passed years ago and most recently Yoda man. Paka only knew a life of eternal love. I try my best to remember the love, soo much love and some days are soo heartfelt I know too well. may our babies run free together.

please give Foxy and Biscuit extra lovin from me. here for you.

please keep us updated on Foxy. all paws crossed for her. did vet mention if nodules can resolve on own? any meds?
I know they can get stress related uti's. prayers continue for her.
holding you in my thoughts and prayers. here for you.

"Replied the glorious cat For I will whisper into their hearts That I am always with them I just am....forever and ever and ever." - poem for cats.

Lighting a candle for baby Paka.

I want to send a heart but I'm not good with emoji.

 

[tuffysmommy]

@tuffysmommy , oh my heart hurts for you and Foxy and Biscuit that beautiful Paka got her angel wings. I share in your immeasurable hurt. I am still not the same since my first Yoda passed years ago and most recently Yoda man. Paka only knew a life of eternal love. I try my best to remember the love, soo much love and some days are soo heartfelt I know too well. may our babies run free together.

please give Foxy and Biscuit extra lovin from me. here for you.

please keep us updated on Foxy. all paws crossed for her. did vet mention if nodules can resolve on own? any meds?
I know they can get stress related uti's. prayers continue for her.
holding you in my thoughts and prayers. here for you.

"Replied the glorious cat For I will whisper into their hearts That I am always with them I just am....forever and ever and ever." - poem for cats.

Lighting a candle for baby Paka.

We go to the vet tonight in 2 hours. They fit her in.

 

[Catzzzmeow]

When I told you I understood about Jouët, I truly did.

I got choked up reading your post and tried to keep it short for obvious reasons. Things are still raw for us too. It’s amazing how they they enrich our lives in so many ways.

 

[Natalie Murphy]

Bless you and I am so sorry to hear about your Paka. She will never be forgotten and will always be next to you side when you need her most. I believe they always look after use even when not here in body.

 

[Beckinboots]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope your heartache eases soon and that Biscuit and Foxy settle.

 

[tuffysmommy]

I thank everyone for their love, support and concern. A Sphynx is like no other, As I look at my two furries, they seem to have sort of taken on some of her traits. We are just going to have to lick all our sadness and wounds together. Foxy is getting different gastro food and vet thinks that will solve it.

 

[Yoda mom]

@tuffysmommy , oh sweetie, your lair family is here for you... extra kisses to your furbabies and please keep us updated on baby Foxy.

always here for you (((((( hugs))))). when my heart hurts the most I think of this quote and watch the night sky.

may our babies be running free together. I share in the hurt and emotions. PM me anytime (((((hugs)))))

 

[fern]

I'm so sorry for your loss. They remain in our hearts though, little paw prints that don't fade.

 

[tuffysmommy]

Thanks again. Tonight I thought to make a lump under the covers where Paka used to sleep to see if I can calm the others. We will see….

 

[nudebea]

Im so sorry to hear of your loss. Paka will always live on in your heart. Sending you comforting thoughts and hugs xxx

 

[tuffysmommy]

Thanks so much everyone. It helps so much to have people who really understand. Foxy and Biscuit are playing more but sleeping next to me tighter. I think they are coming along.

 

[Yoda mom]

@tuffysmommy ((hugs)) thinking of you Foxy and Biscuit... here for you

 

[tuffysmommy]

Thank you all so much. We are trying to figure out what is next for all of us. Foxy and Biscuit are Contact Sphynx. Foxy has taken over Pakas job of waking us up if we sleep in. Biscuit has taken over pushing against me really hard and moving into my spot when I have a bathroom run. No one turns on the alarm clock so we think it's later than it is and no one has taken the real estate under my arm pit and neither can anyone be fooled by a heating pad and artificial lump in the bed. Mid June it will be 3 months. Only you all can understand....

 

[nudebea]

Just to say, thinking of you x

 

[Yoda mom]

@tuffysmommy (((comforting hugs))) I truly understand. here for you.
hugs n head smooches

 

[tuffysmommy]

@tuffysmommy (((comforting hugs))) I truly understand. here for you.
hugs n head smooches

 

[Yoda mom]

@tuffysmommy , hugs n head smooches to Foxy and Biscuit.
here for you. My Toby has taken over lovin on Batman who was extremely bonded with his littermate Beloved Yoda. melts my heart. I truly understand