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[djellison]

I'm afriad I have bad news about our cat Suzi.

6 weeks ago, we took her to the vet to have a lump on her side looked at, and we were told that it was a inoperable tumor that had taken hold within a rib, already causing a pathalogical fracture and calcium deposition within her lungs. The prognosis was terminal - and the only timeline we were given was that a dog with a similar problem lasted about a month.

Just over a month later, about a fortnight ago, we began to notice the first signs that all was not well - just sleeping a bit more, eating a bit less, but it was a road we knew we coudn't go down forever and nor was there a way of turning around . This week, we came to a point where we could tell she was not herself - not happy. Her mind was alive and kicking, but her body couldn't do what she wanted it to do anymore. We spent yesterday at home with her before going back to the Vet last night and she went to sleep for the last time with her head on my hand and our faces nuzzling. A little part of our hearts went with her. When I was typing private messages to people to tell them to behave...Suzi would join in and waltz across the keyboard. When typing up a lengthy post, she would squish herself in the way, and lean on my hand as I tried to scroll around a HiRISE image.

I'd like to thank my admin team, from the bottom of my heart, for being so understanding after I first told them what was going on at the end of October. Nico, Emily, Dan, Alex, Mike, James - your words of support were truely appreciated. Words are hard to find at a time like this - but Helen found the best :

Suzi was such a great cat that the angels were jealous. Yesterday we let them adopt her. We know she'll be happy with them.

I just pray that God remembered to get in extra tuna or there'll be hell to pay.

Sleep tight little one. Thank you for being ours.

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