Two weeks ago we lost a member of the WP Feline Contingent, Bailey, a sweet and gentle giant. While we only had the privilege of knowing and loving him for not quite a year and a half, he affected us greatly and was a great companion for Pip, the last member of the original WP Feline Contingent. He took ill suddenly and the veterinarians down at the Capital Area Veterinary Emergency Service in Concord, NH diagnosed him with a pleural effusion which made it increasingly difficult for him to breathe. His prognosis was terminal and he wasn’t going to last out the morning.
I did what I had to do for him even though it was a heartrending decision.
He died as I held him in my arms, telling him that I loved him and what a good boy he’d been. I told him that I would miss him but that someday we would be together again and that it was time for him to cross the Rainbow Bridge.
It was this short video about the loss of a beloved cat that I saw on Facebook a little while ago that prompted me to finally post about Bailey’s loss. While the cat in the video does not resemble our beloved Bailey, the sentiment is the same.