It was April of 2004 when I recieved a call from my step-mom telling me that she had tiny kittens that she wanted to show me. The mamma cat died by geting hit by a car. I just knew in my self that I was going to go there just to get her off of my back and I was not getting no kitten. When I seen the litter of kittens they were so small, when I lifted one up, underneith all of the kittens I seen this tiny white and black kitten. My heart melted right away and took her home.
The kitten was so small we had to get tiny little bottles and kitten formula to feed her. I took her to vet the next day and found out that she was only 2 weeks old, and that she was going to be just like a baby. I worked 3rds at that time so my hudsband fed her every two hours threw out the night. The kitten would fall asleep on his chest every night. When she started squirming around that was when she got her name "Worm" because she would squirm around like a little worm. As she started getting older she was so fisty and so loveable. My family and I fell in love with her. As the years went by she became a watch cat/dog. We would have visitors come to our house and they would be yelling for help because Worm had them lock in the bathroom and would not let them out. We would laugh so hard because whe had no claws and we would always ask them how would she ever hurt you, she was just a small cat with no claws. But in other people's eyes she was intimidating to them.
Every moment that was spent threw out the years was the best with worm. She showed us so much unconditional love everyday of her life till the end.
The tragic day was February 20th, I was at work when I recieved a call from my hudsband yelling that Worm was in the dryer. My 15 year old daughter was doing laundry and didnt see Worm in the dryer. She turned it on. It was about 30 minutes when they realized she was in there. I rushed home and Worm was taken to the hospital. When Worm got there they took her back right away and gave some pain medications. The doctor said that she was fighting them and trying to bite them. They felt that she wanted to fight for her life, so they did everything they could to do that. The next morning, Worm was still there and alive still trying to fight. We would go and see her and talk to her and she would meow from hearing my voice.
I recieved a call in the afternoon on 2-22-12 that Worm was starting to take steps and they believe she would make it. I was so happy to hear that I called everyone to tell them that my baby was coming home the next day. After I got out of work I went back up to the hospital to visit her and she was on the table laying there. The doctor informed me that her brain swelled up and she was not doing good. I started talking to her agian and Worm started lifting up her head and trying to move. The doctor let me know if she makes it she would be blind, but I knew if Worm made it she would be so stubrun and not let that in her way. That night I went back up to the hospital to see her again at 9pm, they informed me that their was no change she was still the same. I went home and started to pray asking God to take Worm in his arms and I was giving her to him to take the pain and suffering away. An hour later the hospital called me at 10:37pm to let me know she passed away.
The loss of Worm has been so unbearable, we loved her so much and she loved us back. Worm fought her hardest for us cause she didn't want to leave us and we didn't want her to go. I cried for hours wishing I was able to take the time back and start over, but I knew I couldn't.
When I went there the next day to pick Worm up so we can bury her, one of the nurses asked me to go on this site and read it. And reading other stories was so touching that many people felt like I felt about our Worm. Before I left the hospital the doctor came out and hugged me and we cried for awhile. The last thing she said to me was that Worm would send us another cat, that I would cross paths with a cat that looks like worm and will act just like worm. And I would know that Worm sent me that cat to replace the hurt in my heart from her.
I will never forget that, and maybe hopfully one day I will come across a beutifull cat like Worm and that cat will have the exact same personality like Worm. I will know that the gift would be from her.
I love you Worm with my whole heart, and you were part of my life. Thank you for all of the years of love you have given us and giving us the honor to be able to love you back.