TAFFY
by KAREN .........................................
I FOUND TAFFY AT WHERE I WORK AT A CAR DEALSERSHIP HE WAS LIVING UNDER A CAR, MY CO WORKER SAW HIM ONE DAY AND TOLD ME ABOUT HIM BUT WHEN WE WENT TO LOOK HE SCAMPERED IN THE MOTOR AREA. I REALLY COULDN'T BRING ANY MORE CATS HOME SINCE I ALREADY HAD 5 AND WAS AFRAID MY HUSBAND WOULD NOT LET ME. SO ABOUT A WEEK HAD PASSED AND SAW HIM A FEW MORE TIMES, THEN ONE DAY HE WAS UNDER A DIFFERNET CAR SO I WENT AND GOT SOME SLICE CHEESE WE HAD IN THE ICE BOX AND TOOK IT TO HIM HE WAS SO HUNGRY HE ATE IT ALL, SO I GRABBED HIM AND TOOK HIM INTO MY OFFICE AND DECIDED WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH HIM. I FED HIM A LITTLE MORE FOOD I FOUND AND PUT HIM IN A OPEN SHED BEHIND MY OFFICE. HE WAS WAS SUCH A LITTLE SWEETIE HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN OVER 3 MONTHS OLD, BUT HE SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS CONGESTED BUT LEFT HIM UNDER THE SHED WITH FOOD AND WATER. THE NEXT DAY I WENT OUT BACK BUT COULDN'T FIND HIM SO I LOOKED ALL AROUND AND HE WAS SITTING UNDER A CAR AWAY FROM THE SHED, SO I GOT HIM AND DECIDED I WAS TAKING HIM TO THE VET TO GET CHECKED OUT AND FIXED. THEY RAN THE NECESSARY TEST AND FOUND HE HAD A UPPER RESPORSITY INFECTION WHICH THEY GAVE HIM A SHOT AND MEDS. SO I TOOK HIM HOME I JUST COULDN'T LEAVE HIM AT MY WORK SO I TOOK HIM HOME MY HUSBAND SAID NO MORE AFTER THIS. TAFFY WAS FINE UNTIL THE END OF MAY 2011 WHICH HE STOPPED EATING AND JUST NOT THE SAME LITTLE KITTY I FELL IN LOVE WITH, ANOTHER TRIP TO DOCTOR, MORE SHOTS, MEDS BUT NEVER FULLY RECOVERED TO HIS NORMAL SELF,TODAY AUGUST 8, 2011 I HAD TO PUT MY LITTLE TAFFY DOWN DUE TO HAVING A IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT COULD NOT FIGHT OFF ANY ILLNESSES HE GOT. I ONLY HAD HIM A SHORT YEAR BUT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE EVENINGS WHEN WE WOULD WATCH TV TOGETHER, AND PLAY WITH HIS WITH LITTLE PLASTIC BALLS. I MISS HIM SO MUCH ALREADY, BUT MY HEART TELLS ME HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD TO LET GO ?
Comments would be appreciated by the author, KAREN
 
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