Goodbye Cloudy

Cloudy McFurrball Campbell, April 26, 1997 - July 9, 2011

Just when I thought this crappy year could not possibly get any worse ... we had to put Cloudy down today. She had been off her food for a few days and her breathing had been very labored so this morning we took her to the vet. Even when Dr. Woodhouse came back and told us that there was fluid in her lungs and that her white blood count was elevated, I expected there to be something they could do for her. This was our strong feisty cat who had a clean bill of health not more than a month ago. It just did not seem possible that this was the end. But it was and I had to call Sarah to tell her to come to the vet to say goodbye to her best buddy.

And as we waited for Sarah, Cloudy sat on the counter top with her face resting on the back of my hand and my heart kept breaking.

It was so very hard to say goodbye to our Cloudy. I was the first one to hold her when she came into our family and I was the last one to hold her as she left us ... mine was the last voice she heard and the last face she saw.

Goodbye, sweet girl, thank you for the love and the memories.