Cats Do Go To Heaven...

A very sad event occured at the TTMYGO Office this week. Our beloved cat Topaz, (or stooby, soo or stube as he was variously called), after a short battle with the evil Big C was blessfully put to sleep on Thursday. After 20 years of being around EVERYWHERE Laura (director of TTMYGO) has been, with not a single visit to the vets, he suddenly and quickly became very poorly and after a traumatic few last days for us and him, our very compassionate and capable vet Ivan came to the house and we let him go.

Some of you will wonder why this is such a big deal, for most of you it will strike a cord and be familiar. For those who have this yet to come and it is inevitable, one piece of advice that we take away from this is that no matter how much your heart and soul is hurting at the possibility of losing a beloved 'friend', if they are clearly unwell from something that they won't recover from, then letting them go to sleep is the most important thing that you can do for them at that time. There is also no need to create more stress and anguish by taking them to the surgery. Booking an appointment for your vet to visit you at home, although more expensive, is a wonderful way to have it done for your pet and for you. For animals there is no need for suffering like humans, a gentle and dignified release is an option and we are sure that if they could speak they would say thank you.

Hopefully you will appreciate how we felt and feel now, there is a noticeable gap in our lives. We don't want to be sad about it anymore and don't want to make you sad but it was important that he was mentioned as he touched a lot of lives and left footprints in many hearts. Our beautiful boy.
Laura Wrote Topaz this poem:

Goodbye Topaz my Pooka – September 21st 2006
So here we are my beautiful old feline friend
You’re tired and weary and at your journey’s end
Nearly twenty years have passed since I kissed your kitten head
and let you sleep contented next to me, purring in my bed

Each day you’ve been there with your soft smiling face
You’re everywhere I‘ve ever been, in your special place
Never like a true cat, your Pooka light shone through
But now it glows so faintly I know its time for you

I’ll treasure each memory of your crazy summer days
Full of purring, scratching, shifting coat and happy playful ways
Up the trees and after birds and needing lots of love
I hope cat heaven has lots of things to chase there up above

Stooby, Stu, and even Sue we’ve named you off and on
We’d call ‘stooby’ out the door and sure enough you’d come
Your gorgeous chubby frame full of love and light
is how I’ll always think of you when I miss you day and night

Without words I’ve always ‘heard you’ through your eyes
Happy, sad, angry, sick, your eyes have never lied
So without words I have to let you leave me here
But you will know from my heart my love to you is clear

So sleep my darling Topaz lay your head on the floor
Dream of bathing in the sun whilst I hold your paw
Let the pain leave you, run off in fields of light
I will be here until your gone, it will be alright

You’ve been my special Pooka for such a long time
Today you leave a gaping hole in this heart of mine
But part of me is happy as I know your life’s been great
and you and I will meet again my furry soul mate

Topaz - December 1986 - September 2006