Ramblings of a geek with a few hobbies…
The Johnson household is back to two cats. Today we went to Sangamon County Animal Control in hopes of finding a suitable kitten for our home, and brought home a fun little energetic boy.
David immediately started calling him Bottles for reasons unknown to us, so we figured we’d try that out as a name. Several hours later we decided Bottles just wasn’t working out, so we instead have ended up with Faraday. Dozer and Faraday. Works well.
More photos available in the gallery.
This past Tuesday (January 20), we had to have one of our cats put to sleep. Neo has had a past of developing crystals in his bladder and blocking him up, and last week was just too much for him to handle. We had several trips to the vet and emergency vet (the “nights and weekends” vet), with a couple of procedures done to offer some relief, but in the end they were just not sufficient.
Ana got Neo from “kitty juvy” (the humane society behind the youth correctional center in Springfield) when she got out of college, and was a great companion since. He had some bipolar tendencies, but he really loved Ana, myself, Dozer, and David.
I’ve never had to have a pet euthanized; I found it incredibly difficult when I had to actually say the words of permission to the vet. I’ll never forget that or the last 30 minutes of his life.
Neo, thank you for everything. You’ll always have a place in our hearts.
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