an existential keekah

Last week was rough.  We flew home Sunday night late from Chicago, where we spent the weekend visiting friends.  I broke out in a terrible rash all over my body, a reaction to having used the hotel soap instead of bringing my own.  We only got a few hours sleep before we had to up for work on Monday morning.

On Monday morning, our boy cat Simon escaped from the house.  He’s broken out before a couple of times but always come home within an 8 hour timeframe.  However, we have not seen him since J watched him jump the neighbor’s fence last Monday morning.  He is chipped but we lost our last cat, Bodie, the same way.  I admit to fearing the worst.

Then Monday night after I got home from the gym, I found one of our girl cats, Digi, in my closet in obvious distress.  I took her into the kitchen to show J – and she got progressively worse.  I made the decision to take her to an emergency vet.  Once there, Digi’s condition worsened even more and at 655am on Tuesday morning, she died.  The vet and I both believe Digi ate something she shouldn’t have which led to her death.  I worry it was my fault because I believe it was a supplement I was taking that I must have inadvertently dropped at some point.  I believe this based on her symptoms and what I learned about caffeine and animals.  Caffeine was one of the  main ingredients in the supplement and is poisonous for kitties and doggies.  Digi must have found it in my room, a room that is normally closed to the cats but was where I found her. 

So we are down to one kitty cat having lost two cats in less than a 24 hour period.  Poor Moxi, the remaining girl cat, is the only cat left standing.  What makes this all the more painful is that Digi and Moxi were sisters from the same litter and virtually inseparable since we brough them home.  So Moxi wanders through the house, pausing at the slightest noise, perhaps wondering if that’s her missing family.

So last week sucked big time.  Please be careful when you take your own supplements.  Our furry friends deserve better.