SaraBelle, R.I.P.

Its over.

As I mentioned in the previous entry, SaraBelle was very listless for the past couple of days and was breathing hard. I took her to the vet as part of her regular schedule, but got a call that morning from the Vet saying that she was in bad shape. She had a low temperature, her breathing was much too hard for simple asthma, and an X-ray showed possible fluid in the lungs. I figured I would have to make a hard decision that afternoon.

It didn't even last that long. I got a second call later that morning from the Vet saying that SaraBelle was having a lot of trouble breathing and I might want to think about coming by sooner. I took the rest of the day off from work and headed to the vet. They brought her out in a cat bed covered with a blanket. I could see her breathing was very labored, and she hardly even reacted when I scratched her head. There wasn't much of 'her' left. It wasn't long after that she was euthenized. I think the vet staff may have taken it as hard as I am. They had come to know here as the feisty little girl they saw once a week for the past year.

I'm going to miss you little Sarabelle.