Shadow Rex Bouchard RIP

Today had turned out to be so sad.  Our beloved little boy, Shadow Rex, who was too sweet to describe, had to be ut to rest today.  Shadow was 18 years old and a beautiful Blue Maine Coon that we rescued from the street.  He had been on the street through two winters when we had moved in and he took a liking to me right away, the trouble was we already had two cats.  Al's mother decided to take him in and had him for a couple of years, but when she moved to a senior complex she only took one of her cats, Sally, because she was declawed.  We took Shadow in when we moved again.  He had been part of the our family for over 10 years.  The vet told us when he was first brought in that he was in pretty good health but don't expect him to last long, that was 12 years ago.

Our beautiful boy was starting to fail the last few weeks and even though we hated to make the decision, he had made a turn for the worse this morning.  We have always promised our animals we would not let them suffer just so we may spend more time with them.  When we adopted our babies we promised them to protect and love them and give them a kind life.  I hope we have stuck to our promise despite the heartache we feel.

I don't know why humans feel the need to have pets, and who figured out which of the animals would become man's pets, but I have always had one and thus have always had to make the hard decision as to when.

I have decided that being an adult is over rated and that I am sick of having to make decisions, and yes, I understand if I don't make the decision, someone else will and then I am stuck with the decision.  In less than 18 months Al and I have buried both our mothers and three of our cats, we are so done with death.  Plus we had a dear friend die.  We are so burned out we barely function at times, yet we try to help others.


I will miss my little boy, he always cuddled up with me for my naps and before bedtime.  Rest in Peace Shadow Rex Bouchard...................