Our "Furbabies"

	In loving memory until we meet again at "Rainbow Bridge."   "Kallie" February 14, 1990 - April 10, 2002   On Janurary 10th, 2002 we took Kallie to see our vet because she was losing weight and not eating.  Bloodwork verified what we feared, our furbaby had cancer.  Not only did Kallie have lymphoma, she was also diagnosed with leukemia.  Although we thought that we would be able to force it into remission with meds and love, no matter what we did Kallie's body just couldn't fight it.  We could soon see that what we thought was 6 months to a year left with our furbaby was slowly dwindling down to just weeks and days.  On April 10th, I was forced to make the hardest decision of my life.  That night, we had to let go of our furbaby forever.  We chose to bury Kallie on Jeff's parent's land in New Waverly so that we could still visit her often.  Kallie was truly a bestfriend and we miss her terribly.   "If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again." Cleo (left) Cassie (right)   "Cassie" 1999 - Dec. 20, 2002   On December 20, 2002, we had to let go of our Boxer baby Cassie.  Earlier that week she began to act as if she wasn't feeling well and within 3 days she could barely stand.  She was diagnosed with Auto Immune Disease, which was causing her immune system to destroy her red blood cells.  Although we could have tried a blood transfusion, her prognosis was poor and we couldn't bare to watch her suffer.  This literally affects them overnight, so we were completely unprepared.  How could we have lost her, so soon after losing Kallie?  Although she was only in our lives for a short while, she touched our hearts for a lifetime.  She was buried next to her sister, Kallie, on Jeff's parents land.  May our two beautful furbabies keep eachother company until we can all be reunited.   ~ When we found you as a stray, we never knew just how much joy you would bring to our lives.  We thought we could find your "forever home" but from that moment, you knew that you had already found it with us. ~   "Sonja" July, 1983 - August 5, 2004   Sonja was a "dumpster" kitty that Kahla rescued (with the help of her family) and bottlefed with an eyedropper in the summer of 1983 (this was the summer before Kahla started 2nd grade, so that tells you how long ago it was).  Sonja was the only one to survive out of the three kittens that were rescued that day and we knew right away, she was a fiesty little girl.  Kahla could have never imagined how much joy and love Sonja would fill her life with for the next 21 years.  Sonja was one of those "one person cats" and Kahla was her "one person."  It broke our hearts to lose her, but her age just finally caught up with her and we couldn't stand to see her suffer.  She will never be forgotten and we think that perhaps she will be a guardian angel to our little one while we wait to meet again at Rainbow Bridge.   "Cats leave pawprints on our hearts forever."