HOME | DD
Cmac13 — Until He's Not
Published: 2016-12-21 16:37:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 334; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description
Taz - life expectancy two yearsas of 12-21-16 he's exceeded that
prediction by a week
The vet says he'll be a happy, healthy
cat - until - one day he's not - then he'll
be gone - like Jaq - way too soon for
such a wonderful personality.
I'm beginning to wonder if the love
received is worth the the terrible loss
Update 10-9-18 he's exceeded his expiration date by 22 months 
Related content
Comments: 19
thanks - he's like the energizer bunny - he keeps going and going and.... we hope to have him for as long as possible
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
What a sweet baby, I love gingers. Vets can make mistakes too.
The love they give us is always worth it. I am old enough to have had numerous cats, some of them adult rescues. It's always in the back of my mind that I am lucky, even if they are a healthy kitten, to have them more than a decade or so, more years if I'm more fortunate. I still tear up when I think of the first cat I had as a kid, who was my friend and would follow me anywhere. That doesn't keep me from taking in a new fur baby when I think they need me. At one point we had five cats, all rescues. We are down to three, but I am sure when those we have now have passed, there will be more to love. There is a special place in my heart for each one of them, thirteen in all, including two kittens who became ill after we brought them home and were gone in only a week. I always find comfort in knowing that we gave them the love they deserved, because they give so much unconditional love back.
I hope Taz lives way longer than the vets gave him. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
He's beautiful. The vets can be wrong sometimes too. I hope so in this case.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Oh gosh....we think the same thoughts, as I too struggle with this all the time.
I take the ones that no one wants and I love them so much and not one has ever EVER been anything but a bundle of love and affection back in my life. They're simply the best, but then after a year or a few....they're gone........ and it just doesn't hurt me....it breaks my heart and tears at my very soul as I think terrible thoughts as to why an animal that has never done even one single thing wrong in it's entire life has to fight for it's life and die just like human beings.
This year I lost Champ and my Hanna that I had for 6 years from the shelter that was abused and she died in my arms of cancer on the way to the vet again, and I cried in her office for over an hour just weeping and gushing tears I had no power at all to stop.
I too say...never again, as I can't take the pain of the loss and yet I have no choice. It's a gift from God himself to bring us together and help each other and give love to all those around us. I learn so much from all animals and get so much love back that it's not a choice.
I have a wild cat I also take to the vets that has leukemia and will die at any time, but still....I invest my money and time and food and love and now he's lived 1 1/2 years longer than it ever would with out the shots I get him every 4 months so....my point is, I know I'm doing a good thing as I try to make this world a better place but I seem to always think I'm a fool not making a dent in the suffering of so many in this life.
I say to you that, to love is to suffer at times, but not to love is the very worst suffering we know. Wait until you can handle it and then you'll find the one dog or cat that you NEED in your life that will teach you many things and give you the love you were meant to have. Just one of the things Hanna taught me was that I still got her love, even when I act like a jerk in life, so her work was done with me I guess.
I'm sorry for your loss.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
All that I wrote ,and you had not one single thing of any substance to say....not a single thought or even a word of thanks or a hint of kindness, and yet OF COURSE you consider yourself a wonderful human being. I'm going to delete you right now and not waste my time again..
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Although the time spent with them can be frustratingly short every day spent in a loving home is better than a day in the shelter.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Such a nice photo
Loss will always be different for everybody...personally, I know that I will always be heartbroken after each of my dogs go-my heart still remembers the old ones that passed away too soon-but they are never forgotten-I still think of them...and something tells me that I will always have or get another dog; to give them a chance and another piece of my heart...because I'm starting to think that I put more dependent on them than they do on me 
I'm sorry to hear the life expectancy is so short, but you never know, each animal reacts differently and don't always follow what we people predict.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Beautiful shot!
I wish he will make it longer, Carol, who knows?
I know too much how painful it is to lose a pet! Keep cuddle him, maybe he will live longer! Vets can make errors.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I Corinthians 3:13 -" So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love." Love is always worth the loss. Always.
Taz is so blessed to have found his forever home with you.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
What a beautiful ginger cat he has become! I wish him a long, happy life with you.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
What a beautiful cat! He's lucky to be so loved in his lifetime... no matter how long it may end up being...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
It is... even if only for a short time. you're giving him a warm and loving home for him to enjoy what life he has. I bet he surprises everyone and lives quite a bit longer.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0