Aww, we sure have a wonderful vet!

[sugarplumkitty]

There was a small envelope in the midst of my pile of mail when I got in from class tonight. The return address was our vet's office. I opened it to find a sympathy card, which got me weepy in itself, but inside were paragraphs from five people who work there all saying how special Lee-Roy was and how they're going to miss him a lot, too. I had to keep wiping tears to be able to read them all. I cried more than Eric did when he read it. Our vet said he was "an incredibly special boy."

Naturally, I keep thinking about him when I'm not involved in work or school. Today I was thinking about our last conversation, his side of it spoken with his eyes and mine explaining we had to see if these people could help him. I spoke plain old English to him. I always spoke plain old English to him. Our girls respond to baby talk. Lee-Roy responded to normal conversation. He pointedly didn't respond to baby talk. It was insulting. (tail jerk, *snort*)

We've definitely passed the extremely weepy part of our grief. Now we're laughing more and more about his quirks and obsessions.

I'm creating thank-you cards for both sets of vets with my favorite pictures of Lee-Roy. You saw them last week.

Comments

[kitfoxx.livejournal.com]

All your Lee-Roy posts make me weepy. But I had a lovely cuddle on the couch with Blueberry in the crook of my arm. I'm enjoying every moment I can.

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to make you weepy! Of course, I always get weepy with friends' losses, too.

Give that boy a kiss on top of his head and then on each ear for me, please!

(((((((((((hugs))))))))))

[honeyswtrose.livejournal.com]

*Big Hugs*

That was so nice of your vet and his staff.

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

Our vet is a she. That's one of the big reasons we like her. Our girls are afraid of men. *except Eric* :)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

what incredibely sweet of the vet. That's so nice to think of such a gesture.

Oswald also listens to normal conversations. He also speaks to me, just as Lee-Roy did to you. I think they both are on the last step before they reïncarnate to a human being.
So GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo Lee-Roy!

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

heh, maybe I should get pregnant to get him back! Nooo, as a human, he'd be impossible to live with. teehee!

[tintedsparkle.livejournal.com]

Very nice vet. We do that at our office as well, for the special animals we always send cards.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for your loss. What a blessing to have such compassionate vets...

Much love from Jackie

[yeoww.livejournal.com]

When we had to put Rex to sleep, our vet sent us a book about dealing with the death of a beloved pet, and a card. It meant a lot to us. Aaron still reads the book with me when he gets nostalgic about Rex.