anysia | Ziggy is gone

At 10:17pm, September 4th, 2019, Ziggy was helped across the rainbow bridge. She had been rallying but she took a sudden down turn, was laboring to breathe. Took her to emergency Vet, and ultra sound showed her cancer had progressed to the point that it was only the fresh O2 feed keeping her oxygenated. Move the O2 and she would start gasping with her mouth open again.

It was time.

We made the heartbreaking choice, while she was purring, alert and calm, to help her cross. We all spent some time with her, and when she was given a relaxing sedative, her head drooped, and she stopped breathing. She had been breathing from sheer force of her will. When she was given the sleep shot, it took took less than 2 second for her heart to stop. She was ready.

We gave her g’bye cuddles, whispered in her ear how much we loved her.

Heartbroken now. I see her things, like her basket, empty. I’m going to have to do something to remove these reminders, or I will be crying every few minutes.