ALY

11-26-2008 I was at the pet food store to pick up a couple of bags for my two dogs. This particular store has a room of adoptable cats for viewing. My cat Tyler had passed away 5 months earlier and I was not going to get another cat as my grief had been too much. As I walked passed the cat room I looked through the glass and saw a beautiful short haired dilute calico. I asked to see her and put her on my lap and the rest was history. Her name was Alyssa but we called her Aly. As soon as Aly walked in our house, she knew she had found her forever home. She used to run back and forth from our kitchen to our living room but because we had hard wood floors you could hear her paws going like crazy, but she didn’t get very far. It was one of the cutest things she did. She also loved to jump up on our kitchen table while we were eating though she didn’t beg for food and was never really into treats. Aly also made a habit of jumping up on our counters to get a drink from our faucets. She was never fond of our dogs but never once hissed or pawed at them. She wound up living with 7 different dogs in her lifetime. Aly was a wonderful little girl who never did anything wrong. She loved her home and we loved her very much.
A few years ago, she was diagnosed with pancreatitis and irritable bowel disease. She was doing okay on her medication with occasional flare ups.  
We took Aly in for a checkup with our new vet (as our regular vet had retired) and they suggested that we do an ultrasound. 
The results of the test were devastating. She was diagnosed on 12/20/21 with bladder cancer, a tumor in her kidney, diabetes, and a reoccurring urinary tract infection.  Because she was now 16 years old and had other medical problems, we didn’t want to put her through chemotherapy. We medicated her for her diabetes and urinary tract infection but along with her other problems it was hard to keep them under control. Little by little she started slowing down, playing less, sleeping more, eating less and losing weight. The last couple of months she really started deteriorating. She lost over two pounds in the two months and was very weak. This last week she stopped eating completely even though she was hungry and came looking for food. On 7/11/22 we sent her on her journey to the rainbow bridge. Aly was the sweetest most beautiful kitty I have ever seen. Aly was a wonderful girl. She will always be in our hearts and our thoughts.
 
We love you little girl 
Mom and Dad