Saying goodbye to my best friend
For the past several years, my cat has been my best friend in the entire world. Missy was my mom's boyfriend's daughter's cat, but I claimed him as mine. And he claimed me as his. My mom and Pete have been together for the past eight years, so Missy has been in my life for eight years. We moved in with Pete a little over four years ago, and for those just over four years, Missy has been my cat. This beautiful boy has been my cat, my little stinker, my best friend... for the past four years. Back in October, Missy started going to the bathroom in the house, which was completely out of character for him. He was also drinking more than usual. We took him to the vet to see if there was any sort of medical reason why he was suddenly going to the bathroom in the house, when for years he had always gone outside to go. (He would go over to the door, and we'd get up to let him out). He was diagnosed with diabetes, and we had to ...