In memoriam Alfie Luke - 7th Feb 2005 to 13th December 2019

Yesterday - 13th December 2019 at 17.40 - Alfie passed away in my arms. I wanted to make a record of this on the internet for posterity.

Alfie was living in the Colwyn Bay branch of the RSPCA when he joined our family on the 22nd August 2015, we do not know his history prior to this date.

He had a minor heart murmur, lost an eye, was deaf and missing a tail. Although the vet told us that he probably never had a tail.

He was supposed to be an indoor cat (due to his deafness) - but the garden was made secure and he was let out on a daily basis.

He loved just sitting under the back garden arch in the sun.

He was poorly in March this year - he lost the use of one of his rear legs. The vet diagnosed a clot cutting off blood to his rear leg - but he was given a chance, and he did recover. All seemed well until Wednesday 11th December 2019. Just after I had arrived home from the allotment he started to make some strange noises. I rushed into the room to find that he had lost use of both his back legs and was finding it difficult to breathe, a clear liquid dribbling out of his mouth. I picked him up and put him over my shoulder whilst patting his chest. This seemed to work - a fair amount of clear liquid being expelled.

He could breathe now - so we decided that, as before, he might regain control of his legs. He was so poorly he had stopped eating - we would contact the vet early next week if the situation had not improved.

Thursday 12th December - no improvement, not eating, sleeping all day.

We take some comfort from the fact that Alfie was just short of 15 years old - or late 70's in human years.

He will be buried in the back garden tomorrow - and I will be planting a white rose above him.

The world seems a little less bright today - we will miss you Alfie.

 

Ah, Bless Alfie. xx Beautiful photos, love the tongue poking out. He looks just like my Puschka who died aged 15 and her brother Skwij who was 13 when he passed. Love the white rose. I always plant over mine dearly departed ... except the one we had cremated and she was scattered in the garden. Pure white cats seem to be plagues with more health issues. Did you get him in 2005 or 2015?

RIP Alfie Luke.

 

What a lovely cat. He reminds me of a cat my family had when I was about 3 years old. We called him Snowball. Hugs, from me. Losing a family member is always heartbreaking.

 

Hugs to you. just lost mine in July. he also elderly 16. He is in the garden. Miss him everyday.

 

Feel for you @clanless, it hurts but at least his pain has stopped. We have had three rescue cats over the last 35 years, one Tikka for 20 years. It does look like Alfie had a caring home.

 

My Magic Sam (Boo) aged 20 had similar end of life symptoms, so the Vet came out on a Sunday morning and he fell asleep in my lap in the sunshine. We all had tears. They give us so much joy then heartache.

I hope yesterday brought you some peace Clanless. Will you get another?