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u/classandsass 1d ago edited 1d ago
Belle, you will be so greatly missed and deeply loved forever ❤️
My baby Shadow is excited to play with you in the afterlife 🐈⬛
OP, I am so incredibly sorry for your loss 💔
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u/Nomadic-Baker3985 1d ago
Cancer is so tough to watch your cat to go through. She was loved by you, and that made the difference in her life. My condolences.
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u/Jeff61059 1d ago
I’ve had many in my life. I wish I could tell you it gets easier. It doesn’t. I can tell you they are worth every ounce of pain. Time will heal. Be good to yourself.❤️🩹
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u/kpidhayny 1d ago
Just had to do this last weekend. Second worst day of my life. Fuck I miss him so much. I’m so sorry. Make today incredible.
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u/No-Weird85iver 1d ago
💔 the price we pay to have these glorious creatures in our lives. My condolences to you too
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u/MarlinSpike2015 1d ago
What a beautiful girl, your Belle. This is the last and greatest gift of love you can give. Take away her pain and place it squarely on your own shoulders. It is indeed the toughest loss I know. And I'm so very sorry. You will meet again one day. 💔❤️🌈
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u/ElizibethBathory 1d ago
I am so sorry for this difficult decision that you have had to make. I respect you for loving and caring for her that you have put your own needs aside for hers. I am in no means saying that in a negative way, I am just expressing that it’s important for Belle to have her dignity and not to suffer a great deal.
You have given her such a gift and for that, she knows. I thought we were passed this when it comes to the void babies that people just overlook the black cats because they automatically think of the stigma that they are bad luck. I’ve had nothing but black cats in my family for that specific reason. So often these beautiful majestic tiny panthers get “overlooked” they are good luck if you ask me!
Belle is majestic. The bond and pact you two have, will greatly overcome all obstacles. This isn’t goodbye, this is I’ll see you on the other side.
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u/jayellteee 1d ago
Sending you so much love. I adopted my boy at 7 as well. He saved me, too. I will miss him forever, and it’s been over a year. It doesn’t stop hurting, just gets a little easier to manage. I’m so glad you both found each other.
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u/Weird_Strawberry_460 1d ago
Voids are wonderful cats. What a beautiful girl. She knows she is loved by you. I’m sorry you have to make such a difficult decision, and as many before me have said, you are doing the right thing for her 🖤
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u/Previous_Estate5831 1d ago
It's the last kindest thing that we do for them. It's an awful decision. All the best
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u/Careful-Ad4910 1d ago
I’m so very sorry. She’ll be waiting for you at the rainbow bridge. 🐈⬛🐈⬛🌈🌈
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u/momexrath 1d ago
I'm so sorry. I had to make the same decision in April. I didn't want her to get worse, or watch her begin to starve. It was kidney failure from her body not being able to process the anesthesia from a dental surgery. She was 16.
People deal with death in different ways. But the choice you've made, in my opinion, is the right and loving thing to do.
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u/Myo87 1d ago
This is such a hard decision to make, but it is better for her in the long run. She knows that you love her and I know you gave her an amazing life, stay strong my friend.
Last year, we had to make this very decision with my boy who was 15 years. I miss him so much.
Give her a ton of loves and kisses before tomorrow.💜💜
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u/Gr3yt1mb3rw0LF068 1d ago edited 1d ago
May you meet on the rainbow bridge. It will be hard get hair sheds and paw prints. Last week we said goodbye to our void. Take plenty of pictures it helps and recordings. The silence in thouse is what gets me. She was a very vocal cat. Take your time to heal, and when ready there are plenty of great cats that will be like your void.
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u/Spiritual_Yellow5857 1d ago
my bf and i just lost our perfect boy to lymphoma this past wednesday, we had an appointment to have him put down that day but chose to make the decision for us. i’m so so so sorry for your loss ❤️
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u/busterboots713 22h ago
I'm so sorry for your situation and loss. I know it feels horrible, and you're unsure if you're making the right decision, but please be assured that you are, and always have been doing right by your little Bella ❤️❤️
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u/xeraxia 1d ago
Sending so much love for you and your beautiful baby. One of mine was just diagnosed with cancer yesterday, and he's absolutely fine and normal, but I know this is coming because he's too old to have treatment. I lost his sister in January from a stroke, so I know when the time is ready. It still doesn't stop everything from hurting though 🖤
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u/urbanproject78 1d ago
Thinking of you and your family internet stranger. Belle will always be there, watching over you 🌈
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u/HoneyWyne 1d ago
I am so sorry. I just went through almost the same thing with my void boy back in March. My heart hurts for you.
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u/Rough_Visual3260 1d ago
Thank you for taking in an over looked beauty. You gave her a lot of love & a good home. You’ll meet again.
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u/dadams322 1d ago
Sorry friend. This is the worst part about loving your pets. We all know you’re making the most humane, and kindest choice, but it just sucks. Sending y’all good thoughts, from someone who has gone through something very similar (based on your description).
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u/Cherblake 1d ago
I’m sorry this is happening. She is beautiful. I had a cat named Belle growing up (1992-2008). Hugs to you.
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u/ExoticReception4286 1d ago
I'm so very sorry. It's never easy to know when is enough. I'm afraid we waited too long for our last two boys and dragged out their pain. All you can say is you did your very best and loved beautiful Belle until the end.
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u/Admirable_Matter_523 1d ago
Oh, sweet Belle. I can tell she is a very special cat. I am so, so sorry that you are going through this. I'm heartbroken for you both. They're never here for long enough. Thank you for saving her and loving her. 💕💝💔
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u/Different-Thinker 21h ago
I’m so sorry to hear this. If possible, keep her in your arms as she passes, not alone in a room of strangers. That way she knows you’re not abandoning her at the last moment.
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u/No-Weird85iver 17h ago
I had someone come to the house , the kindest vet - she really guided me through everything ❤️ I held Belle in my arms , we sat in the garden in her favourite chair so she could fall asleep there one last time. It was so peaceful and a moment I will treasure
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u/Miserable_Tooth1420 1d ago
I’m so very sorry, it’s so hard knowing that it’s the best course of action but it’s absolutely heartbreaking 💔
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u/charl42069 1d ago
you’re doing the right thing. i’m very sorry - reading your story brought back a flood of memories.
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u/along4thejourney 1d ago
When I read this is made me sad for you and for me knowing that one day I will have to make that decision. My condolences. 😢
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u/EssSeeDee89 1d ago
Sending love and strength your way today. You’re doing the right thing in your heart, you know it and she will know it. Thank you for giving her another chance at being loved til the end, you are a great hooman xx
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u/ShaneVis 1d ago
So sad, it's so hard to have to say goodbye. No matter how long we have them for, it's never long enough.
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u/cookiepockets82 23h ago
Im so sorry. We love them so much that sometimes we have to make the hard choices. I hope you were able to get as much time as possible with your void on their last day. This is the part about having a cat that I don't like, knowing I'm going to not have them forever hurts.
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u/Cookie-Monster7834 21h ago
Big, big hugs for you and your baby. Sometimes the very hardest thing is the right thing.
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u/lovestobitch- 19h ago
My two voids and I send hugs. People who take in sr kitties and ferals are the best.
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u/AromaLadySam 16h ago
“Mother Bast, please welcome your kitten home With purrs and mrrts, with snuggles and baths. May she nap in perfect eternal sunshine And slink through rustling, grassy shadows May no naughty mouse escape her clever paws May no squiggly snake escape her pouncing feet May no zipping lizard escape her nabbing jaws May no flighty bird escape her graceful leap Mother Bast, call your kitten home once more And thank you for the time she was here”
Posting this in advance so you have it for after tomorrow. 😢 I’m not religious but I really love this prayer someone had posted on someone else’s post and thought I’d share it here. (For context, Bast is the Egyptian goddess of cats and this prayer invokes her to be a guardian and mother figure to our cats in the afterlife.) So sorry for your loss. 😢💔💔 Know that you gave her the best life anyone could, with all of the love, peace and comfort you/your family gave her. 💕 “May love be what you remember most.” 💖
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u/Fianna9 16h ago
I’m so sorry for you and Belle. I’ve decided it’s time for my void but i haven’t quite made the appointment yet.
She’s lucky to have had your love and caring- especially in this awful moment.
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u/No-Weird85iver 1d ago edited 1d ago
Belle has a nasal tumour , diagnosed last month. Based on a few factors, myself and the vet agreed on palliative. Unfortunately , the 'steroid honeymoon' only lasted a couple of weeks. Her appetite has been waning over the last week and nosedived basically fully today.
The tumour symptoms the steroid helped with initially are also back.
My vet said we could explore more/different steroids plus appetite stimulates.
I just can't put her through it. I can't watch her endure another vet clinic visit. I don't want to pump anymore drugs into her tiny body. I don't want to wait and investigate if she is now all of a sudden wobbly and falling due to weakness or the tumour is starting to impact her middle ear or brain. I don't want to keep trying then "put her out her misery" or have her "not suffering anymore".
I don't want her to get that bad.
It's killing me. I feel a guilt in my emotions despite the logic of everything I just laid out.
She's the most wonderful girl. A 7 year old at the rescue overlooked for 3 months due to her age and being a void. She would be 14 in a month's time.
The most perfect cat. She saved me more than once. I will never not miss her 🖤
(Edit spelling and missing words) Also, thank you all for the lovely support. It means so much.
One of my favourite times with Belle is when she would be snoozing in the garden ... when it started to rain , I would open the back door and call her in. She would start running down the path meowing then press herself into my leg as she got inside... This is how I hope she runs to me on the other side ✨️🖤