Like Family

When "Santa" brought my brother & I our cat Persia 12 years ago we were so excited! We played with her everyday, and fought over who was going be lucky enough to feed her. As we grew older we slowly became distant from her and she was in the way all the time...We never played with her, and the last thing we wanted to do was feed her that NASTY cat food.

Yesterday she went into surgery to get three tumors removed. Of course since I am the college student home for the summer, I got stuck with taking her to the vet. The night before her surgery I complained about having to wake up at 8am to get her there in time. But as the morning approched I began to feel sorry for the poor thing. As I tried to put her in her "Pet Taxi" and then in the car, I couldn't help but notice her little paw trying to escape her cage and her lonely cries. It was then that I realized that she was really like part of the family. As I walked up the vet's door I was hesitant, unsure of what they had planned to do with my cat. Thoughts like; was she going to be in pain? Is she scared? ....all went through my head. It wasn't though until I drove away that I began to get scared. As the doctor called me periodically updating me on Miss Persia I began to count down to the time we could pick her up.

When 5:45pm finally rolled around, and we picked her up...I felt like my brother had just had surgery or something. When they brought the poor thing out she was laying in the back of her cage in silence. She didn't have anything to say to us. Poor thing...We put her in her cage, brought her to this strange place and then she wakes up and she is all cut up.

Now...My brother is a jock. He thinks that hes like the "cool football player." So, I was surprised to see him so touched by her state. He was worse than me! Haha, actually both him and my Father were worse than me.

I think that my cats surgery has really made us appreciate her, and realize how much a part of our family she is. So the next time you yell at your pet, or treat it like crap, I hope that you all think twice.