Our hearts are sad. We have lost a very special cat friend. It's Jones. Jones was not well Saturday morning. He appeared to have had a stroke or a seizure. His neuro problems were extremely heightened but we had hope. After all, Jones has "pulled it out " several times. Jones arrived here at FFRC on 6/14/16. He was just a year old. The story we received was that a man had him since birth and was "never quite right". At the age of 6 months, he did not want him any longer and a woman then became his owner. At 1 year of age, she asked FFRC to take him. He arrived with mats and at first we thought he was blind. Was he a seizure cat? A CH cat? Our vets both looked at him and have never quite figured out what was going on with our Jones. We knew he displayed many neurological things during his entire life.
But.......no matter. We wanted to care for this boy. His mats were combed out. We worked thru many different medical issues that he had. And that was our hope this weekend--that he would come out of it again. But, it was not to be this time.
He melted our hearts--even thru his sometimes foggy brain, he knew he was loved with a passion. He had a booming purr and turned it on at just a single pet! When we would enter the Paw-Mart, he many times would get his 4 legs working together to run and greet us. He many times would reach up for an "uppie"--we had to be quick to scoop him up or he would tumble over.
This was a boy that everyone loved and would hold and hold him. for an entire naptime. He brought us such richness to our lives. He was our friend, our buddy. He loved us all--everyone of us.
He was held for hours Saturday and Sunday and given many kisses, from everyone. We knew you would all want that. He will be greatly missed but also remembered with much love and smiles for all of his wonderfulness. Thank you
