Quebec Valley

Kiki was our family cat. She was just 10 years and was recently diagnosed with a malignant breast cancer which spread to her lungs. We knew she had just weeks or even days to live so we gave her everything to make her last days as good as possible.

I’ve had cats in the past when I was younger but she was very different. She was very close to us and I always believed that she could understand us and feel our emotions – almost like a dog.

For the last month or so, she seemed to sleep all day. We knew she was weak. Then, on the day before I had to fly to attend a conference in the US, she had a very bad attack and collapsed. I thought she would die but she survived and was not in pain so we decided to keep her with us for a little bit longer before considering putting her to sleep. Before I left, I told her to wait for me, that I would return shortly. So I left for 4 days.

During my trip, her condition was pretty stable so I was relieved. I got home the day before yesterday at around 3AM and noticed that she was sleeping where I would normally sleep. She purred as she saw me.  I petted her before going to bed.

She passed away just 6 hours later.

She will be remembered…