May.6.2005

!!!!!!!!!!!!!RIP MATTHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this morning i was woken up by my father telling me that Matthew (my cat) was badly hurt and I had to get ready to take him to the vet. I of course wanted to know how he got hurt. My mom said he fell in the toilet, and we thought that he broke either both his hind legs or maybe his back cuz he was crying in pain and when he moved the bottom half of his body just dragged behind him. We finally got him to the vet and we thought he was going into shock...the next thing i knew i couldn't hear him breathing. They took him into the room and were able to find a weak heartbeat...so of course i thought that was a good thing, a heart beat is still a heart beat. Next thing i know some guy brings me Matthew's carrier...and my mom comes out to tell me that Matthew passed away. Of course being me i totally lost it. I hate crying in front of others who are looking at you and aren't crying too, but i couldn't help it. We found out from the doctor that Matthew had a massive heart attack in the morning and a stroke. Apparently he has had a heart defect since birth that was undetectable. But most cats who have that defect only live to like the age of 2 or 3, luckily for me Matthew made it to 9! I cried the whole way home and all i could think about was his sister Amber. She was always the 'scaredy cat', i don't know what she'll do without her big brother to protect her!

So after a rough start to my day, i went to dancing where we prepared for our last competition. Go figure everyone was in pain! So we started working on our "saucy lyrical" for the show. And then we packed the car (Amara, Yara & Myself) and we drove to Waterloo. We checked into the hotel with Gwen and then headed to Jack Astor's for dinner. We had to eat fast tho so we could get back to the hotel and go swimming. After the swim we had our showers and piled into bed to get ready for a nice early morning.

till next time....