Update on Gus

So sorry for your loss, Deb. I hope you know you did the best thing for him and am glad you stayed with him at the vet's office. RIP, Gus, you provided many happy years for your human.
 

I spent a little time last evening cleaning up. Removing the litter boxes and washing them. The used blankets Gus used to lay on went into large plastic bags an into the trash. I thought if I didn't see them all the time I went downstairs I might feel better. Hmmmm....don't know if it worked or not.
 

debodun said:
I think I feel this one more becasue now I'm retired so I am home most of the time. Also, I do not have anyone else in the house like a husband , kids or other pets. Besides my volunteer work delivering meals, I have no distractions other than TV or the Internet.
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How about grabbing a new "author" and digging in? Discovering a new author whose writing you love is like finding a new "best friend". Its good for what ails you. Also don't forget the music. Music helps heal when the waves of grief come over you.
 
Love Preston & Child. Reading their latest "Old Bones" now. Really good, even though Pendergast isn't in it!
 
Liberty said:
How about grabbing a new "author" and digging in? Discovering a new author whose writing you love is like finding a new "best friend". Its good for what ails you. Also don't forget the music. Music helps heal when the waves of grief come over you.
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My friend criticizes me because I don't read books. I have tons of books and was always a bookworm. But, now I get all my reading from the internet, I do so much reading on the internet and on forums that I simply don't have time for books. Is that bad? I AM still reading, just from a different source.
 
@PVC I am kind of the same way. I have SO many books on my shelf I want to read. My plan was when I retire I will have all the time in the world (think Burgess Meridith before he broke his glasses). NOPE. Once I am done with my day to day stuff, and the Interwebz and all, books have traveled down on the list. I need to read more
 
Marie5656 said:
@PVC I am kind of the same way. I have SO many books on my shelf I want to read. My plan was when I retire I will have all the time in the world (think Burgess Meridith before he broke his glasses). NOPE. Once I am done with my day to day stuff, and the Interwebz and all, books have traveled down on the list. I need to read more
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Oh, Marie, THAT is one of my all time favorites in the ''Twilight Zone'' series, I felt SO bad for the guy.

Besides hundreds of other books I have in my ''library'', I have the complete works of Jean M. Auel's novels of the ''Clan of the cave bears'' series. I managed to read the ''Bears'' one and the ''Valley of Horses'' (love Aila) but never read the other books.
 
I have a couple Edgar Cayce books, a Stephen King and a host of others. But where am I...HERE, chatting with my senior friends. LOL.
@debodun we seem to have hijacked your memorial to Gus. Sorry. But, I would say that a small part of Gus is looking down from the Rainbow Bridge just purring and smiling.
 
PVC said:
My friend criticizes me because I don't read books. I have tons of books and was always a bookworm. But, now I get all my reading from the internet, I do so much reading on the internet and on forums that I simply don't have time for books. Is that bad? I AM still reading, just from a different source.
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Well, it probably depends on whether you are "reading for pleasure" or reading for reference. The web is normally read in "snippets" so its not the same as reading a novel for instance. Of course there are a lot of books available online now days.
I'd guess as long as you enjoy it, go with it.

Personally, I tend to use the web for this forum and reference material, like a library. Used to write articles for on line publication and that did involve work...lol.
 
When I brought Gus in for his last vet visit, she said she knew he had kidney failure because she could smell it. I never realized he had an odor. Since yesterday, though, I've noticed the house does seem to smell better. Maybe I was so used to it that his not being there makes me notice.
 
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debodun said:
When I brought Gus in for his last vet visit, she said she knew he had kidney failure because she could smell it. I never realized he had an odor.. Since yesterday, though, I've noticed the house does seem to smell better. Maybe I was so used to it that his not being there makes me notice.
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That was probaby it deb. You probably gradually became accustomed to the odor. Open up the doors or windows for a brief time, huh.
 
debodun said:
I also threw out the throw pillows and blankets he used to lay on which probably added to the "aroma". Today is the first day I haven't felt like a knife in my chest when I though about Gus. Maybe the healing has started.
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Good for you, Deb. It takes other pet people to understand how the loss of a furry companion can hurt, I am glad to hear the process has started for you
 

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