My Shadow

by Age Caliendo
(islip, ny)

Shadow was my baby boy and I lost him nov 30, 2010. He was my last pet to enter our family, my second cat, my third mammal, and my first baby boy. I love him so very much and I feel so lost. My husband and I just had a baby and we're going through so many problems and to top it all off my 6 year old kitty passed away.

I can't help blaming myself. If only I hadn't moved out of my dad's house where Shadow stayed or maybe he would still be alive if I had been able to take him with me. All throughout my pregnancy he would curl up on my belly and I was so excited for him to grow up with his new little human sister. Alsa, my poor boi blu was taken down by bladder stones (urine crystals) which I had been warned of the symptoms many time in my veterinary classes. I'm so depressed without my sweet polydactyl kitty.