Goodbye Buzz

Some of you may recall that I posted about six weeks ago that my cat, Buzz, was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. At the time, Bonnie and I agreed that any treatments had to provide him with a good quality of life - we didn't want to put Buzz through excessive treatments that would extend his life at the cost of quality.

The chemo treatments have bought several weeks of excellent quality of life for Buzz but we've now reached the end of that road - we were hopeful for at least a few months of reasonable quality of life but due to the aggressiveness of his disease, all of the remaining treatment options involve long hours of chemo and the insertion of feeding tubes. To put him through such treatments would be nothing less than selfish on my part. So we've had to make the difficult decision to put Buzz to sleep.

I sometimes feel silly for making such a big deal out of all this. I don't consider myself to be an “animal nut“ - just someone who enjoys pets. Making this decision about any pet is difficult but Buzz is 1 in a 1,000,000 for me. I've had many pets over the years but I've had a bond with Buzz like no other. I know we'll carry on with life and that we'll have other pets but I sure am gonna miss this guy.

Goodbye Buzz...