The Smallest Feline is a Masterpiece!

'The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love.'

I wanted to give you all an update on the kittens. 

On Saturday, August 3, Eve passed away. Heartbreaking, I know. It was a shock to me! She was doing so well--eating as she should, gaining weight, using the bathroom, starting to crawl around.

Just as her brother did a few days before, she too started gasping for air. Immediately, my heart was pounding, and I was scared. Minutes later, Eve took her last breath in my hands. 

And I lost it! 

How could this little creature who was doing so well die so quickly?

It was beyond me. 

I called the vet to see if they could ease the pain of losing another of these precious babies. She said more than likely the kittens had a respiratory defect/virus that the mother cat knew about and decided to let Mother Nature take control. Or, maybe we didn't get to the kittens in enough time--if kittens miss eating for more than 24 hours, life is fatal. 

I'm blessed to have helped both kittens for the short time I did. It was definitely a learning experience for me! I'm sure I will encounter many more scenarios like this one in the veterinarian field. 

Before we go, I would like to share a couple of Eve's last pictures! 

(1:30am feeding. Eve was in a milk coma.)

(Why yes, I do sleep with one eye open!)

(Those baby blues!)

'Kitties play with the best yarn in Heaven!'