Lea

Lea was the only cat that actually chose me.

I was in an adoption center looking at someone else, when the volunteer saw her standing up
with her front paws through the cage, reaching in my direction, and she said ” Excuse me, but I
think Lea wants to meet you, would you mind?” Not thinking much of it, I said sure. She opened
the cage, Lea climbed into my arms, licked my eyelid and went to rest on my shoulder. She was
about 8 months old. We were inseparable for the next 12 years.

In January of 2014, she started slimming, and just wasn’t herself, so I took her to the vet and
learned she had kidney disease, her levels were pretty high. I bought an IV pole and gave her
sub q fluids at home, she did good for about a month, but then one morning, she woke up with
me, got down to use the litterbox and her back legs gave out on her. I picked her up thinking she
slipped, but an hour later she was walking and it happened again, this time she wet herself and
cried out. I started bawling, wrapped her in a towel and raced to my vet. I refused to let her go
through another moment like that, and my vet agreed. I had to let her go to the Rainbow
Bridge. My heart has been broken ever since. Lea was the love my life, my tiny soulmate and
the way I met her is my favorite story to share.
~Christina