{"id":137065,"date":"2018-09-06T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T22:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/rip-purrl.html"},"modified":"2018-09-06T16:46:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T22:46:59","slug":"rip-purrl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/rip-purrl.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Purrl"},"content":{"rendered":"

We inherited Purrl (fully, “The Black Purrl”) just over four years ago when she arrived as an elegant 11-year-old (full story<\/a>). She easily made her way into our household over that time — never being lovey-dovey with Neko and Kunoichi, the other cats, but always ready (and willing (and demanding)) to plop into a lap, eat any greenery she could get to, get a drink from a sink, come sit in bed at our feet (or between our pillows), or climb to the highest point on the kitty tree and take a nap.<\/p>\n

She was always a featherweight, and in the last year or so she’s had some health problems, including some liver disease, that made her a bit skinnier — but never slowed her down, made her less ornery to other kitties getting in her personal space, or kept her from jumping wherever she damn pleased.<\/p>\n

Before we left to take James to college, she started having a few mouth problems, a bit of drooling — we assumed a dental issue and made an appointment for after we returned. When we went in, though, the word was more dire, and went with the now-visible swelling in her jaw: bone cancer, already well progressed and spreading quickly.<\/p>\n

It’s not been a constant distress for her, but its made eating progressively more difficult and uncomfortable, so, to take care before her life did become a constant pain, we put her to sleep this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Even if that now puts us at human:cat parity in the house, she will be missed. For a stand-offish cat with strangers, with friends she could be a major purrbox far beyond what you would expect from her tiny frame. And she was limber and quick to the end in going after her treats.<\/p>\n

She was a good kitty, and we were privileged to be able to share our home with her for these last years.<\/p>\n


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\n2018-09 Farewell to Purrl<\/a><\/span>
\n24 new photos \u00b7 Album by Dave Hill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We inherited Purrl (fully, “The Black Purrl”) just over four years ago when she arrived as an elegant 11-year-old (full story). 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