Miss Shadoe has left us.

She'd never been fixed, which we didn't know when we took her in -- and it was driving us mad. We'd taken her to see our vet (she only does cats, and she's excellent) in our role as "other mother/other dad" earlier in her stay; complete bloodwork was done, and she was seen to be a good risk, even at eight years old. Her "real" mom gave us the go-ahead, and we took her in last Friday.

She came through the operation itself fine, but she went into cardiac arrest during recovery and the doctor couldn't save her. Mrs Devilkitty was a wreck. I was too, but the situation didn't allow me to show it. I understand that nothing in medicine is one hundred percent certain, but...

I have another couple of photos of her that I'll post -- when I feel up to it. My ear-tufts are very droopy right now.