"Peanut" is the cat mascot of this blog. She lived a long, enjoyable life of 16 years, having recently passed away in the springtime of 2006. She was rescued as a very young kitten, the runt of the litter, on a farm where humans could care less about "just another cat". She was loved by many during her long life, had the most agreeable disposition and never suffered from medical care. In January of this year she did experience a stroke and although she was taken in for an emergency exam, her owners would not allow her to spend the night, and truly suffer from pointless procedures and tests. Imagine a CAT scan for a cat?!? The next thing I expected was that the Veterninarian was going to suggest thrombolytics and a cerebral angiogram. What the heck?
Post-stroke she recovered some of her faculties, but eventually her hearing and vision failed. Never once did she complain. Peanut was truly an irreplaceable feline. We miss her dearly. She was kind enough to will her fleas to us, and we enjoyed thier company for about 5 more weeks.

Fibril_late; 7/6/06