12/17/2021
The Female Authority is posting here to let you know that her darling boy, Cornelius Fudge, passed gently on December 11th at home. He was 19 years, 8 months and 13 days old.
Cornelius became ill and we took him to the emergency animal hospital. After they did some tests, they determined that he needed extreme intervention to survive - something that at his advanced age was unlikely to add to his quality of life.
I brought him home with various medications and after a very long discussion, we called a veterinarian who has made it her calling to assist in "end of life" situations.
We made him as comfortable as we could for three days, and on Saturday morning she came to our home. She sedated him while he was on my husband's lap, and then, with Cornelius on my lap, she set him free, painlessly.
We are bereft. He was the most charming and delightful pussycat you could ever meet. Our house is empty.
We are very sad but feel very blessed to have had this lovely, delightful, dignified, and oftentimes silly creature in our lives.
We will mourn. Then we will find a new baby to love. And that baby will bring new traits and a new personality for us to love.
Thank you for visiting Cornelius Fudge. Here is his last photo sleeping peacefully in his little bed the night before he passed.