This is a Post I hoped Never To Write

Helena of Troy Hoyt, Jan. 2023, Jun 2023.

Helena died in her sleep last night, before we could get home to cuddle her once more. The doctor still has no idea why, and I’ve authorized an autopsy, to spare someone else this heartbreak; to maybe save another kitten.

I shouldn’t have had her spayed so young; I shouldn’t have boarded her; I shouldn’t have removed her from my shoulder when she was happy and purring; I shouldn’t have moved her from her patch of sunlight when she was sleeping...