Helping a senior cat we found outside (fospice)
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2023
- We found this senior cat looking for help on a hot summer day. No one had ever seen him here before. You could feel every part of his spine. We named him Vern.
Vern had been living with cancer for some time. We made a plan with our vet to slow the cancer’s progression while he could remain comfortable at home.
Our only goal here was to give him a few months of the life he always deserved - one final chapter of good memories. This is called fospice - a foster hospice case, where very kind volunteers help a terminally ill animal live out the rest of their days with dignity, surrounded by love and comfort.
Although you never met Vern, you made his final chapter so special. It meant the world to him, and to us. Thank you.
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I initially saw Vern's story on Twitter a day ago. I did not expect the news that he is terminally ill. Bless the carers for making his last days comfortable and happy. 🙏
Ditto
He looked it from the first sight, seen it in many cats who tend to have kidney failure
@@rebeccaconlon9743 I’m curious, what’s the look, how does he look or how can you tell by looking at him that he has kidney failure?
@@SSRIscats need constant nutrition or their organs begin to fail, beginning with the kidneys.
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I'm crying like he was my own and the memory of losing my own cats. (Have said goodbye to five in total)
Thank you for giving Vern the great end of his life ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Same here 😭
Total of 10 here since 1986.
Lost my 15 yr old Ragdoll last year, his Tuxedo brother made it to 16yrs last month.
Leo, tabby, is 8.
@@dinkydoo4994 sorry to hear that you have lost many too. But I will still never regret the time I had with them, even tho the grief is there after, but the love and cuddles from them is worth so much more..
I got my first two cats in 2001, siblings. The two girls both ended with cancer, the first died on my birthday, laying in my arms when she took her last breath, she was almost 12 and her sister 8 month later almost 13 (they were from may) and then I sadly had to say goodbye to one as t the age of 8½, coz of medical issues, she was a kitten I kept after I took a pregnant cat home, her brother's got a wonderful home and their mom I took in got a new home, coz she didn't work with my other cats. The male I got died at the age of 14 back in 2019 and the second last cat I got of the five, I said goodbye to her in 2020, at the age of 12, she had been operated twice to remove cancer and when her kidneys started to fail, the vet gave her 2 weeks, coz of the bad numbers, she lasted 8 month, being happy on medication and kidney diet food. The vet called her a sensation of survival, coz her numbers was so high. After 8 month, she then still didn't want to let go, but I could see that it was time and said goodbye to her. Took me 8 month to get a new cat, Zoro, that I have now, he just turned 3. I have posted vods of his silliness on my channel if you wish to see him, there is a Playlist with him, so it's easier to find it.
And no I don't expect.ypu to watch him, it is only an info if you want to see him 😊
If you have vids of yours I would love to see it.😊
Me too. I have two young cats now, but last year had to say goodbye to the sweetest boy, my cat Godfrey.
And it doesn't get any easier each time. 3 here. And I keep saying.. no more... but the saying... cats choose us, not the other way around is true.
Me too I cried so hard for Vern
As I watched Verne’s last moments, my eyes filled with tears. How wonderful that you found him before he died from starvation or sickness on the streets, alone and uncared for.
I don’t know if there’s a God, but if there is, surely you are doing His work. ❤️
There is one and he blesses and will continue to bless Flatbush Cat for their good work
That people like Flatbush Cats, and you with your loving heart, exist, would be all the proof I'd need ❤
I believe that Verne is in Heaven with all deserving souls.
There is One God, Allah and prophet Muhammad is his last messenger❤
@@sallysam4650 some people say it’s Allah, others say Jesus, some say YHWH, and still others talk about the Brahman. I don’t know and I suspect I never will. The important thing is there are people on Earth who manifest Godly qualities like love and compassion towards all living things.
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So sad to see Vern sick and starving in the street. I'm glad he got to live in comfort for the rest of his short live. My highest respect to his forster parents. It takes a special kind of person to take in an animal knowing you will have to see them pass soon. Thank you for giving Vern a beautiful and loving home ❤
Our cat was diagnosed a few days ago with bone cancer. She has a tumor growing on her skull pushing on her eye, ear, and possibly brain. She's been sick for months, and only recently did they do x rays and found the mass. She's recently stopped eating anything but her liquid treats, and mostly sleeps whenever possible. Not much longer for her time to come, after 12 long, happy, loving years with us. Thank you for giving Vern a comfortable, well-loved end to his life as we will for our little old lady Libby.
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🥲 I'm so sorry to hear that. It's always heartbreaking to have to deal with your sick animal. I wish you strength!
So sorry that is heartbreaking.
❤❤❤ I'm a mess when I'm losing one of my fur babies.
Love and hugs to your little LIbby.
We lost our 22 year old to bowel cancer in October 21. Even adopting a pair of brothers straight away, he still holds a very special place in our hearts. The people who did the fostpice are beyond special.
So sorry for your loss
Rest in Peace ❤
So sorry for your loss. Thank you for adopting a pair that needed a home! Your departed friend is smiling!
We lost our 23 year old cat a few months ago. Decided to foster. Took in 2 brothers, 10 years old. Soon wanted to adopt them, but one is not allowed to be adopted due to discovery of terminal oral cancer (SCC). Adopted his brother and still have the cancer sufferer in fospice. We’ll look after him for as long as we’re allowed. We don’t get to make any treatment or euthanasia decisions. We just feed him, medicate him, brush him, pet him and love him and his brother. And try to keep them both out of mischief, which is challenging. He’s the boss of the house, he has his bigger brother under his control.
Vern, may you rest in peace now. Out of pain, out of suffering. This video broke my heart, but was so grateful that Vern had such amazing foster parents. He got to feel true love, meet friends to play with, and have a meal when he was hungry.
Thank you Vern for allowing the foster parents to love you. Trust had to be hard, but you let them in and love you. For that, I’m so happy to have seen.
What an amazing cat, what a lovely story.
Please, anyone that reads this, please don’t dump any animal. Take it to a local shelter. Preferably a no-kill shelter. Tell others to do the same. We have to stop this, as well as the feral population.
What utter heroes those carers were , Poor Vern and all the others out there - I hope this helps things a little - now where's that hankie.. my eyes are a little damp
Clearly abandoned the poor little lamb. No idea how to look after himself. Away from the humans who loved him and got rid of him for whatever reason. Poor sweet old man.
Edit: thank you so much for giving him a happy end to what could have been such a terrible fate
Agreed, he was definitely dumped. I hope the people who did this are themselves abandoned in their old age and left to languish on the streets.
Just remember that sometimes cats escape and get lost. My friends cat did, and despite heroic efforts, was never found. There was a big Apt fire near me a few months ago. 6 cats escaped, but only 1 has been found. The owners are sick with grief. Things do happen.
And sometimes the owner is elderly and loses track of their pet. Or the owner died and the children or neighbors didn’t know about the cat or didn’t care. It happens.
This is an abandoned or runaway cat. Glad he found someone who cares before the end. 😿
Was expecting one thing, got something completely different ... can't stop crying right now. 😭
Neither can I stop crying. He needed that love and care and to know that there are loving and good humans on the earth, GOD showed him Flatbush cats.
I believe he was abandoned. I doubt he had the inclination or strength to run away and that somebody wasn't able to face his diagnosis and abandoned him. I think its terrible what happened to him.
Oh sweet Vern…😢I so glad you got the love and care you deserved in your last days. ❤❤❤
@@sathikes If a video is uploaded but unlisted people can comment on it if the channel owner posts a link somewhere.
One of our friendly feral cats had stopped eating recently, and when we brought her to the vet we found that she has very bad dental disease, and probably has a whole host of internal issues. She's so thin, we're unsure whether she would survive the anesthetic, and even if she got all of her issues sorted no problem, she still needs after care, medications, and prefereably somewhere safe to recover, not to mention the vet bills. Since then we've been feeding her a "cat soup" several times a day which she seems to getting down just fine, so she isn't deteriorating as quickly as we feared, but it's still not looking great for her, and I wish we had the option of a 'fospice' for her to recover in and be loved in even if we had to pay for her vet bills. I'd take her in in a heartbeat if it weren't for my cats, and we have nowhere secluded for her to stay. I'm doing my best to give her all of the love and attention I can while she's still here.
My husband and I foster. Normally kittens, but we don't have any pets of our own so we usually get FIV/FeLV cases too. 2 years ago we got Pepe and he was our first (and only so far) fospice case. He was literally the perfect cat. Only 6 years old and his FIV had finally run its course. 4 months was all we got, but it was 3 more than we thought we would. We loved him so so much.
I knew I would cry when I saw "Fospice" but I watched anyway. I love you, Vern. I'm so happy you had a loving home for the last few months of your life.
I cry with all FB cats videos... they are so special.
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Rest easy sweet Vern, thanks for making his last days loving and peaceful, Flatbush rules 🖤 Rainbow Bridge Vern, see you there Buddy 🌈
I remember my friend’s cat who died of leukemia. He was so sad, and I could feel his pain when his cat passed away, as I do own a dog who is very close to me.
I’m glad that Vern spent the rest of his life, inside, not in pain, but surrounded by his loved ones.
Rest in Peace, buddy. Rest easy, dear 🖤
my cat came over while i was watching this to stare intently at my face, she was found abandoned under a car on the one day of snow in my city last year, no one was able to find the previous owners for several months so i adopted her, she's the sweetest most demanding of treats and cuddles ever
This brought me right back to an old job where a coworker told me there was a feral "ragdoll" cat (I always mentioned how much I loved ragdolls) in her neighborhood, and how she'd help me catch and bring him home.
I ended up finding him on my own when she flaked out and was spotted by a neighbor of hers who immediately figured out I was looking for a cat, and brought me to him. He was skinny, malnourished, and on death's door. It was honestly devastating after being told how this was a healthy cat simply in need of a good home.
The kind neighbors gave him to me, as they had been keeping him inside since noticing how lethargic he was, and I took him straight to my prescheduled vet appointment. It was supposed to be an exciting day introducing a new family member into my life, and the vet ended up gently telling me he was too far gone, and I was doing him a service by letting him pass peacefully rather than continue to suffer. His organs were failing, she said it felt like sand had filled his kidneys, and to force him through veterinary care would be a disservice to him.
I cried the entire day for this cat I knew for all of two hours, and I still think about him sometimes.
He was going to be named Leopold, and I had bought so many things in preparation for introducing him to my other cat, Princess Kitty, who passed last year of lymphoma.
I now have four beautiful kitties, one of which is Leopold the Second, who lives the wonderful, spoiled life I wanted to give Leopold the First.
I'm sure Leopold the First was more than happy to see all the things I bought him finally brought out of the trunk of my car to be used for equally deserving kitties.
💔😿😞Your comment is heartbreaking and beautiful. 🙏Bless You So Much For Caring 🙏
My cat passed away on may 14th, he got intestinal cancer, symptoms shown in November and we did what we could to give him dignity and happiness during his last months. We’ll miss you Tommy😢
Very sad. Blessings to you.
I'm sorry for your loss. Losing a beloved pet is so hard.
Dude this fospice concept.. that's some hard emotional work
I'm sure its hard, but must be very rewarding too.
A local outdoor cat has moved in/ adopted me. I've been monitoring his health and situation. As soon as I started crying watching this video, which I had to watch a 2nd time, as tears clouded my vision the first time. he shot across from the windowsill and jumped onto the bed and cuddled my neck, reassuringly. I'm honoured that he trusts and chose me. Flatbush Cats team are deeply connected to their charges and it means the world. Thankyou.
"Love and care, without judgment." 👍Safe travels, Vern. 🌈
Thank you so much for loving Vern in his twilight times.... he was obviously a pet at some point from his interactions. He missed that and you gave him something of that back before he passed. I pray for only blessings for you all at this rescue!
Ironic that Vern looked in so much better shape at the end than when he was found. A testament to his fosters who gave him such comfort and love for his final days - thankyou to them and all the other fosters.
I started crying the moment you said cancer. Thank you so much for fospicing Vern. You all deserve way more subs than you have and got another donation from me.
Tears for Vern - both happy and sad. Thanks for giving Vern some comfort at the end. It's all any of us can hope for.
Please, please, please make a plan for your pet(s) should anything happen to you. 😢 It fills me with absolute horror to think of my elderly dog, who now has special health needs, being alone with no one to love and care for her. Vern’s story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much to his very special fospice parents who loved him so selflessly in his final weeks/months. God bless you. God bless the work of Flatbush Cats. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺.
My critters have a bequest in my will. Anything left goes to a no kill shelter. I don't want anyone skimping on care because it costs too much.
I have also left operating instructions for Moxie. It took me a long time to civilize him and someone could undo my work without meaning to. He was found alone at 8 weeks in a bad neighborhood (chainlink and pit bulls), and had survived by hiding and biting. If a friend plays rough with him with his hands, Moxie reverts to biting. And then I'm back to giving him time outs until he remembers the prime directive: no biting.
I've had to give one friend repeated time outs. He couldn't, or wouldn't, understand how much harm he was doing. No one wants a biting cat.
It took over a year before Moxie allowed me to brush him, and he went from fear to loving it. He's a frightened guy at heart. As long as I am patient and kind, he is a loyal, loving fur monster. He's always going to hide under the bed when most people visit. He eventually learns to trust, but it's not his first instinct. I can't imagine what his early kittenhood was like. I'm glad he got through it!
I am putting my beloved elder ESA cat Lilly down today@ 1:45pm MST, She reached 13 years old and is sick from hyperthyroidism, heart and kidney disease and possibly cancer. I just don't have any more money to treat or even diagnose her properly(using the last of my credit for the euthanasia) and I can't abandon her. This is the best I can do and its breaking my heart. Maybe Vern's owners faced this same thing and did not know this program existed. Thank you that this program exists somwhere in the world. May it grow and spread for the sake of cats like Vern and my poor Lilly
I lost my baby Dewey a year ago on May 6 to the same disease hypothyroidism and kidney. He had a stroke and I had to euthanize him. He was also 13 years old. The best cat buddy ever.
So sorry for both of you. You did the hard thing out of love for them.
I’m so happy to see that Teddy’s foster parents are still fostering! True heroes!
I thought it was them ❤️
Watching that, I cried a mixture of happy and sad tears. Sad that he's gone, but so happy that he had a loving home for his final days. A virtual hug to the wonderful fosters who took him in!
As the guardian of a diabetic cat who will be 16 next month I know it can be a struggle to find the resources to care for a pet with health conditions. I hate to think of his previous family watching him decline and not being able to do anything about it. I'm glad he made his way to people who were able to provide the love and care he needed for whatever time he had left. Thank you for what you do ❤
Nothing, nothing, makes me as sad as these stories, as animal death. I'm normally unemotional, but I cry openly when it comes to animals. I think these stories are important to share, and I love Vern even though I never met him, I love his meow, he seemed very sweet. Thank you for giving him a happy end of life, and thank you so much for documenting it!!
Rest well Vern, you mattered.
Please remember the cats in your area too folks. They need tnr and if there isnt a low/no cost vet in your area...help to make that change.
This is so sad 😢. If I’m no longer on this earth and my babies (cat & dog) ended up outside.. I’m haunting whoever did it for the rest of their life. No animal especially domesticated deserves this
Very unusual, I only started crying like a baby 3m50s in, I usually don't last a minute. As always, my foster friend came running to make me calm down, though.
thank you to everyone who donated. Without it, this senior cat would've not reached out and captured the hearts of so many online.
RIP Vern. It was nice seeing you playing and happy in your fospice home, being spunky like a kitten because of the love and care you were getting!
Fospice is an unfortunate necessity and takes very special foster care people! Thank you all for giving Vern the Golden Years months he deserved!
My own cats are 15 and 19 and will be with me being loved and spoiled for however much longer they will live!
I didn't expect a story of the consequences of late-stage capitalism while browsing cat videos. The fact that more than HALF of pet owners can't afford health care for a beloved family member is insane. I don't know how advocates for the status quo sleep at night.
Y'all are saints for the work you do. I hope your vision of a world where everyone can get care for their loved ones will be realized.
This made me cry. I was so fortunate that, by the time my own cats were old, I could afford to give them the care they needed and deserved. Because of that, they lived to 19, 20, and 21 and I got to have all those extra years with them. Old cats are so sweet and gentle and loving. It's worth everything to help them prolong their lives. I now have two rescued cats, a five year old brother and sister, and I fully expect to be with them for a long time to come.
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Sweet, handsome boy, rest in peace. So glad you found comfort and love for your remaining time on this earth.
You and your organization should be commended for the compassion you show towards those less fortunate. Thank you for sharing Vern's story and helping him feel loved in his final days.
Rest well, Vern. Know that you were loved and cared for more than you can imagine. ❤
Thank you for giving him love and a home for his last days, at least he did not die alone and in the indifference of the people.
Vern deserved to be loved and cherished in his last days. We all do. They are no different flesh.
Thank you for giving Vern a peaceful, loving environment during his last days on this Earth. Every cat deserves such a thing
Thank you Flatbush cats... I am so grateful to you for the love and care you provided to Vern at the end of his life. Such a precious boy...🥺🕯💔
rip vern and thank you to the rescuers for giving him the best bit of life he had .
This one broke my heart like none of the other videos before. 💔
But how comforting to know, that Vern left this world loved and cared for. Thank you for all your effort and many thanks to the foster parents.
We also do whatever we can over here, and our own special needs senior is probably the most spoiled little tomcat in the world. 🥰
Exactly why I adopt seniors. So special
What a sad cry,and so friendly bless him,so sorry he is terminally ill but thanks to you he lived out his remaining time loved and cared for ❤❤❤❤❤
I know had really bad it is to lose a pet cat, the grieving part was very hard on me !!!
I knew I would cry if I watched this video and yet here I am bawling my eyes out
I cried my eyes out watching this. What a sweetie. Thank you so much for taking care of this little guy in his last days. This is why I give, right here. Thank you, thank you, thank you... ❤❤❤
Thanks for doing what you could for this sweet man.
This is a whirlwind of heartache and happiness, that some people are trying to take care of these animals and that this is so necessary.
Awww....what a sweet love he was! I'm so glad you found Vern, and that he got to spend his last days cared for and loved; animals are blessed in a way by living in the moment and not in the past or future, so to him, this WAS his life. Thank you to those kind fosters and everyone involved with his care.
Well said.
What a strong gentleman, I love that broken violin sounds he makes 😊
what a loving cat... rest in peace vern, he got to live out the last bit of his time in such a happy home
This was so beautiful and moving. Thank you for what you did for Vern. Sometimes when our pets leave us the pain is too strong, but I urge everyone to focus on how special, how miraculous it is to share and feel love together on this earth even just for part of our lives. I would LOVE to volunteer in a fospice!
How can anybody ignore this gorgeous cat. To many stray cats in this world. My late cat Smudge in picture was a stray. I've adopted lots of cats in my lifetime. All passed. While watching this, im giving my latest stray, Fudge, a old ginger Tom lot's of cuddles. RIP VERN 😢❤❤❤ 🇬🇧
Dear Vern We never met, but we love you. Huge thanks to all the wonderful people that loved and cared for you. Crying a river.
Please adopt, if you have time take two or three😄. Please adopt, donate, foster, and volunteer. 🍀✨💕🌟🌿
having lost so many fur babies over the last decades.... this video brought me to tears.... Sweet Vern at least had a few great months .... RIP sweetie 😿 and pls hug my babies behind the rainbow 😻
RIP Vern, you loved and you were loved..❤
what a sweet boy :(
I cant be the only person who cries uncontrollably when they see a cat in need or distress?
You're not. Stories like Vern's have the same affect on me too.
@@kiowablue2862 I always feel like an idiot but it gives me comfort knowing that I am not alone. I am glad Vern had a comfortable ending.
I'm a puddle right now 😢
I wasn't prepared to be crying at my work desk but here we are. Thank you for giving Vern the love and care he needed to thrive in his final days. Care without judgement is so vital and this organization does it so well. I will always be proud to support the goal of affordable vet care. Hopefully this mission spreads far.
Don't cry because he is gone, smile because he was here 🥲😔
So sad the baby died. But he got the love and care he craved.
I really appreciate that people love and help stray cats. I do as much as I can at my neighbour. Fresh water and food outside my house for doggies and kitties...Also adopting some of them or finding forever homes for those lovely fluffy kids 😍😘🐾🐾🐶🐾🐾😸
Greetings from Türkiye. thank you for helping stray cats.
Hi Lucky Paws. Have you seen the Walter Santi youtube channel? It is set in Turkey, and the filmer has 3 indoor cats and 13 outdoor cats that he cares for, as well as a dog (Walter). The filmer also gets vet care and neutering for some neighbourhood cats.
R.I.P VERN 😢
EVERYTIME I SEE A STREET BABY I FEED THEM CAT/DOG ANYTHING I SEE THAT NEEDS HELP. I LEAVE A BOX OUTSIDE SO THEY CAN REST IN THERE IF THEY WANT.
I'm glad to see that my money is going to such a great organisation that really helps people and animals. Keep doing the wonderful work you do
I knew I was going to cry if I clicked on this, and I absolutely did. Thank you for taking care of Vern until he passed away.
my heart breaks for this sweet kitty 😢
Thank you for providing Vern with a home, food & medical care. It broke my heart that he was sick on the streets, alone, until you rescued him at his hour of need. I teared up watching his journey & wondered if he was a house cat at some previous point, and I wondered if had he been properly cared for, perhaps he could have lived longer. I loved watching him enjoying a safe space with food and so much love given to him. Thank you for all you do, Flatbush Cats
This wrecked me but it was beautiful. Thank you for all the work you do.
This is so moving and precious. I hope the vet gave him pain meds as well, so he was comfortable until the end; just as is done with humans in Hospice care. God bless you, and Vern❤️🌹
Grazie.
This just made me weep...for the sadness of Vern's condition, and for the love he received in his last days. I'm a monthly financial supporter...it's not much, but as my situation continues to improve I hope to up that. These folks are heros, doing the heavy lifting for those who can't. Can't say enough good things about this organization. They captured my heart years ago, and I hope to be forever one of their supporters. I bless them and all the goodness they do.❤
Thank you for being angels to GOD's creatures here on earth...
My tears aren't enough to say Thank you for helping this beautiful, loving creature. My kitty IS my child. I celebrate Mother's Day because of him , and I am so grateful for his emotional support. After this vid I went in and told my kitty how much I loved and appreciated him. He gave me a couple of meows and half chitters, and went back to enjoying his bird watching and enjoying his momma's loving strokes on his sweet , soft fur. That baby doesn't fault me for my imperfections; he loves me in spite of them. Meows loudly is he can't see me, and is the best shadow a person could ever have. Vern is talking you up to all his new found friends in Heaven. You were his angels on earth.🥺😭Whoever said cats aren't loving or affectionate never found THEIR cat.
My first rescue cat died in my arms from complications of CHF (congenital heart failure.) Along with feline AIDS and feLv, he gave it his all, hiding his sickness from me until he no longer could. I watched his decline, cried, prayed for him to get better. Sadly he experienced a seizure before he passed, looked up at ne like he had long ago with loving eyes, this time not only saying I love you, but "I love you mom. You did all you could." I won't express the level of depression I fell into, more like the next level as I already have major depressive disorder. I found his brother the same way and from where I got him from--the group I now volunteer with. I had a connection with Nicodemus like his brother Simon who passed over the rainbow bridge a little over 4 mths. prior. I still think about Simon, call Nico him, but I love Nico no less and maybe even more. Simon was my first cat. My first kitty baby. I tell Nico about him all the time.
Your vids and countless others I follow show that cats do love, and deeply.
As a fellow rescuer myself who rescued my baby and advocates for adopting and not shopping, thank you. I will always give when I can. You are a blessing to GOD's creatures.
Be blessed...
Thank you for giving him love and comfort the time he has left.
A wise man once said "Grief is the price we pay for love. And it's worth every f*cking penny".
Love ya, Vern. You will be missed, bud
Rest now vern. Thank you for giving him this x
Thank you for what you all did for Vern. I had to make the choice for my Jenny cat just two days ago. She was living with kidney disease but took a rapid decline on Memorial Day. We said goodbye the next morning. Something needs to change to allow people to care for their pets. So they can keep their home until they cross over. I hate to see them turned into the streets to suffer because affordable vet care is not in reach. 😢
😢 Rest in Kitty Heaven, VERN...
❤ You will find plenty of playmates there, you will have no pain, no worries of food, water or safety. Just hold the memories of all the hugs and scratches you experienced in your last days..
I, too, saw Vern on Twitter and did not anticipate this outcome.
This one really got me sobbing with the ugly face 😭
Thank you so much 💞😸🐈😊💛💙💚💛💙💚💛💙💚
I'm in tears right now 😢 Vern, you sweet, beautiful and loving boy ❤ May you fly high with the angels 😇 Thank you for caring for him so well and giving Vern a special send off.
Bless Vern’s fos-pice family for giving him care, love and dignity.
Vern's foster parents & rescuers volunteered to take on the pain of losing a loved one just so he could enjoy his final months with less of it. It's another level of selflessness to see devastation down the road, and choose love and vulnerability in the face of it. Thank you, foster parents, for choosing to love Vern. Thank you, Flatbush Cats, for sharing that love with us.
I'm glad he got to know what it was like to be loved for his last few months
Thanks! ❤️
Senior cats make the best pets. They are calm and don’t constantly bolt for the door.
This video made me cry, several times. Wonderful and important story to tell. It is lovely how you all gave Vern beautiful, safe, and loving final days.
I'm not crying, I just have something in my eye.
Ugh, so hard to watch this stuff, but everybody involved in this is amazing. It would be so hard to constantly deal with the loss and sadness while still looking at the bright side. I wish everybody watching/reading good health in the future.
I'm terrified to learn that 50% of households in the US can't afford a basic vet visit....
I haven't cried this much in a long time... Thank you for giving Vern love and comfort in his last days.