# Remembering Flaherty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466 "2019-02-13T14:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/1 "2019-02-13T14:51:16Z")
Some time ago, [I posted this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825729&highlight=flaherty) Now she’s gone. I’ve been through losing cats before. It never gets easier. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/2 "2019-02-13T14:56:03Z")
Please Mods, if you could change the red font in the name Flaherty to black in the attached thread, I would appreciate it. I guess I slipped up and forgot after searching. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/3 "2019-02-13T18:28:29Z")
I’m so sorry about Flaherty. ---
**Author:** ![mind\_the\_gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/4 "2019-02-13T20:57:27Z")
Ahh, man, we’ve lost too many furry pals lately. Condolences and hugs from The Gap house and Kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/5 "2019-02-13T23:47:36Z")
I’m so sorry. Flaherty sounds like a lovely cat. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/6 "2019-02-14T00:14:50Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/7 "2019-02-14T02:42:34Z")
Thank you friends. While I knew she had been declining for a few months, what with her weight loss and bad kidney numbers, her demise was a little unexpected. Over last weekend she began chewing but spitting out food. Then, on Monday she refused breakfast. I took her to the vet, and they told me she was dehydrated. I left her there overnight for fluids and antibiotics for a bladder infection they discovered. On Tuesday, she rapidly deteriorated. I left work so that I could be there as they put her to sleep. At eighteen, my cats tend to leave me for the next life in their nine. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-flaherty/829466/8 "2019-02-16T01:36:21Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss. My canine best friend is 15 and somewhat frail. I’m grateful for every day with him.