SUSAN LOESCH
CATS IN THE STACKS
“C’mon, Barney. Let’s go to school.”
Silence.
Mr. Barney was nowhere to be found this morning. He must have decided that after his weekend appearances at the Feline Rescue and Rehome fundraiser he deserves a day off! (more…)
SUSAN LOESCH
CATS IN THE STACKS
The unthinkable has happened. There is no easy way to tell Alex’s friends. Allie became sick Monday with what all signs pointed toward being an inner ear infection. His condition worsened, and Wednesday morning, about 6 a.m., he died in what was his favorite place to be in the whole world – my arms.
We are waiting for test results hoping that they will shed light on what happened.
It is unbelievable to me that Monday morning he was in the Library asking for the Fancy Feast we’d had such fun shopping for at Petsmart, wearing his new bandana and eating treats from Big Alex’s hand. Wednesday he was gone; it happened so fast that my mind can’t grasp it. My heart is broken. (more…)
Susan Loesch has been the librarian at the Arkansas School for the Blind for 35 years and is on the board of Feline Rescue and Rehome. She started the library cat program about 10 years ago after much animal therapy research.
