A serious matter on a different topic

The past week or so I've started realizing how attached people grow with their pets. It's interesting to see how a person's life changes when they introduce a pet into their lives and how it affects them through out. I got a cat named Shelty when I was about 5 years old. I'm currently 21 so she's spent a long time with me. People have many different pets for many years and grow a type of bond with them. My cat is currently facing kidney failure and old age. It's hard to tell how long shes gonna make it because shes been fighting for 2 years. The doctors told us she was only going to make it a few months and that was 2 years ago... She's gotten to the point where she wont eat and we have to hand feed her and she walks around very dazed, meowing randomly and seems to be confused. It saddens me to see her like that. She almost seems to be lonley and scared trying to find someone to be with incause she passes away. It hasn't hit me yet but I know when she does I'm going to have a pretty hard time getting over it. I find it interesting to think about how many people out there have pets and would be sad to loose them. Human and animal alike seem to have a very keen sence to bonding and lovingness. This goes out to all you animal lovers, give your pet an extra loving touch incause they are taken someday.