u/Easy_Echidna6376

yesterday morning my 2-year-old cat arthur was sitting on my chest, soaking in early morning pets. hours later, he was dead, suddenly and horribly. i was working from home when i found him and knew that something was gravely wrong. by the time i got to the emergency vet 15 minutes later he was fading, and passed shortly after. the vet said he suffered a stroke induced by HCM, something that would have been nearly undetectable until something fatal happened. i cannot grapple with the suddenness of this loss, and the fact that there was nothing i could do. to think i was moving through my morning as usual not knowing it would be my last with him. i raised him as a feral foster from 10 days old, and he didn't deserve to go in that way.