Tribute to George

Today we said goodbye to one of our two cats – George Brett Richardson succumbed to a battle with pancreatitous. After two months of vet visits and wondering why George wouldn’t eat, he went under the knife for exploratory surgery today. Unfortunately the diagnosis was very bleak as George’s pancreas and liver were in bad shape. To say thank you to George, we decided to take a few lines of our blog to remember our 8 years with him.

We got George Brett and his brother, Nolan Ryan, a few weeks into our marriage over eight years ago. They were both kittens at the time and sold to us from the SPCA during a “two fur one” special. We were skeptical at the time of their kinship as Nolan was black and white and George was dishwater blond, but nonetheless we adopted them both gladly. Our first memory of George at the SPCA was having Nolan step on his head to try to draw our attention to the cage they shared. In the end, it was Nolan’s salesmanship and George's lovable gullibleness that sold us on the pair.

George was never a very bright kitty, but he was EXTREMELY friendly and always exuded a likeability that was unmatched among the feline community. Some of our fondest memories of George include:

• Laughing hysterically for the first 4 years of our marriage because he thought his name was Nolan. It wasn’t until we’d moved out of an apartment for two years that he discovered his name was indeed George.
• Despite his low IQ, George had innate sense to pick out the one guest in our home that was “not a cat person” or was allergic to cats. He was bound and determined to become that person’s best friend even if it took the duration of their stay.
• George was probably best known for his very loud purr. The best comparison is really that of a low-pitched Weed Eater. When we were on the phone, people would often ask what the loud grumbling noise was.
• George also possessed a strong affinity for the female breast (he got that from his “father”). He would pad Annie’s breast for hours as he purred contently.
  

In the end, we had eight great years and many memories with George and we bid him a fond farewell!