He was only with us for a little under six months, but TomTom was beloved in this house, and I know many of you enjoyed hearing about his various exploits, misadventures, and crotchety old man complaints.
Unfortunately, he began seizing this morning and then continued to have further episodes, and after bringing him into the vet, they had him put to sleep. He had eaten breakfast this morning and had lots of kisses and snuggles in bed before his fits started, and I held him and kissed him as the vet administered the injection, so rest assured he passed knowing he was loved and adored and safe in his pater’s arms.
The vet suspects it was a brain tumour, which isn’t that surprising given that he was 17 years old and had lived a longer life than many dogs and cats do, and he already had other benign tumours on the rest of his body.
I’m obviously devastated and can’t really stop crying, which is to be expected, but I am very happy with the life he had with us – he was spoilt absolutely rotten; was the single child of two devoted gay dads; was given hams and cheeses and fish; was kissed and cuddled a thousand times her day; was given puzzles and bird TV and all manner of stimulation; had a variety of beds, most of which he could not be less interested in; had a little bunkbed; got to wake whoever he wanted up at five or six in the morning just to purr into their face; and generally lived like the little king he was. By no means was the final stage of his life a sad one for him or for us, and I cannot even begin to say how much joy he brought into my life and Lorenzo’s in such a short period of time, let alone the happiness he brought our friends and visitors, as well as everyone who read about him online.
The vet bill for the emergency appointment and then the euthanasia and cremation comes out to about £500, which is of course a blow for us. If you were thinking of subscribing to me, or buying anything from my store or Amazon or another online bookshop, now would be a great time. My Ko-Fi is also here for tips, and if you’ve been considering commissioning any prose or non-fiction work, details for that are here.
Thank you so much to everyone for your kind and loving words, they mean a lot, and I’m sure if TomTom knew how many people have been touched by stories about him and are sad about his passing, he would be extremely smug and not surprised at all, and would be confused at why anyone would imply that wouldn’t be the case, but it’s still touching and remarkable to me.
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