I'm not sure this is the best place but needed to let out some emotion today. Last night, our 7 month old kitten suddenly died. He was a stray we took in off the streets at less than two months old after he nearly got hit by a bus outside my work. He looked every bit to be a Maine ****. He was hyper and silly and so so affectionate. He loved people and followed you around everywhere you went.Yesterday he was completely himself. Last night, he suddenly let out a cry, collapsed, and was unresponsive. We tried everything we could, just in shock and my wife screaming. We did CPR and mouth to mouth. He was a limp body in our arms. After trying for several minutes it was obvious he was gone. His normal, healthy and hyper self one minute, then literally gone the next.It was so traumatic, so shocking, so crushing. Such a loveable little guy with so much life in him, suddenly just gone. Maine Coons are prone to heart disease, but even so, to collapse at so young an age isn't typical. It happens, but isn't typical. But to be so sudden, it is difficult to find any other explanation besides something blood or heart related (cardiomyopathy, aneurysm, thrombus, etc.). The entire time from him acting normal to unresponsive was less than 30 seconds. He had all his checkups, all his tests, all his vaccines. We did everything we could to make sure he was healthy and ready for a big long happy life. I took him off the streets to give him a good life, and boy did he deserve one, and then he just gets taken. My wife and I are crushed.Last year I lost a different cat, a dog in a cat's body, that I'd had for 13 years. That was like losing a best friend.I have no point in this post. If anyone has had something similar happen, please feel free to share/ I'd like to hear of it. I've never heard of anyone losing a healthy young kitten like this. When they're super young, sure; when they're old cats, sure. But not when they're past infancy and doing so well at several months old. The unexpected/ rare nature of this is so shocking to us.
Or if people would like to make this a memoriam to lost pets in general, that's fine too.Again, apologies for the rambling post. Just need to get this out and vent somewhere. It's been an awful 24 hours.
RIP Charlie