11/14/2025
I thought I had more time to formally introduce you to our little Boba Tea but it turns out I didn’t.
Back in September the Johnson County Animal Shelter - Indiana contacted us about a little kitten who had tested positive for FeLV and had effusive FIP on top of it.
Rather than euthanize the director at JCAS bought him the FIP treatment and asked if we could possibly take him for treatment.
I couldn’t say no.
Since he was a complicated case, we struggled through many different treatments for both his FIP and FeLV to find something that worked for him. For a while he felt better but the fluid on his abdomen never went away. We hoped it would dissipate on its own with continued treatment and did what we could to manage and make sure he was comfy cozy. And he kept fighting, pushing through every single thing.
Bobs was one of the most special cats I have ever had the honor of meeting. He liked to be held constantly and loved to nibble on noses every chance he got. He loved to sit in my lap in front of the window to soak up the sun. He loved to roll over on his back and stare up at me waiting for his belly rubs.
If he wasn’t being held he’d follow me around, stare up at me, and gently touch my leg to remind me he was there and, of course, it had the desired effect because how could it not?
Last week I noticed he wasn’t feeling himself. We hoped maybe it was just the new treatment he was on making him feel kind of icky but as time went on it became more and more obvious that our time with him was almost up.
On Saturday night we said goodbye and it’s absolutely not fair.
He was just a baby who should have had a whole lifetime ahead of him and I would have given anything to give him that but I guess his love was needed somewhere else and he had to leave.
Every second with little Boba Tea was perfect and everyone who met him knew that he was special.
To be honest, I probably will not be okay for a while as his passing has absolutely devastated me and the grief is crushing but I know I was so incredibly lucky to have known him and to have loved him.
