To those that knew my sons cat Misto. Yesterday, March 20th, our 4 1/2 year old Misto passed on to the heaveyside Layer. Shawn asked for Misto for Christmas one year, they were so cute together, they even slept together. If you remember Shawn is autistic, and when misto became very ill I tryed to explain to Shawn that Misto had to go to the Heaveyside Layer, ( is a big CATS fan), and one day he will be reborn. On that day we will have to go find him because Misto will be a kitten again and he will need us to find him.
On the way to the Animal hospital yesterday Shawn grabed Misto's carrier, (Misto was in pain and didn't want to be touched) and said "I Love you I love you". This amazed me because doctors say Children like Shawn can't express emotions like us. It's amazing what one little cat can bring out in a child that's not suppose to be able to express him self. We all loved him very much and will miss him.
Thank you for all listening I really need to express my feeling somewhere. Take care.
Hi Kid, thanks for responding. I'm sorry to say that we don't have any recent pix's of Misto. 9 months ago when we noticed Misto was losing weight, we took him to the vet, and they did test. When the results came back they said he had Kidney failure, my vet said they usually don't see this in cats so young but it does happen once in awhile. They put him on meds and a strick diet. We thought he was doing better but this month he started losing weight again, he looked terrible. Misto was always a small cat but these past 9 months he looked more like a kitten than a 4 year old cat. Towards the end he lost more weight, we didn't want to remember him that way so we didn't take pictures. In a way I'm sorry we didn't. thanks again. We do have another cat but she and Shawn were never that close, she's very attached to my husband though.
Thats soo sad.. i have a cat that looks like misto i was gonna call him it but my mum wouldnt let me :/ hes names louie (have a look, he reminds me of Mistoffelees)
Cindy I'm sorry for Shawn's and your loss. My brother is autistic as well, so I know exactly where you are coming from, be sure to go out on your search for Misto again, I wish you the best of luck.
it really helps when people respond that know what an autistic child is like. Shawn said Misto isn't born yet so when it's time to go find him Shawn will let us know. Take care.
I'm not too impressed with what the "experts" know about Autism. Too often they seem to only understand about the more severe end of the spectrum. And considering that the books tend to talk about "tantruming" in one chapter and "flat emotions" in the next, it leaves you wondering if they even know anything about that.
A few months ago Drew came running up to me, "Mommy!"
"I'm the Mommy. What does that make you?" I asked, wondering if he understood the relationship.
He thought about this for a minute and then replied with a big grin, "Happy!"
This has now become a ritual exchange between us and he always does seem very happy when he says it. But it shows that just because his emotions aren't always apparent on his face doesn't mean he doesn't have them.
I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your Misto and I hope Shawn is able to cope with the loss of his beloved pet.
