Pets

Hi again,
I had a very scary experience last night with my kitty Felix. The pic of him is on the left hand side at the top. Well every night I feed him a couple scoops of wet food as a treat and like clockwork if he hasn't gotten it yet he will start meowing at me at about 11:15pm. Last night he was rather quiet from about 9pm or so onward but I thought maybe he was just sleeping. I was preoccupied with sorting papers in my room and also chatting on smartcanucks which I spend alot of free time on. lol Anyways at about 11:15pm I started to wonder where he was so I started saying my goodnights to people on there and finally left and then went to go check on him because I was a little concerned. I could not find him anywhere and I was panicking so bad and I was so worried that he had maybe climbed on something and something fell on him or he got stuck somewhere and that he was hurt. With every moment that I could not find him I felt more and more panicked and actually found it tough to breath. I was so scared. Then I went into the family room and heard a very faint meow and I could tell he was alive but I had no idea where he was. Every time I went off in another direction to see if I could get closer, his meows got fainter that I could not hear them. So I got my sister to get my parents to help me look which was good because my dad had a good idea of what had happened. Earlier that night my parents had opened a window in the family room to get an arch inside that my dad made for the family room and apparently the window was the best way to do it. Well Felix must have slipped out before it got closed. It turns out that Felix was under that same window meowing to come back inside. I guess he figured it was the way he got out so it must be the way back in. Smart cat! I felt so terrible for not noticing he was so quiet and not going looking sooner. He was outside by himself in the dark and mud and chilly air for a couple of hours without food or water. I still feel awful for him. I don't know what I would have done if something would have happened to him. He is my life pretty much. He has been with me through so much, through my surgeries and my recovery and is so sweet and will lay on my stomach and cuddle when I can't get out and about. He really is part of the family and even my dad has a real soft spot for him even though my dad sort of denies it. lol Pets are amazing and great company and they don't talk back and they love you even though you are not perfect and they are always honest. Each one has it's own personality and little quirks and can't ever be replaced. Kind of describes family doesn't it? Well I am keeping a really careful eye on him today and he will get a bath later too. lol But no worries because he loves baths! odd I know. He sure is one of a kind!