Snow Flake, the cat that died

A long time ago when I still lived with my parents, they owned a couple of cats. One of them was snowflake. Snow flake was a small white cat that was long furred and had blue eyes. Snow flake was also small. She was very sweet and would come and sit with you all the time. Compared to the other cats, this was a sweetheart and I really liked her.
One morning I heard pawing at my door. I went to let Snow flake in. She tried to jump into bed with me but could. I picked her up and put her next to me thinking she was tired. But she was making weird sounds and didn’t want to relax.
An hour went by and I had to get ready to go to work. I took a shower and came back into the room. Snow Flake was still on the bed, but she was acting kind of woozy and had her tongue hanging out her mouth.
I took her into the living room and sat with her in a wicker chair and stroked her fur and scratched her head. I told her every thing would be okay very soon, over and over. Her breathing became shallower and shallower. I could feel the life leaving her extremities. She would look up at me with her small blue eyes but they couldn’t focus. Her body slowly went completely rigid in my hands and I could feel her life leaving her body.
Slowly I watched the sun rise above the trees and thought about life. I must have been there for another hour until I could feel Snow Flake getting cold in my hands. After which I am not sure what I did but I will always remember that wonderful cat.

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Let’s amputate all toes at birth

Let’s amputate all toes at birth. It’s a very serious matter. The odds of getting an infection or an ingrown nail are very high. Athlete’s foot is picked up by the toes, also hepatitis C can be transmitted and picked up via the toes. In fact could you imagine how much less pain one would have if one didn’t have toes to stub? A foot without toes would also look better. Taking all this into account it would be better just to amputate all toes at birth.

 It may sound funny but these are many of the reasons that are given to justify circumcision. In fact most of the reasons given for male circumcision in the US are the same ones given for female circumcision in Asian and African countries. It’s more hygienic, it looks better and the list goes on. While this may be convincing for some out there, here are some facts that tell a different story about circumcision.

 Only twenty percent of men are circumcised in the world.  The American Pediatrics association has never recommended it. 4000 children die of SIDS each year which does not have a cause, 117 die from circumcision which is completely preventable. Also now that most insurance companies and Medicaid have dropped circumcision as a covered item less and less people are doing it. This implies that if it was so healthy and good the number of circumcisions wouldn’t drop because people would just pay for it. Circumcision is a major surgery and it is only done with a topical anesthetic that has been shown to only slightly numb the area. If a man gets it done later in life they completely anesthetize the area.

 As for women saying things like it is aesthetically more pleasing. I am sure that the vast majority of women wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a circumcised versus a non circumcised penis.

 I never intended to get my sons (or my daughter) circumcised. However when I witnessed a circumcision and how terribly that little boy screamed afterwards I cannot see why any one would do this procedure. The terrified and confused look that child had in its eyes afterwards was horrible. So before someone goes and has this procedure done please think about how much pain that child will go through and the negative side effects it will have for the rest of their life.

 Link on Circumcision:

 Ask Men: http://www.askmen.com/sports/health/15_mens_health.html

 Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/circumcision/MY01023

 Care of the intact penis: http://www.circumstitions.com/Care.html

 Myth’s about Circumcision: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/moral-landscapes/201109/myths-about-circumcision-you-likely-believe