Losing a pet is a terrible thing. When they get old and pass on, it is usually seen coming in some way and allows us to mentally prepare. When they are suddenly taken from us, however, it can be even harder. Without the emotional prep work done with an aging pet, the wound is raw and our hearts hurt.
Laura Ringenberger was worried that she lost her cat forever.
Laura and her family were all over at her house, enjoying some time together. They lived in Napa, California and suddenly got a call they were dreading. The speaker on the line told them they needed to evacuate their home immediately.
Walking outside, they realized the danger they were in.
The caller was right when they said immediately. Walking outside, it looked like a warzone.
“When we got that phone call, we didn’t think much of it,” Ringenberger told The Dodo. “But when we walked outside, the moon was pink, and we were staring at raging fires across the way.”
They jumped into action.
Laura and her husband got their kids out of the bed and sent them off with the relatives that were visiting. After the kids were gone, they went to check on their neighbor, an older couple who might have trouble evacuating.
Laura was worried, however, as she couldn’t find their cat.
Kitty Kitty Star, the family cat, had been with them since she was just a kitten. They were calling for her but getting no response.
“My husband was knocking on our neighbors’ door to make sure they were up and moving — they were an older couple,” Ringenberger said. “While he was doing that, I was calling for the kitty. I called for 15 to 20 minutes.”
As the fires got closer, the cat was nowhere to be found.
Kitty Kitty Star was an outdoor cat and would spend the night out and about. The family had no idea where she was and the fires were visibly getting closer.
“I did not want to leave her,” Ringenberger said. “None of us wanted to leave her, but it was a life or death situation. People have died in these fires.”
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