It's still a raw experience as she thought she was coming home with her cat and some medication, only to have to make a life and death decision in a split second and return with a permanently empty cage - it breaks her that she wasn't even allowed to hold her beloved friend in her last moments. Poor kitty always had a few health issues but nobody expected her to be gone so suddenly.

My friend is under great financial pressure too and I feel badly with how much she's struggling on centrelink, while also doing a course that's so full on that there's no way she can work part time. She feels she could've saved her cat if she wasn't so poor and it eats away at her... :(

I think I'm going to go round again one of these days with some food packages as it's the least I could do even if it's not worth a lot financially. Saves her time and energy at least and feel less miserable on the little she has. (She would not accept a loan under any circumstance)