Tora is gone... he collapsed again Sunday morning. I gave him fluids again, and he managed to get up. I decided to leave work early to take him to the emergency vet. Had to use the bathroom before I left, and he wobbled in and plowed into the bathroom cabinet like he couldn't see it. I took him in, and his temperature was down by three degrees, he was seriously dehydrated and barely responsive. He'd lost over 9 pounds in the last month. Rather than put him through another week of IVs, then have it happen all over again a month later, I decided to have him put to sleep.

He was purring as he went, with his face in my hand, looking at me.

And I've been crying on and off for the last 24 hours. He was 16 (April 1997 to June 2013) years old, so he had a good long life, as happy as I could make it. According to the 'cat years' wikipedia article, he was the equivalent of 80 years old. Until he collapsed the first time a month ago, he was mooching for treats, wrestling with his sister and running around like he always had.


but it still hutr.s can barely csee what I'm tpingh.

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