Buddy died on Monday morning, sleeping next to us. He struggled against lymphoma for about 3 1/2 months. He was very weak and not eating or drinking on Sunday, and his eyes got sunken in and dull. Someone from the shelter was goign to come over and knock him out with a tranquilizer so I could take him to the vet for euthanasia, but I could not do it. He was mostly sleeping, waking every 45 minutes or so and meowing once or twice until we turned him on his other side and he went back to sleep. They were going to come int he morning, but after being like that all night he passed quietly next to us as we slept, within an hour of our last waking to check on him. I had given him some valium, which hopefully helped to ease the process for him. I miss him terribly. I lost Josephine to lymphoma just 3 weeks earlier. I have 4 other "fosters" (have had them for 8 months) who are positive as well, and I am praying they stay as healthy as possible. Michelle
