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MONDAY, APRIL 20th - 2009

Brian took Shadow cat to the vet this morning.  His breathing had been labored the last couple of days and I was really concerned about him.  I thought it would turn out to be some kind of respiratory infection and that he would have to be on medication for a while.  It turns out that he had cancer.  It was pretty advanced.  The doctors said that there was nothing they could do.  His breathing was labored because his lungs were filling up with fluid.  We had to put him to sleep.  

Wow, I totally did not see this coming.  It came as a total shock.  I cried and cried all day.  The worst part was knowing I would have to tell Joe when he got home from school.  His kitties mean so much to him.  He has wanted a brother forever, he never got one.  Instead he got two kitties that he often referred to as his brothers.  And we had to tell him today that one of them was gone.  

This was one of Shadow's favorite spots in the house.  It is in Joe's room.  Joe got this little rocking chair from his grandma on his first birthday.  Joe is very sentimental and doesn't like to give things away.  So, even though he outgrew the chair, he still kept it in his room.  It was one of Shadow's sleeping spots.  When Joe would go in his room to get ready for bed, sure enough, Shadow would follow and curl up on the chair.

It breaks my heart today to see it empty.