Kristie I think most of us have gone through what you are going through now or, unfortunately, will in the future. What makes it especially painful is when people outside of the immediate family, who maybe are not pet owners/lovers, can't understand the grief. I wish I had a place like Pet Talk to come to years ago when I lost my last two dogs in 1996 and 1998. I have come to know and love so many pets here that I have never even met and I have laughed at the funny stories their humans have told and cried when some of them have had to leave for the Rainbow Bridge. I hope that you stick around here even though your special little boy is not with you any more. We would love to see and hear about Ginger. I have a hunch, based on the name, that Ginger might be an *orangie* like my Trevor. Am I right?