What a sad story and what a beautiful cat. She reminds me of my cat Naomi in a long haired version. My cat Prudence died this June of feline leukemia, also at 5 years old. When she was a kitten, she would escape our apartment so fast, we didn't see her go and one day she was happily out in the hallway for an hour before we realized she was out there. I adopted her knowing she had feline leukemia, she didn't get it from her escapades.