Melissa, I am so very sorry that Witches didn't make it. I don't know what went wrong. I did a lot of research before deciding to go ahead with Simon's surgery. Every message board I went to I got the same response "wish we would have had the surgery sooner". Simon had his surgery the end of July and is doing great. No special meds or food. I pray that he continues to thrive. I really didn't have a choice on whether to remove the colon or not. Believe me I was scared to death to put him through that. He was suffering so much, and when he suffers, so do I.