What a truly terrible feeling to have! I know Nicki is fgetting older, and I hope to have at least two or three mor Christmasses with er. Her birthday is Dec 28th, so the more Christmasses we get her though, the more birthdays we get her through too.

I had that feeling with my RB Sammie. I had the choice to put her to sleep, but opted to see if the meds would help her... and sure enough she passed away sometime New Years Eve with all of us on the livingroom floor sleeping with her so she wouldn't feel alone. Of course, waking up an emergency vet at 7:00 New Year's Day was a story in iteself... but I somehow knew before she was even really sick that it was her time.