I visited my son this morning and told him then news. My son tried to call me last night, but I missed his calls because my phone was on silent because I was babysitting in my Church Nursery during Bible School. It was strange that he tried to call me, almost like something must have told him that something was going on, because he hasn't called us from jail since the day he was booked in. He's written to us a couple of times. But when I visited him this morning and told him the news he was very saddened. He had known that it was coming at some point, but not expecting it this soon, just days before he is set to be released from jail. My son seems to be changing some, too. He said he's had a lot of time to think about things, about his choices that got him where he is, and he wants to do better when he gets out because he doesn't want to end up spending the majority of his adult life in jail or even prison. He just turned 22 in May so I hope he's finally maturing some and that he is sincere about wanting to change his ways and make better choices in life.....Time will tell.....But for now I got through the moment of telling him about Oreo......he will miss him greatly.....they were pals.......... Thank you for all of your kind words and "hugs", etc. It helps to know that others understand the difficulties of going through this....I took Oreo's leftover medications back to the Vet this morning, and three unopened cans of Hill's Science Diet HD prescription dog food, and an opened bag of dry HD prescription diet dog food, to tell them to donate the items to another dog who might need them. They gave me full credit back for the bag of dry dog food, which we had just picked up last week for Oreo, as well as credit for the canned food and the unused medication. I wasn't expecting that, but it was appreciated because it all adds up----the bag of dry food alone was $42.94. But everything is all settled up now and we begin our lives without our dear, dear Oreo physically present with us. HE will ALWAYS be in our hearts. We have so many humorous memories of him! It is just so strange not having to take him outside throughout the day, and hear him barking for his "treats" (Pill Pockets that we put his medicine in) whenever we opened the cabinet door where they were kept.......RIP dear sweet loveable Oreo!