Thank you Mercies. I knew this past Christmas that it would be our last one together as she was showing signs of ... what at the time I didn't know, but I just intuitively knew she wouldn't be around too much longer. She'd had a normal exam around Xmas, but her weight was down. After the holidays she started having continuous diarrhea and her appetite was way off. After trying many different meds to control the diarrhea and increase her appetite we did an ultrasound which showed a mass in her abdomen, many nodules on her liver and an enlarged pancreas. That was in early March -- She was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. She fought a good battle; every day I would come home from work expecting to find her dead, but she kept on taking her meds and letting me syringe feed her. That last night she came to my bed and fell over next to me. I knew it was time and I put her down on 4/10. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. I still miss her so, but now I have two new fur kids. They haven't taken her place; they've just made new homes in my heart and I love them both dearly. Thank you for your kind words.