Oh Phil....I'm so sorry....

Phil wrote:
Took our sweet little guy Scooter to the vet yesterday. He had been
loosing
some weight, but lately he appeared to have breathing difficulties
also.
Vet said his heartbeat was badly irregular and lungs did not sound
good.
X Rays revealed fluid around his heart and lungs as well as a partial
lung
collapse. There was also evidence of a probable lung tumor.
We felt further diagnostics such as echo cardiagram, cardiac
specialists,
and exploratory surgery were not in Scooter's best interest. At this
point
we don't really need to know *exactly* what will kill him. He is
going and
nothing can stop that now. The fluid can not even be aspirated since
it's in
several locations as opposed to one main spot.

So we brought our kitty home to spend his remaining time with his
family in
his familier home.
One bright spot in all this is that Scooter does not seem to realize
how
sick he really is. He still wants to be with us as he always has. He
always
felt more comfortable around his human family members as opposed to
our
other two cats. (Ripley and Jack)
So we plan to treat Scooter as our little buddy as usual. Not our
dying
little buddy.

This is going to be rough. My wife and I have had Scooter for over 15
years
and we can hardly remember a time when he was not around.

Phil

Here are a few Scooter pics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...terRocks02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...ooterBed01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...otBasket02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...erPillow01.jpg