We put Java to sleep this evening, about an hour ago. If you look back three posts ago, I was hoping that we might have him for another few months. I was foolishly optimistic. He declined with fearsome rapidity. Really, it would have been kinder to put him to sleep yesterday– today his abdomen hurt too much for him to sleep comfortably prone, and if he rolled over he couldn't breathe. But I wanted Hil to have a chance to come home and be with him a few more hours. Poor Java did seem more comfortable when the two of us were with him. At least he knows he was loved.

Still, six months and two days. That's a pretty crummy lifespan, with just a single month living in a loving home. But I guess that one month is better than nothing.

Sit tibi terra levis, Java.

Hil took pictures of me holding him, and I took pictures of Hil holding him. This might be the only picture of the three of us together. It was taken by the vet, moments before the end.

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