Thank you all for your sympathy, comments and stories.

Sally and Mrs. D: Lily and Kofi are inside cats born to a temporarily captured feral Mom. From the very beginning, Kofi, at 2 months, was the dominate male over the very polite G. who was then 5 years old.

Lily, loved to curl up beside G. when the opportunity presented. She loved to smell him and all the outdoor scents that he brought in.

SO and I realize that our job now is to love the two we have and to only change their routine very slowly. So far, things are OK.

It is literally, 1 week since I took G to the ER. Last Sunday between 4 and 5 PM. Earlier this week I was able to say, "A week ago we didn't know and G was still out running around for a few hours a day and sleeping in the bed w me." That stops now. It is hard.

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ANN