RIP Barney

May 31, 2003-November 4, 2008
I'll miss you, Barnabus

Edit: Thank you to everyone who has expressed concern. Being the good Catholic I am, I'm absolutely guilt-ridden. Barney hadn't been able to keep anything down, but I wasn't too worried about it. Then I noticed that he'd stopped eating. Then stopped drinking. I took him into the vet on Monday and she suggested keeping him overnight to get some fluids in him, but I balked at the price. So she gave him some subcutaneous fluids and took blood for tests and said she'd call the next day when the bloodwork was back.

So Tuesday morning comes around and Barney's sitting on my bathroom counter. I gave him a little extra love (I'm so thankful for that) and told him we'd get him feeling better soon. Then I went to work, went to vote, and came home and found him. I'm not sure when he died that day, but....

Anyway, thanks everyone. I miss him.

Ed

In my apparent (and completely unintentional) bid to become just like Bethany, I too am down one cat. We had to move Ed to a new home today. Barney & Buster were completely terrorizing her and the poor thing would only come out from under our bed to eat and poop on my carpet. She's moved to a home with a woman that has no other pets and desperately wanted a cat. Ed will be okay--better than okay, she'll be thrilled to be the center of attention. She'll be much, much happier.

Doesn't mean I don't miss my cat, though.