This goal as a whole is very much worth it. I have had many pets in my life.

But the reason why I am writing htis entry is not worth it.

We had to put down my cat, Whiskers, today (Saturday, the 22nd).

He had been really sick for some time. I first noticed it when I saw how much weight he had lost. He went from almost 9 pounds to just under 4 in the time span of about a month. All of that lost was he muscle weight too.

So we took him to the vet. They ruled out lukemia (very good news). But they kept him over night to run more tests.

They called us at about 8am on Saturday and told us that his kidneys were failing. They said he could have lasted another month or so, but he would have been suffering.

So we choose to put him down.

RIP Whiskers 2003-2007.