I had to put my other cat to sleep 9 weeks ago. I'm going to adopt a pair of kittens soon but need some time first to try to get through both losses. I wasn't handling the first well so 2 is overwhelming. Both cats were old (21 and nearly 15) but there was almost no warning with either. Obviously with a 21 year old cat you know it can come at any time. I had about 24 hours of knowing that her kidneys were no longer putting out much urine. With the other one 2 days after the other died he developed a lump on his head that seemed to respond to antibiotics but was actually the warning sign of the cancer he most likely had. He had a cold this week but at the same time he was going into multi-organ failure and tumors were found. I didn't know how bad things were until yesterday and even then I thought I might be wrong and he'd stay at the vet's for fluids and come home just fine in a few days.

So yeah, kitten soon but first I have to get through this.