There are another two members of the family that I haven’t talked about here. Since they don’t do much involved with the store, they just haven’t come up.
Beethovan 1992(?)-2009
They would be the cats: Beethoven and Brahms. They were adopted as adults by Mom and Dad over 15 years ago so, however you view it, they qualify as elderly cats. Beethoven (generally called Bozo, and it didn’t really matter what you called him since he was completely deaf) had been slowing down in the past few years, and clearly found the move to be a bit of a shock. Yesterday morning, when he wasn’t interested in his breakfast we knew he wasn’t doing well. By mid afternoon, his breathing was looking labored and we were able to get him a vet appointment for around six. I closed the store a bit early and we took him in the The Romeo Pet Hospital. We knew things were bad when he didn’t put up a fight going into the carrier and the vet confirm that he had gone into a steep decline. There was only one thing to do, at that point and so he was euthanized around 8:30 last night. Not how any of us had expected to spend the evening. Everyone at the Pet Hospital was great, they stayed open and rushed the tests needed to confirm his situation so his suffering was as short as possible. He was a cat that was always a challenge and a constant source of amusement. He will be missed.
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