Freddie is leaving us. He has not eaten since Saturday night, no matter how smooth a broth I make; he has exahusted all his medicine and the leukemia is just taking over now. He is not in pain, but resting with his chicken and beloved red ball he found in the garage the first day he came to us, June 28. We have had his absolutely angelic presence and happiness for 4 short months, and we are hoping for one last miracle to get him to his 8 month BD on 11th. I am taking off work tomorrow to be with him. When I signed on this site in September after the spike upwards in his symptoms, I dreaded posting on this Forum.....my eyes saw it and I shied away from it. But now it is here. This will be the second loss in under 6 months, and the hardest, as he was a gift after the loss of SiSi. We thought a new kitten would be great. And it was. But in the spirit of The Fabulous Frisky Freddie, he would say: