chinese new year

today marks the chinese new year. probably the worst one i've had in some time, although, i really can't remember. my parents were always the ones to remind me. this year, i looked it up since p and i were expecting - we were hoping for a child born the year of the monkey, which we got.
however, today i had to put my cat of 8 yrs to sleep. over the last few days we notice a decline in her eating, drinking and she was having trouble in the litter box. on tuesday 020805, p notice that she was stumbling down the steps that she normally has no problems negotiating. so after calling me and me making some phone calls, p took her to the vet in the afternoon. two x-rays and some urine/blood work later, we found out that zoe had abnormal kidneys, about half the size of a normal cat. there was pretty much nothing to do for her, so p brought her back home and we spent some qt time with her knowing we'd be putting her to sleep in the morning. i don't think i got to bed until 130am, partly keeping p&a company for a was sleeping for 1.5 hrs at a time, then waking for food and burping; but mostly because i knew what i'd be doing when i woke in the morning.
so in the morning, i called the vet and set up an appointment. after sitting in the room for what felt like an eternity, the dr came in and explained what the procedure was and that it was completely painless - just an induced sleep. minutes later, zoe was put to rest.

zoe kuo: adopted from the longmont humane society in 1997, RIP 02.09.05 - denver, colorado.