We are VERY sad... Jake passed away

Hello all,
Jake's gone to Heaven. We miss him terribly.

Jake liked to lay on my chest with his nose close to mine. He'd pat me in the face if I didn't pet him or pay attention to him.

We noticed not long ago that Jake seemed to be losing weight... he went from about 13 pounds down to 8. We took him to the vet to check things out and they found that he had some sort of small tumor in his digestive tract. They told us that it was something that they could not fix and that at his age (17+ years old) that even if they could fix it, he probably wasn't a good candidate for sedation.

We were told that he would eventually stop eating, using the cat box and become very weak.

This went on for a couple weeks... wouldn't eat etc. We could see him weakening daily. One afternoon I lay down on the couch and Jake was "nose to nose" laying on my chest. He was purring and seemed content and happy. After a while, as I was petting him and talking to him, he fell asleep.... and he just didn't wake up.

That's about all I can tell you... It's too hard to talk about...

"Death gives peace to those departed, but brings terrible grief and a sense of loss to those who remain... But only for the rest of their lives. In "their own" passing will come the reunion with those who have passed before them."
TS