Gideon

My friend from VA called this evening with very bad news. His kitty, Gideon had to be put to sleep today. VA and I had been speaking for the last week or so about Gideon and a recent vet visit that ended with him waiting on test results to come back. Yesterday those results came back and Gideon went in again for more testing. He stayed overnight and was not doing well at all when VA went to visit him this afternoon. The second batch of test results were in and confirmed that Gid was in advance stages of kidney cancer. Gid was in pain so VA and his vet made the only decision they could.

VA has been hit with three major losses in three years; 2004 his father died, 2005 his mother died and now (the only thing he had left) Gid.

I’m so terribly sad for him and very worried about how he’s going to cope. This all happened so fast; it was completely unexpected. He didn’t sound well when we spoke. He said that the situation hadn’t really hit him yet. I know he doesn’t work this weekend so he’ll be there alone trying to deal. I also know that Gid was/is such a major part of his world. I told him I’d try not to make a pest of myself but would stay in close contact and if he needed anything to call regardless of the hour.

I’m praying for him and Gid.

I’m worried.