Rest in Peace sweet kitty.

We had to put down our 15 year old cat today.
Bumster was just a few weeks past weened when John and I went to my sister's house for christmas dinner. Her cat Rebecca had had a litter of kittens (calicos) and This one kitten refused to come to anyone. The moment John entered the house the kitten took to him and refused to leave his lap. Cathy said we should take her as this was the only time she ever payed any attention to a human. Calico cats are known for being 1 person cats and she was John's heart and soul, and the feeling was very mutual.
15 years later she had outlived all of our original animals but for the last few weeks she had been acting strangely and loosing weight.  We took her to the vet today to learn she had become diabetic and that the damage to her system was very advanced. John the Vet and I decided it was too much for the old girl to go through all the trauma to try to reverse the damage when she probably would not be strong enough to deal with it so the decision was made. She went peacefully and John and I cried our eyes out (to be repeated i'm sure many times in the next few weeks). In a way I'm glad as she would not have handled a move well. She never did like to travel.