Goodbye Scruffles

Last night as we were reading stories to the girls we heard Scruffles meowing loudly. Erik went down to check on him because we thought he was stuck somewhere. He seemed fine. Then about 9pm I noticed he was walking funny like he couldn't use his back leg. Our vet was closed so we found Rascal Animal Hospital, a 24 hour hospital.  They were fantastic and we could tell they really cared about Scruff.

Scruff

Erik stayed there until 1 am while they did tests to see what was wrong. We were hoping it was a stroke since he could recover from that. The other possibility of cancer meant there was less of a chance he would recover. We left him overnight so they could watch him and determine if he was improving.

Early this morning the hospital called and said he was getting worse and that we should come soon or we wouldn't be able to say goodbye. We hurried to the hospital to say goodbye to Scruffles. We almost didn't make it - he lifted his head when he saw us but barely moved at all.

Scruff

Scruffles was approximately 16 years old. David found him at Hocking Hills eating out of a trash can in April 1998. He has been a member of our family since then and we loved him dearly. I've pretty much cried all day. It is hard to lose someone you love so much!