The last ancient pet passes

The 3rd and final of our "ancient" pets, 15 year old Lizzy, died tonight. The poor girl had been an indoor cat her entire life, but had been living out on the upper back porch for some months because she couldn't control her bowels inside the house. She started going seriously down hill the past few weeks. Last night she was struggling for breath, wouldn't eat or drink, and couldn't lay down properly. I put her in my lap and the two of us slept in my leather recliner. She was much worse tonight when we returned home from Scouts. We buried her next to her dog sister Lilly who died at 14 1/2 years. The two of them came into our home within less than 24 hours of each other when they were babies. Lilly was the only other animal that Lizzy tolerated. Lets hope all our other pets have such long and healthy lives.