sorry to hear Paul, they truly are like a child.....and x2 on the balling like a bitch, we had a cat from the time i was like 4 and had to put it to sleep when i was in college....i snotted and cried all over myself, it's hard to lose something that's been there everyday and has it's own personality and quirks, that was almost 10 years ago and i still think about that cat, it was the only cat my parents had and they never got another one after