Thanks, Laura. It is so hard I keep thinking I need to get her food, get her medicine ready (she needed thyroid meds daily), etc. it's worse when I first wake up because she liked to lay on me and get lots of attention then. I know that she had a good life with me, I found her in the middle of a busy Atlanta road at rush hour when she was only 1 pound. I already had a 3 year old cat but I had to rescue her. My other cat also lived to be 18, so they had a long life together. It never gets easier when you have to let one go. I held both of them when they were put to sleep, but with Scully I couldn't let her go. She was a little cat so she always looked like a kitten. But I think it's important to know when their quality of life won't be there anymore and let them go. If you feel the need, this site is really great: www.petloss.com