My heart breaks as i tell you all that my forrest lost his long and strong battle with tcc today. He was fine yesterday and woke up at 1 a.m. completely restless, every time i let him out in the yard he would lie down in the garden and not get up... He strained so very hard to urinate, and while he still passed urine he was not completely releiving himself. He paced for several hours and even when he layed down on his bed he could not get comfortable. He vomited twice, could not even keep his tramadol down and very short of breath with a rapid heart rate.by this a.m., we knew it was time. You always hear "you just know" when it's time...let me tell you this is true, my sweet boy looked at me with all of the intelligence and emotion in the world and we knew... He died so very peacefully in my arms, hearing stories of all who would be waiting for him over that rainbow bridge... What an amazing 13 years i had with that beautiful boy, and i will always be thankful to have been with him at the end.. Good luck and god bless to all of you dealing with this, it is not easy!!!! Love your babies every second of every day, because they don't know that they are sick, we are the ones burdened with that knowledge.. And a special p.s. to marty and annie, you will still be in my prayers every night, keep fighting.. Thanks to you all for your info. And support, karen