When Rusty went to bed Friday he seemed to be fine. On Saturday morning he was in unbearable pain and we took him to the vet. The plan was to put him on antibiotics and fluids. He was found to have kidney and liver problems along with an infection and blood in his stool. On Sunday the vet let us visit him. On Monday they let us bring him home for the night thinking that we would rest better and we had to take him back the Tuesday morning at 7:30 for test. Once again we picked him up Tuesday afternoon and brought him home to spend the night. At this point he had not eaten anything since Saturday morning and had drank very little. We were also told on Tuesday that his pancreas was now involved. It became very obvious that he has was not getting any better. Early Wednesday morning he got up and went towards his water bowl only to fall and not be able to get up. We took him outside to use the bathroom and when we brought him back in we put him in our bed. We layed with him until time to go to the vet. We had made the hard decision to let him go and we stayed with him until the end so that he would know just how much he was loved. We brought him home and built the coffin and laid him to rest in the backyard in a shady spot. To say that we are both heartbroken does not even begin to describe how we feel. He is gone, but not forgotten, and he will never be replaced. Rusty Tucker April 5, 1992 to May 9, 2007.