I'm so sorry to hear that...we have 4 cats, one is 16 years old so I don't know how much longer we'll have her but by gosh we'll miss her when she decides it's time to say goodbye. Our animals are so much part of our family.
However our 2 sons did not wake us at 5am by playing chasings across our bed.....
Cheers and hugs
JennieG