Thanks Dave, kind words which are very much appreciated. Yes, we will do everything we can to give him as comfortable a time as possible. At the moment he’s pretty bright, waiting to get his stitches and feeding-tube out, hopefully tomorrow, then I can introduce walks and more vigorous play. And then it’s the waiting and watching game.

Having had no possibility of kids of our own, he’s been our ‘little boy’ for the past eleven years. It will be very hard when his time comes, but we will be with him until the last.

Life can be a bitch.