You may remember a while back I told you all proudly of my first rescue...a little girl named Daria. Well Daria turned out to be a "D" and was renamed Vampire Hunter D.....D passed away today. He cried out from his cage and looked at me....he had foam coming from his mouth and was in obvious pain. I called my husband into the room as I lifted D's bed out of the cage....he was so weak..I noticed earlier he wasnt up moving about much so I assumed he was jsut tired..he was over 5 anyway. But when I lifted his blankets and saw he couldnt get up to go to the litter and that he had somehow faded to just skin and bones in a matter of hours I knew he was gone. He was abused when I got him...and I knew he died in a safe environment....You will be missed D...Kodo, Ethan, Shiva, Kokamo and Poto will all miss you bossing them around. And I will miss the little boy who loved to sit on my lap eating peanut butter crunchies. We love you. [Posted in FML issue 3384]