tonight i said goodbye to my cat

earlier this evening my outdoor cat, godfather, whom my dad so affectionately named after vito corleone because his fur pattern gave him a mustache and a sort-of suit, passed away after being confined at the vet's. we first brought him in on wednesday after he had skipped his meals and became very lethargic. his blood test was pretty bad; he had been anemic. we left him at the hospital for the vets to figure out why this was so. they needed some additional samples so that they could run some more tests, but they needed a stool sample to proceed. he was also quite dehydrated and his temperature was dropping, so we felt it was better to leave him there with full time care and the right facilities. we visited everyday. when we weren't there, the staff sent us regular updates about his condition which seemed mostly fine — he had regained the will to eat and was quite responsive, though he mostly sat in the corner of his cage over his heating pad during the day. we took his eating again as…