A night full of mixed emotions...great time with Rob's family celebrating his mom's birthday, but unfortunately Charlie died tonight. He was acting strange earlier this evening and we couldn't figure out why. He was breathing fast and making a sort of whining sound. When he walked, he seemed to be favoring his back leg and when he was in his cage, he just kind of leaned to one side. We can't figure out what could have happened, especially considering he seemed fine last night when Rob and Maggie had him out playing with him. Maggie handled it pretty well. At first, she said, "Okay, well we'll just have to get a new one." Within 15 minutes though, she got a little upset, but didn't want to admit it. I told her it was okay to cry if she wanted to, but it was almost as if she didn't want to break down. Throughout the rest of the night, she brought him up a few times and asked different questions like "What if he gets hungry or thirsty?", "What are we going to do with his food?", and "Why did he get sick?". She still wanted to pray for him tonight and she broke down when she climbed into bed and said "He's not sleeping next to my bed anymore." When I told her that she still had all of her stuffed animals to sleep with, she simply said, "Yeah, but they're not real." Talk about heart-wrenching!
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