Thanks Laz and so very sorry. I am facing the same with my best friend, Maxwell, my fifteen yo dachshund. Every day I know it gets closer, he is failing so quickly. Even though your post hit so hard, it is also reassuring in so may ways.
God bless you. Please keep this article bookmarked so that you may return to it in your time of need; it would be the ultimate tribute to my little girl, to help someone.
Also: Keep a close eye out for outright miracles. It's amazing what I have been through. I dare not share it -- no one would believe me and they'd think I was crazy... but I know what happened.
Keep an eye out for your miracles.