Rest in Peace Little Buddy

We lost Scout early Wednesday morning.  He went into respiratory distress around 1am.  After a few minutes, we were able to calm him down and get him breathing normally again.  We had the hopes to have him sleep through the night with a trip to the Big Easy the following morning to have him euthanized peacefully.  But Scout had other ideas.  As soon as he was winded enough to move, he got up and went towards the bathroom.  Just the act of moving sent him into distress again.  And since he couldn't find a place that felt good for him, he kept moving.  At that point, we grabbed the carrier and the car to rush him to PVSEC (an E-vet) to end his pain.  But once again, Scout had other ideas.  We circled the block and were crossing the Allegheny on the 40th street bridge (only 2 streets from out house) when Scout left us.  The docs at the E-vet confirmed he was gone and we opted to have him privately cremated there so we could spread his ashes in his favorite spot out back.  He will be nestled between the Asiatic Lilies and his favorite pine bush.  Rest in peace little buddy...