Sasuke had been ill for some time with a jaw infection that twisted his 'canine' teeth and eventually prevented him from closing his mouth. Surgery on his teeth helped but he despite medicine he never managed to shake an infection in his nose and lungs. The mouth infection had led to kidney problems as he had found it difficult to drink, and he had been walking with pain for some time.
During the week it became clear that he was very sick and nothing more could be done except to make him comfortable. At night he would come and snuggle next to me between my body and arm, and he felt very thin and cold. By Thursday we knew the end was imminent and we said our goodbyes as we put him to bed next to us. I listened to his faint and labored breathing as we fell asleep. In the morning he had passed away.
Rika and Hannah gave him a lovely send-off. They adorned him with flowers and wrote a goodbye card. Kyo-chan came over to say goodbye and we had a small wake.
Minimi saying good-bye.
Then a buddhist pet mortician came to take away Sasuke's body, althiugh we didn't attend his cremation.
Hannah says that Sasuke has gone to live on the evening star with Yamaguchi Goro (see this post). We all miss Sasuke very much and Hannah still (Oct-2012) often talks about him.
Hannah and Sasuke 2010
Sasuke in his prime. London 2004
