Romeow adopted me when I heard him meowing under the back porch. He was very thin and obviously the male tomcat in the neighborhood. We used to joke that he used up eight of his lives fighting whatever he could in the neighborhood (including possums, a rottweiler and numerous other cats). When he began having trouble seeing he became an indoor cat (and boy did he get spoiled). Right before Thanksgiving 2007 he decided to stop eating and went from 15 lbs to a mere 9 lbs. The vet told us it was a thyroid problem or possibly cancer. Two weeks before Christmas that year Romeow let us know that he was done fighting. He spent twelve of his fifteen years making me the happiest person on the planet and I will spend every day of the rest of my life missing him. I can't wait until I can have another huge orange tomcat choose me.

Kim
American Canyon, CA