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My dear friend and ex-shacker manero died suddently and unexpectedly July 17th, 2024. He hasn't posted here in many years, but I know some people would like to know. https://www.muellermemorial.com/obituaries/anthony-collen

Well this fucking sucks. Woke up at 2am and heard my cat Scraps crying out. Took him to the 24 hour emergency vet immediately to find out what was going on. He had fluid in his lungs so they were gonna give him a diuretic to help suck the fluid out. But he later went into cardiac arrest and they couldn't resuscitate with CPR after 15 min.

The worst part besides losing him is he showed no signs that anything was wrong. He had regular vet visits and we knew about his heart murmur, which was being checked every time he went to the vet. It just came on so fast.

Fuck I'm gonna miss him.

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cody report:

coyotes: 1
cody: 0

animal control just came by and showed us what was left of cody. we scanned his chip and confirmed it is indeed him.

it's a bad bad day.

RIP Ember :(

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Wife and I are on a work trip in Ottawa, kids called bawling from vet, poor guy had a blood clot go to his leg, he was in misery and couldn't move they had to put him down right away.

Ugh, loved that cat :(

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Please meet Beans. She is very wee.

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My dad just passed away. My family is trying to find out more details. :(

Hi Shack...

I have some very unfortunate and terrible news to share: My husband, abrasion, took his own life on August 25, 2024.

Many of you know him as this sarcastic, strongly opinionated, asshole-y Shacker. I know he's ruffled a few feathers, alienated people because of disagreements, and even said many controversial things. But I'm here to share with you all, the man I knew and will always love. Here's our story:

My little brother Drchook/granpachook passed away Sunday night. He was 38.

https://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=42140968#item_42140968

We thought he had more time. He deserved more time. Unfortunately, he reached his breaking point with the chemo cycle, and once he stopped his decline was incredibly sharp.

Until Sunday we were pretty much inseparable. He lived here in Michigan the last several years just to be nearby. In one of his last lucid moments he saw me sitting by him and reached out to give me a hug and told me he loved me. It was an unbelievable gift that I was lucky to receive, just like I was lucky to have known him and lucky to be his big brother. That is the kind of person he was, putting others' needs and feelings above his own.

He loved video games, and slaughtered stuff like FTL (some of you may have read the extensive guide he posted for that some years ago), Slay the Spire etc. He and I shared a love for Final Fantasy. He considered it a responsibility of his to play and complete every FF game. He was too sick to finish FF16, so he watched as I completed his save for him. A game where (incredibly huge spoilers) an older brother watches his little brother die at the end of the game. I'll be carrying on that tradition for him, starting with "Rebirth" next year. The universe is a strange place.

I know some other Shackers have been diagnosed this year and my heart goes out to you and your families, I wish you all the very best.

RIP Jake, I love you man.


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Tommy had his second chemo treatment last Wednesday, and I've known he was going to lose his hair and I thought I was ready for it, he seemed ready for it, but I gotta admit ... we're both a bit shaken. I just stripped the sheets off his bed -- it looked like a yeti slept in it. :/

Anyway, hope everyone's having a good Monday.

RIP Butters - You Were Amazing

My 19 year old cat passed away earlier this morning, I found him on the floor after I woke up and I could tell it had just happened. I knew the end was coming, his kidneys were pretty much shot and he was stumbling around a lot the last few weeks, I don't think he was in any pain or anything but definitely a bit confused.

My kids cried a bit but took it better than I expected, somehow my 5 year old is convinced that Santa is going to bring him a new butters for Christmas. I have no idea why he thinks that, but he is pretty sure of it and doesn't seem to think my wife or I have much influence over what Santa brings him...

I buried him in the back yard and we're going to plant a nice tree over him in the fall, sometime, to hopefully prevent anyone from ever digging there again in the future. I buried him with the stuffed mouse that my friend bought for him the day I brought him home from the shelter, 19 years ago. That mouse had seen some shit, and was pretty much always in or near his bed.

Don't forget to hug your pets, time is short and life is fleeting.

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