Orochimaru has left the building.Orochimaru passed last night. After a few days in the hospital and a surgery, his little body finally gave out. Yesterday, I didn't know what I would do if he died. Now I do. Pretty normally, I am crying on and off and have taken the day off from work. I went to the vet's to arrange for his cremation and picked out an urn from a catalog. I normally wouldn't have gone for this option, but because I don't own property and rent an apartment, it was the only real choice I had. Now I have to clean up all of his things and find some place for them--just in case I actually decide to get another cat in the future (how far in the future is hard to tell).
Thank you everyone for your support. I can't lie and say that it's not going to be a rough road. I will miss him terribly.

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