Lucky, who turned 13 last week, is fading fast. Very labored breathing, stridor. Vet visit today revealed lungs clear on xray, esophagus ok, heart ok, without sedating her vet could not assess her upper laryngeal pharageal area so she gave her a shot of solumedrol and abx to see if she responded to that and I brought her home to see what would transpire...not much improvement so far. If none by morning she will sedate her and do an endoscopy first thing in the morning. It's going to be a long night I'm afraid. I told my daughter not to stay with me this afternoon at the vets because I knew that we would feed off one another...been there and don e that before...and I just about lost it when they took her back for xrays. So, neither lucky nor I are doing well right now. I know it's probably time. She's had a good long run and a good life. She's ready and I guess I'd better put my big girl panties on and deal with it. She's certainly been my best good girl.