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The Core Dump

The Core Dump is the personal blog of Nic Lindh, a Swedish-American pixel-pusher living in Phoenix, Arizona.

    By Nic Lindh on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 in personal · 1 min read

    R.I.P. Shiva

    We lose our oldest cat, Shiva.
    Shiva the cat
    Shiva the cat.

    We had to put our oldest cat Shiva to sleep today. She had been acting a bit lethargic for a while, and the usual battery of tests failed to reveal any particular sickness. Then yesterday she started dragging her back legs and looked to be in a lot of pain.

    Took her to vet today and had her put to sleep.

    We’re going to miss this little crazy furball. Thanks for the years of companionship.

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