Sigh.
We will be saying goodbye to Watson in about a week. The mass in his abdomen involves his pancreas, intestines, and other organs (and there might be some cancer in there, for good measure as well)...it is inoperable. His best case is a few weeks, but that is far from certain. As we will be traveling for two weeks (and misses us terribly when we're not here), next week will be the end of the line. Anything else would be cruel to him. I'm realizing this is the first time I've ever been through it this way...growing up, all of the deaths of pets were sudden; this is the first time I have experienced a planned one.
Breathe.