Cotton has not been feeling well lately. A couple of weeks ago he had the sniffles and that never went away. A few days ago I noticed that he hadn't been running on his wheel like he usually does and his food was not being stored like he usually does as well. And just the other day Cotton's tummy was getting firm and bloated. Yesterday, I woke up and peeked on Cotton and his tummy was huge and he was barely moving and laboring with his breathing. I looked it up on the internet and it seems that he may of had a large rapid growing tumor. He looked terrible! Oh, Shae was going to be so sad when she finds out! I picked him up and his back legs were not functioning probably due to the pressure of the growth inside of him.
Shae woke up and I told her and showed her Cotton and we made him a nice bed and he instantly laid his head down on the plush bedding and barely took breaths. We brought him into Shae's room per her request and all cried and petted him for about 1 hour until he took his last breath. 
Shae held him wrapped up in her High School Musical rag in silence. We then wrapped him up and put him in a little baggy and Shae said "here, put this picture of him when he was little in it." And I did. After we buried him Shae made him this cross.
"Good night cotton, we love you very much, we will miss playing with you daily and holding you while you slept in Shae's arms."
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Awwww. Tell Shae I am so sorry to hear about Cotton. He was a good friend and he will be missed! Love you guys!
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