October 12, 2005 I stayed up most of the night with Storm, but by morning he could not get up by himself. We made the decision to end his suffering and I took him into the vet that morning. My 'old man' was just so tired and weak that I knew we were making the right decision. It was still very hard to do. At about 8:30 am he slipped peacefully away to join his beloved sister, Rain.