Thank you all so much for your kind words and sympathy. It definitely helps.
There is indeed a story behind the names of my fur babies. They both came from a no kill rescue shelter. Gain arrived first. He and his two biological brothers were dropped at the doorstep in a laundry basket and so the rescue named all three kittens after laundry detergent - Tide, Cheer and Gain. Gain was the last of the three to be adopted.
Dusty Bottom got his name due to horrendous circumstances. He was found in a wooden crate in a ditch and when the rescue organization opened the crate, they found an 8 week old kitten covered in over 20 cigarette burns and lacerations. He was soaked in blood and when they lifted him out, all the dust that had been in the crate stuck to his bloody body - the rescue worker said "oh my, look at your dusty bottom" and the name stuck.
The two kitties were room mates at the rescue and such close buddies. We couldn't adopt Gain and not bring Dusty Bottom too. It took Dusty more than 4 months to let us near him and probably close to year before we could touch him. But he would watch Gain and follow him everywhere. They were very sweet together. Here's a pic of the boys.
We were worried about how Dusty would do today but he seems to be doing ok. He ate and used his litter box, which are good signs. He keeps going to Gain's bed and smelling it. So sad.
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