A sick guinea pig

It's a very sad time at our house right now; Fat Ivan, our black guinea pig who has been with us for 3.5 years is very sick right now. The vet office told us there's not a lot we can do - either he gets through this, or he doesn't, but it's really out of our hands. Sophie is taking it especially hard; she is the animal lover in our family. We talked about how all living things die eventually, and if he does there is a reason for it.

He did rally a little tonite after we cleaned his cage and he's eating more than he has for the past several days.