I don't make a lot of personal posts so please bear with me. #Rufus hasn't been doing well for the past week or so. I mean, he's 13 (at least), and has slowed down due to age, but the past week or two he's been acting like every movement is a Herculean effort. A few times in the past couple of weeks his rear legs have given out on him completely to where I've had to pick him up and carry him which is, in itself, telling. Rufus has always hated being carried and struggled continuously when I did so. Yesterday while petting him I noticed two golf-ball sized things up under his chin. Now, they may be benign lipomas as Rufus is covered with them (one one each thigh, one on each shoulder, one on his chest and a few smaller bumps here and there) or they may be indicative of something else. I'm no vet and aside from emergency medic battlefield training I have no medical experience whatsoever, but these new things seem to be where your or mine lymph nodes are located....
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All of the original Star Trek characters lamented the low budget and the rushed editing of the original show, and especially, later on, being so closely identified with a one character that they had trouble finding other jobs in acting. Shatner felt exactly the same way. In fact, almost every actor feels the same way; They resent being typecast, but they will always be typecast-especially when they make a character that is so memorable.
His family and friends will lament his life in their own way. His fans can and will lament the death of the actor and his most memorable roles. His last message ended in "LLAP." Live long and prosper. He was reconciled to his most memorable character.