Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to our flock. It's always sad to lose one of our pets. We recently lost our oldest cat (15 years old) to failing kidneys. She was a black and white cat similar to yours and her name was Tootie. We still have two other cats, a 10 year old muted calico named Neko, and a 3 year old tabby named Tigger. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.