At 1000am on Thursday July 2, 2026, sweet, precious, beloved, "so chill that he is horizontal" Halloween Zeus Lane earned his forever angel wings and crossed The Rainbow Bridge, to be greeted by his fur siblings that crossed prior to him: Autumn 🍂 Breeze "Breezie", SmokeyLish Dash 'King Smokers", and Gandolfini Hopper "Gando FifiHoppy."
AKA Ween, WeenBean, BeanWeen, BeanWeenie, French Kitty, Zeus, Ucey Zeusie Lucy, Zeusie, Baba Ganoush, Sunshine 🌞 ☀️, just to name a few 😘, and he answered to all of those nicknames, Ween joined his hooman family in 2014, at "Halloween" time, after being found and looked after by sissie Lena. Lena found Ween hiding under houses, being so scared and timid, as the neighborhood kids were loud and boisterous. Ween would cross the street to see Lena, and if she was not out, hide on the neighbor's stairs. Lena fed Ween, after a few days we tried bringing Ween inside and keeping him in a pop up crate overnight to separate from what would become his fur siblings. Ween howled, meowed, caterwauled all night, so in the morning we thought to see if Ween wanted back out, to our dismay. It only took less than 2 days, and we just decided to pack him up, go to the vet to check him out, and when we got the all clear, just integrated him into what became the #LaneFab5 and #BITB. We could not leave him out, he was so sweet, loving, just scared, and he became the #FifthLane cat baby.
Immediately Ween and Jakey bonded, become cuddle buddies and the target of bully and domineering Chesney. It took a few years, but Ween and Jakey got tired of Chesney and learned to fight back, swatting and hissing at their big brother (good for them!), as Jakey and Ween were quiet, gentle, shy, laid back lover boys.
After moving back to MO from a 2 yr trial in CO, Ween was diagnosed with IBS and environmental allergies, including to humans 🫢. Ween was always "Lena's boy" but after developing health issues, including diabetes, and during COVID bouts of pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis, Mommy and Ween grew so much closer. Such was their bond, that after Smokey crossed 🌈🌁 in 2024, and Gandolfini crossed in 2025, Ween and Mommy were inseparable.
Mommy took Ween to his vet and specialist appointments, learning how to feed him though a GI tube that was inserted to feed him during and post hospitalizations, and allowing meds to be given, as Ween and meds were "no bueno!"; administered his twice daily insulin shots, monitors his glucose with special monitors; making up his numerous meds and food to be given throughout the day his tube; and loving him all the more because and in spite of it all.
Ween was a marvel and conundrum, as his glucose numbers fluctuated, and we mean constantly. Thereby monitoring him constantly was a give, as he became hyperglycemic and hospitalized as a result a couple of times. Too much or too little glucose or insulin could prove fatal. Yet Ween just kept on "kicking out," "fighting back," becoming the true SURVIVOR, and one of his favorite songs was "Eye of The Tiger (WeenBean."
Ween loved the aforementioned song, as well as "Soft Kitty," "Chicken Noodle Soup," "Two and a Half Men," (song and tv), and "You Are My Sunshine" which Mommy sang to him every day. Ween was partial to foods with gravy, broth, Bonkers Dehydrated Treats and Churu, as he was on a GI and Diabetic Specialty Food diet, so those were his treats to entice him to eat those.
There is so much more to Ween than his ailments and diseases, but he fought those for over 1/2 of his life. He ultimately had to cross The Rainbow 🌈 Bridge 🌁 after a 2 week osteosarcoma that developed rapidly and took away his health, but not his ability to love, purr, trill, and be loved and adored beyond comprehension.
*****Much thanks, love, gratitude and appreciation to his doctors, technicians, assistants at FAH and AVS for caring for, loving and accepting the soul that was Halloween Zeus. You went above, beyond, and back for the wee lil black cat, and he and his whole never thank you enough.*****

Letting Ween WIN his challenges by becoming healthy, whole, spry, young again has been beyond devastating, heartbreaking, soul crushing; but also the ultimate gift and sacrifice. We could not let him lose himself totally, could not stand to let him suffer, and Mommy knows that she will see him with his siblings and the rest of her blood family someday soon.
Halloween Zeus, chill, loving, lover, kind, sweet, compassionate, knowing-those eyes that stared into your soul, and more than I could list, save a place for me.
#AFE #EFA #ALNFFRM #ILYTTMB #IBBI #IBBIEFA

Please also visit Gandolfini “Gando Fifi” Hopper Lane and SmokeyLish Dash Lane.