The Fish That Is Immortal

I think it is a bit humorous that most of my posts revolve around my pets. I am in my house so much of the time due to the fact I work here (I have a wonderful office...really it is great), that I spend so much time alone. But alas, I have a fish story. It really is not anything too crazy except that this one lone fish won't die. Now I am all about loving animals, but this fish is immortal. For one of Isabella's birthdays we bought her 3 small goldfish. Now one died after a short period of time and I replaced it before she was any wiser, but one day after church she shrieked and discovered there was another casualty floating in the tank. We really didn't want to replace that one, as the novelty of the aquarium had kinda worn off...it was not fun anymore to clean the tank and watch them do nothing all day. About 2 years ago, the last remaining goldfish swam sideways and stayed still in his tank for about 3 days. We watched it and waited. It is the only fish in the tank, and cleaning that thing is more than I can take...so it gets grimy and disgusting, and once it starts to smell foul, then I clean it. Well long story short, the sideways-swimming fish recovered. Two years later it is huge and still swimming mindlessly in the tank and I am waiting for him to die and probably won't die until I am least expecting it. I really do not have the heart to flush him (I mean that would be cruel), but every morning I feed him, I think "today is the day," and he lives to prove me wrong.