We are mourning our little girl

Hi, my name is Patty. We had two rats, Peaches, our hairless one, and Patches, our black and white. We just put Patches to sleep Sunday morning. She had cancer. We only had her for six months. She was still a baby. We are (my daughter and I) heartbroken. She had two surgeries to remove tumors. Each time they grew right back. The second time with a vengeance. She was such a character. She was so happy and full of life. She would always run to the cage door to come out when I would come home from work, or bring in their breakfast to greet me. She would follow me around the room while I was cleaning, or getting ready. Now I cannot bear going into the room and not see that happy little face. I have lost animals before, and it was always tragic for me, but this is really hard to get over. My daughter and I are waiting for her ashes to come back. Little comfort, as we both miss her so much. We feel terrible for our surviving rattie, Peaches, as they were so close. We just picked up two baby feeder rats, who are adorable. We thought it would help comfort us, and it has a bit. They are waiting for a Dr. appt on thursday before we can start introducing them to our Peaches.
Just wanted to introduce myself, and tell anyone who'll read this a little background on me and my rats. Hello everone. Sorry if I am such a downer right now, but this really sucks this grieving stuff.