B.J., I am so very sorry for your loss. I cannot begin to understand how you feel. I know you are devestated and angry and lost and you just hurt. Please allow yourself time to grieve and to cry and in time you will start to remember things about Joey that make you smile. When that happens, your healing starts.
When I lost my first yorkie, LacieBug to a very rare brain disorder (she had been sick for several years) I thought my heart was being ripped from my chest. It has been over 10 years and occasionally grief still overwhelms me and I tear up. But for the most part when I think of my little LacieBug I smile......
B.J. -I promise, in time, when you think of your Joey, you will smile more often than you will tear up. Hugs to you