Michelle,
I'm so sorry. Only you can make the decision. IF I were you I THINK what I would do is let him sleep tonight and if he doesn't pass I might euthanize tomorrow. I don't know. I have euthanized before and then regretted it and the other way around..... I wish we didn't have to make these decisions.
tonya
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I think that Simon is dying, but I am not sure. Just two hours or so ago,
maybe more, he was lying on his back with his legs spread apart getting belly
rubs from me and my partner and purring incredibly loudly. He ate two bites of
food. He got up and laid down on his side and seemed to sleep. After a half
hour or so he got up and moved and looked uncomfortable to me, but still purred
when I pet him. So I gave him 50 c of fluids, thinking he might be
dehydrated. After the fluids he got up and walked a few steps, then meowed plaintively
twice and laid down and was breathing and twice normal speed but otherwise not
moving. His breathing slowed to slower than normal after a few seconds and he
has just been lying there quietly on his side ever since with his eyes
closed. I am not sure if he is sleeping. he opened his eyes and looked at me on! ce,
then lifted his head and licked his lips as if nauseous. He was due for a
reglan so I gave it to him. He then put his head back down and closed his eyes and
is still lying still like that, breathing slowly. he is not panting or
gasping, his mouth is closed, he is not making any noises. He is not purring either,
though, when I pet him. I do not know if he is asleep or just very weak. I
am not sure what happened when I gave him the fluids. A friend who called me
said I should euthanize him. My partner says not to, that he seems peaceful
and may go peacefully on his own, but my partner is also against euthanasia. I
really am not sure what to do. I generally think it is better to go peacefully
on one's own than to get a shot, if it is possible. He looks peaceful, but I
do not know how he feels. My partner also says that he turned around so much
last night after 8 hours of hiding and looking miserable to suddenly wanting
pets a! nd belly rubs and eating some and drinking, that maybe something just
happened from the fluids and he will sleep it off and have a little bit more
quality time. Everyone says you just "know" by looking at them what to do and
when. I do not agree, for me at least. I really don't know. I feel torn between
people who think that once the death process starts it is cruel not to
euthanize because why put them through this, and people who are totally against
euthanasia. I feel like if there were a standard for doing it with humans I might
find comfort in that and feel I could know it was time with an animal, but
suffering is suffering so if no one would euthanize a human in the stat that
simon is in then why is it that people think it is cruel not to euthanize him? I
have been laying by his side all day, and all last night, and all yesterday.
Some people say that not euthanizing is selfish and is for the human, but I
know that I will soon hav! e to mourn him and it is not like it is easier for me
to lay here and watch him go through all these little rollercoasters. I
really do just want to do what is best for him, but just do not know what that is.
Michelle
