John, What Ann said so well. I too had to make such an agonizing decision that stays with one for some time. Tough to do and get past, but was the merciful and responsible decision. J
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 11, 2019, at 8:31 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > John -- > So sorry to read that.. glad you had her for as long as you did.. > It's just not fair that our animals live such shorter lives than we do... > > ann > > >> On 3/11/2019 7:57 PM, John wrote: >> https://flic.kr/p/xtqGRY >> >> https://flic.kr/p/HPPRDh >> >> I had to take Baxter to the vet tonight. She was 21 years old and was barely >> eating. I managed to coax a bit of food into her the last week by puréeing >> chicken breast & chicken broth in a blender. >> >> But today she wouldn't even eat that. >> >> Then when she jumped out of my lap this evening she couldn't walk, couldn't >> stand up. >> >> The vet said she had severe kidney failure and could probably live another >> week with three days of IV fluids and if I'd learn how to give her >> subcutaneous fluids at home. But even with that massive intervention, she >> wasn't going to last much longer. >> >> I was afraid she was going to suffer too much so I had her euthanized. It >> was time. I wasn't ready & I didn't want to, but it was the best thing for >> Baxter. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
