That last trip to the vet

[spinbaby]

I took our senior cat to her doctor yesterday for what is euphemistically known as “putting down.” She was over 20 and was clearly in the process of dying of old age. But still, there is always that moment after the sedative goes in, but before the lethal dose, when I want to change my mind and try just one more thing to keep the cat going.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I'm very sorry.

[irisblue]

2. I'm sorry. It is a hard thing to help a beloved family member to the Rainbow Bridge.

🕯️

[livetohike]

3. I'm so sorry spinbaby. May all the memories of her good

years help to comfort you and ease the sadness of her final days .

[NanceGreggs]

4. Been there.

Took my beloved Siamese, Alicka, to the vet - wound up having to leave him there for a week for tests and treatment.

I returned a week later, thinking I would be bringing him home. That's when the vet told me his treatment hadn't worked. He explained that Alicka was in kidney failure, and if I took him home, he had less than a five percent chance of living more than another two weeks.

The vet asked if I wanted to have him euthanized, and I said yes. He then asked me if I wanted to see Alicka one last time - and I said no. I knew if I saw him, I would take him home - having convinced myself on the spot that this diagnosis was all wrong, or that some miracle cure would be found in the next twenty-four hours.

I am so sorry for how you must be feeling right now. But you did the right thing by your pet, and that's what really matters. You can't hold her in your arms anymore - but you can hold her in your heart forever.

The above happened over forty years ago - but Alicka is still in my heart, even as we speak.

[samnsara]

5. (((hugs)))

[zeusdogmom]

6. So sorry spinbaby

The furry critters who live with us are family and it hurts when they have to leave. Hate those last vet visits.

[Blue_playwright]

7. I'm so very sorry

[brer cat]

8. It's hard no matter the age of the cat.

We don't want to give up hope.

[MontanaMama]

9. I'm very sorry for your loss, spinbaby.

[niyad]

10. Lady Bast, please take Your little one gently home in Your loving arms, and send peace and

comfort to her loved ones.

(((((Spin baby))))) so very sorry for your loss.

[phylny]

11. I'm so very sorry for the loss of your beloved cat.

[Tikki]

12. Hugs to the spinbaby family

Some how they never leave our heart.

Tikki

[CountMyVote4Reality]

13. Love. Light. Peace.

So sorry. That eventual day is rarely included with the kitten or adoptee training.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

14. I once had a dog who was old and sick

I didn't take her to the vet to be put down, and I did her no favors by letting her die naturally.

[The Mouth]

15. Condolences

[Midnight Writer]

16. Having our pets humanely "put down" is a sad but necessary duty of a loving owner.

Sorry for your loss. I know it is tough. But you know it was the right thing to do.

[Blue Owl]

17. Just another reason why 2020 is the worst year ever

[deepthought42]

18. I am sorry

My family is at this moment taking our 12 year old Shar-Pei, Torpedo for his last visit. It will be outside on the grass which he loves...i wish we could keep trying too.