BillRM
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You know we treat our pets far far better then our human family members.
A decade or so ago I was face with a young kitten that I had already tightly bond with who was at death door with one lung already full of fluid and I was told by the vet that there was only at most a ten percent chance of saving him even if we went to great extremes in treatment.
I took a deep breathe and decided that I would not have him dying in fear with tubes down his throat in fear and pain with his human no where near.
So he died peacefully with my hands on him and my voice in his ears telling him how must I love him and care for him but if he had been human he would had needed to end his life in an IC unit in fear with all manner of tubes in him in a vain attempts to save him.
You know I am feeling the pain once more over making that choice for him but I am glad I could save him from the pain of dying an take that pain myself instead.
A decade or so ago I was face with a young kitten that I had already tightly bond with who was at death door with one lung already full of fluid and I was told by the vet that there was only at most a ten percent chance of saving him even if we went to great extremes in treatment.
I took a deep breathe and decided that I would not have him dying in fear with tubes down his throat in fear and pain with his human no where near.
So he died peacefully with my hands on him and my voice in his ears telling him how must I love him and care for him but if he had been human he would had needed to end his life in an IC unit in fear with all manner of tubes in him in a vain attempts to save him.
You know I am feeling the pain once more over making that choice for him but I am glad I could save him from the pain of dying an take that pain myself instead.
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