And I’d do it every time because I love her dearly.
She has an enlarged heart. She is, unfortunately, dying I think. I love her so much. She’s my best friend. I’m pretty well out of cash at this point but I’m trying my best to make it work and get her the help she needs :(
She’s 17, so she’s had a good run. Doesn’t make it any easier if she is dying though :(
Don't go too far. Just rememeber, it's for her, not you. It's hard to do that sometimes.
She doesn’t appear to be in pain. She’s just recently started coughing. I took her to the vet this morning and they want to do an echo and X-rays to check her for asthma and congestive heart failure. That’s ANOTHER 1k$ D:
But yeah, if she’s in congestive heart failure, I might have to look at euthanasia :( I’d be devo. But I don’t want her to be uncomfortable or in pain. I gotta do what’s best for her, not what’s best for me
You're a good person and a good pet parent. All you can do is just keep doing the next right thing, until the only right thing left is to keep her from suffering. She's lucky to have you.
Thank you :). She is not in any pain yet, but once she is, I will give her the mercy of a painless end. I would HATE if I kept her in pain just because I didn’t want to lose her :(
I’m gonna get her cremated so she can be with me always. She’s the first cat I’ve had who was mine, not my family’s. She’s such a great kitty <3
Just remember at this point that you're likely to experience a flood of regrets: "I didn't spend enough time with her", "Maybe I could've saved her if I [convoluted, long-shot scheme you had no way of thinking of]", "I treated her too harshly", "I didn't give her a good enough life in some way", etc.
Discounting the possibility out of hand you have some serious skeletons in your closet, none of this is true. You'll want to feel agency over a situation you couldn't possibly have controlled to any meaningful extent, and when the inevitable is in sight, the only way you may see to express that is to look backward – and when you didn't do anything wrong, you have to make it that way.
If you experience that, what you might not see in the moment – looking at a present you have minimal control over and a bygone past – is that there is another direction to look. You can look toward the future – to honoring the love, comfort, and companionship she gave your life and sharing that with and finding that in the pets and people in your life going forward.
She knows she's lucky, and she knows you're lucky for having had her. You did a good job.
Sweet baby. I’m sure you will make the right decision for her.
Thank you. I will, yes.
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