I had a flashback today:
Sometime ago, my childhood cat got very sick, and she had to be put down.
After grieving in the vets office for sometime, we finally agreed to have it done.
The nurse offered to give her the shot and let her die in my arms.
To me and my mom, this was a horrifying prospect. We of course had her taken away and put down.
Thinking about it today, I don't know what I would've done differently.
What would you/have you done?
This is the sort of things that keep me up at night.
Sometime ago, my childhood cat got very sick, and she had to be put down.
After grieving in the vets office for sometime, we finally agreed to have it done.
The nurse offered to give her the shot and let her die in my arms.
To me and my mom, this was a horrifying prospect. We of course had her taken away and put down.
Thinking about it today, I don't know what I would've done differently.
- Having her die in my arms would've been bad, but it would been me she
was seeing at the end of her life. 18 years of raising her all coming to a end,
right in my arms. - Taking her away spares me the grief of losing this loved companion in my
midst. But, then she dies either in the arms of a stranger or on a operating
table. The person she's come to trust after 18 years nowhere in sight.
What would you/have you done?
This is the sort of things that keep me up at night.
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