Starless 18/08/1987 - 30/08/2007

[madcatwoman]

Comments

[tamaranth]

I'm so sorry for your loss -- it's so hard to make that call, but he had a happy life right up to the last few days, and you let him go before things got too bad for him. And your last para made me happy and weepy at once. {{{hugs}}}

[madcatwoman]

Thank you. I think if you really love your pet, and can manage somehow to separate your wish never to be parted from them from the real need of the animal to have a dignified end, then it is a necessary (if painful) thing to do. The last kindness you can do for them is to stop their suffering. My ma-in-law and I were talking the other day about how we wish the medical ethics for humans would catch up with this...we could think of at least ten instances of people we have known (from our families) where it would have been kinder to be able to do this. Dave even asked his doctors if they would do it for him, and of course they were forced to refuse. A hard call, but at least for Starless I could do it.

[glitterrose]

I'm so very sorry, but you made a very brave decision, and it was the kindest one. x

[madcatwoman]

Thank you. I think it was the last kind thing I could do for him. You know yourself how hard it is, but it's better than keeping them suffering.

[evergreenjan]

How very sad - but also what a sweet image that last paragraph conjured up.

[madcatwoman]

I like to think that that is how it is. It makes it more bearable.

[kalieris]

I'm so very sorry. It's been a hard year for you, and I'm sending hugs and comforting thoughts your way.

[madcatwoman]

Thank you. So many people I know have lost human and animal loved ones this year - far more than seems normal.

[aellia]

So sorry.
He won't be starless tonight,he'll be right up there with them sitting on a that lap.
Hugs and thoughts
x

[madcatwoman]

Thank you. He's definitely better off there than here, because he wasn't going to be able to be made better.