This is a difficult decision and takes aot of courage and caring to make. About a year and half ago I had to make this decision. Actually I had made it before then but didn't have the courage. Hobbes was a 17 !/2 yo Bichon. He had irritable bowel syndrome for which he was on a special diet. From that he developed bladder stones at 9 years of age and needed surgery. The surgery left him with a urinary leakage problem and he needed belly bands. As time went by he lost his hearing and began to have a vision problem but things weren't too bad. He still played and ate well. Then came a time when he would look very confused and sllep alot. But when he was sitting with me on the bed one night he jumped off and began to have a seizure. Then next day we went to the vet. I had called ahead and they had a ready. She let me stay with him and gave him the injections and he went peacefully.
If you decide to take him and it is the compassionate thing to do as we love them and don't want them to suffer please take someone with you. I didn't and spent along time in the parking lot till I could drive home.
Several weeks later I got a lovely handwritten letter from my vet
Sorry this is so long but you are making the right decision for your baby and your Mom will take good care of her. |