She was likely a ball of anxiety, tense and upset from what had happened to her body and how she felt, tense from your sadness and confused by why she couldn't move and the quick sting of the needle or drug was a shock and she cried out. But you know that it was a necessary and loving thing to do for her and a kindness to let her go and that injection mercifully ended not only that sting of administering it in a few moments but great suffering and perhaps a slow, agonizing death. You know if she could understand the situation, she'd have chosen for herself to feel a sting that perhaps hurt for a few seconds to a minute or two over hours or days of fear and hopeless suffering. Maybe rather than thinking of her crying out, make yourself think how quickly thereafter she felt the soothing, pain-killing effects of the medication flood her brain and body and was free of all pain and fear.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |