The toughest decision of my life......
My dog, Cleo, is 16 almost 17 years old. She is with me in New Hampshire, my parents gave her to me, well she was always my dog, when they moved to California about a month ago. When she first got here she was doing amazing, eating a good amount of food, friskyish for a dog her age and seemed happy.
Around Christmas time she had about a 4 day visit to the vet and she was diagnosed with Cancer in two places, I cannot remember where. She was not eating for a while and would just lay in her bed all day. Gradually she got better and happier. She started eating normally and on a rare occasion she ran and jumped. She has bad arthritis in her hip and her back legs.
A week ago she was not acting like the normal Cleo I know. She was barely eating one package of food a day and her arthritis was bothering her so bad she could barely walk or stand. It has gotten worse. I have to carry her outside to go to the bathroom and over the past few nights she has been having bad accidents inside during the night. It seems like she has lost all control of her bouls. It’s like she has had diarrhea for three days straight. It is not like she has been eating any differently, and if she was it would be out of her by now.
It is so hard to see her like this. I keep hoping that she is going to get better, but I know with her age and with cancer that it is not going to happen. I know the decision I have to make, but it is such a hard one. Cleo has been in my life for ever. I cannot remember her not being around. She has always been there for me. She is my best friend. I love her. This makes me the saddest I have ever been in my whole life.
Now, I have to get the courage to call up a vet in the area and schedule an appointment to put her down. I do not know if I am that strong. I have cried so much over the past 24 hours. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. How do I put someone I love down???
Around Christmas time she had about a 4 day visit to the vet and she was diagnosed with Cancer in two places, I cannot remember where. She was not eating for a while and would just lay in her bed all day. Gradually she got better and happier. She started eating normally and on a rare occasion she ran and jumped. She has bad arthritis in her hip and her back legs.
A week ago she was not acting like the normal Cleo I know. She was barely eating one package of food a day and her arthritis was bothering her so bad she could barely walk or stand. It has gotten worse. I have to carry her outside to go to the bathroom and over the past few nights she has been having bad accidents inside during the night. It seems like she has lost all control of her bouls. It’s like she has had diarrhea for three days straight. It is not like she has been eating any differently, and if she was it would be out of her by now.
It is so hard to see her like this. I keep hoping that she is going to get better, but I know with her age and with cancer that it is not going to happen. I know the decision I have to make, but it is such a hard one. Cleo has been in my life for ever. I cannot remember her not being around. She has always been there for me. She is my best friend. I love her. This makes me the saddest I have ever been in my whole life.
Now, I have to get the courage to call up a vet in the area and schedule an appointment to put her down. I do not know if I am that strong. I have cried so much over the past 24 hours. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. How do I put someone I love down???