A Not So Mental Health Day
I took the day off today because the kitten that was left on my doorstep Saturday wasn’t doing very well. Barely eating and drinking even though I was giving it regular syringes of water and queens milk and coaching it through eating a little soft food at a time. It just became very lethargic. So I took it into my vet today. Unfortunately, Dr. W told me there just wasn’t much that could be done for the little thing because it was so dehydrated in spite of my efforts. He felt that the dehydration was in part from malnourishment and in part from the skin condition all of which were clearly present before Saturday. It’s eyes had changed and sunken and he told me the only humane thing was euthanasia, because it wasn’t if the baby wouldn’t make it but was a matter of when. So as much as it broke my heart I agreed to let Dr. W put it to sleep.
So yeah…it has been a pretty crappy day. One in which I gravitated from the sadness of the situation to sheer fury at whoever it was that left the kitten on my porch for being a complete coward and not stepping up to care for that baby, but instead put it on me to do it. Putting it on me to have to be the one who has to live with the decision of euthanizing a sick and helpless animal.
I mean wow… is it THAT hard for other human beings to do the right thing?
So yeah…it has been a pretty crappy day. One in which I gravitated from the sadness of the situation to sheer fury at whoever it was that left the kitten on my porch for being a complete coward and not stepping up to care for that baby, but instead put it on me to do it. Putting it on me to have to be the one who has to live with the decision of euthanizing a sick and helpless animal.
I mean wow… is it THAT hard for other human beings to do the right thing?