my dog
So, my dog, Gretchen, was coughing up blood today. She is a German Shepherd and she is old-- like 13 years old. She can't really move her hind legs anymore and she had a seizure so she's just...well... funny looking. her head tilts and she drags herself around with her front legs which are all beaten up and have sores on them. I love her, my whole family loves her... but... she needs to be put down. She's in pain (i mean, how could you not be if you're coughing up blood?)
*ugh* so I was concerned and called my mom. The dog was dry heaving too the whole morning. I get her cleaned up, my whole family arrives out of work for lunch breaks, and boom-- she acts totally fine. So then I look like this terrible person. and my mom asks me what I think and I tell her that I think she should be put down and no one else says it so I seem worse so then I start crying cuz I feel like I am sentencing her to death, but argh!!!! I mean, I love her and I don't want her to go, but I don't want her in pain either. So my mom decides we're going to wait a day and see how she is...
sheesh. I hate emotional roller-coasters.
*ugh* so I was concerned and called my mom. The dog was dry heaving too the whole morning. I get her cleaned up, my whole family arrives out of work for lunch breaks, and boom-- she acts totally fine. So then I look like this terrible person. and my mom asks me what I think and I tell her that I think she should be put down and no one else says it so I seem worse so then I start crying cuz I feel like I am sentencing her to death, but argh!!!! I mean, I love her and I don't want her to go, but I don't want her in pain either. So my mom decides we're going to wait a day and see how she is...
sheesh. I hate emotional roller-coasters.