because I have to think about it

[asterroc]

I'm leaning towards cremation. that way i could bury her ashes when I decide which friend of mine's property is most appropriate, since i don't have any myself and neither do my parents, or wait until i do have property a few years down the line, or scatter them somewhere nice, or just save them until I know what's right. funny thing is, i'd always joked I should get her stuffed and mounted, but i never would with her recent feather plucking - it's not the way she's supposed to look, the way she always looked.

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[rubicat.livejournal.com]

I imagine you could - we donated one of our piggies for the vet to figure out what was wrong. She took out what she needed, sewed her up, and sent her home with us. Your vet would be able to tell you what options there are. It's pretty hard to think about stuff like that, but it's good that you are able to ... you are a good person.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

*dryly* My parents have pre-paid a funeral for my Nga Boo - my Chinese grandmother who believes that doing so sends you to your grave earlier. We're nothing if not practical.

Actually, it's my Nga Boo's health problems that first started me thinking altruistically about my own body. After her first heart attack while I was in college I realized that without the blood of donors she'd be dead. I've told my parents that upon my death I'd be perfectly willing to donate my whole body for science/students. They're not too happy with that, but they'll accept organ donation, and it's on my driver's license.

(Sometimes I wonder if donating my body would help get a cure for my skin for other people condition sooner. I doubt it. Maybe I'll be lucky and they'll solve it sooner than my death.)

[marquiswildbill.livejournal.com]

First my deepest sympathy for Peeper's condition, I hope it turns out to be better than it looks now.
My family treats pets like family members, we actually had a funeral service for my old cat, Shucks, who was like my mother's third child.
Major props for being an organ donor. Because you have a rare condition, your body might actually be used for medical research. Unlike 90%+ of donated bodies. A friend from school wants to be a forensic scientist and is constantly reading books on the subject, apparently if you donate your body, it's more likely to end up being left out in various weather conditions to help provide data for comparison for doing time of death and stuff. After learning that, I'll stick with just my organs being donated.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Huh! That's cool too, but the purpose of donating my body would be to help people, which I'm not sure forensics does as directly as I'd like. I thought that donated bodies either went to scientific research or (much more often) to med schools for students.

I don't know if I could/would do a funeral for Peeper. It wouldn't have any meaning for her, and I don't think it'd affect my own healing process. If I were to do anything I'd want it *after* I'd recovered - which is why I'm leaning towards cremation, then I could save her remains until I was ready.