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[asterroc]

Peeper didn't make it through the night. when i woke to give her her medicine this morning she didn't respond to her name, or move when i touched her, then i realized she was cold. i think i'm going to have her cremated and keep her ashes until i can find somewhere nice to scatter or bury them.

please tell other people for me so i don't have to.

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[rubicat.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry... the one light in this is that she died peacefully at home, rather than in a strange place. That is something to a pet, I think...

*hug*

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's one of my thoughts too. i wish now i'd made her day even better - like spent more time with her, but she kept wanting to rest, or not forced her to drink water, but i thought it'd help. i console myself with the thought i did the best i could at every moment.

[q10.livejournal.com]

[hugs]

i wish i had something helpful to say.

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

So sorry to hear that.

At least she spent her last hours at home where she was loved.

Some people may say that you should not mourn the loss of a pet, they are wrong. I have lost pets and people, it is the same.

I won't say more, but know that I will be thinking of you.

[tikva.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. *hugshugshugs* If there's anything I can do to make things easier for you, please let me know.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

thanks. i already did a lot of grieving monday when i first learned she had kidney failure and we thought she wouldn't make it then. but i'm probably going to cry a lot all day today anyway. the vet was sad too when i told him. maybe i really should've taken her in yesterday when her weight dropped, but the other vet i talked to said it was probably just fluid loss, and besides i probably would've just been prolonging her pain and keeping her away from me.

::hug::

[xoder.livejournal.com]

 

[rosefox]

I'm so sorry. *( I'm glad her last days were peaceful, and you were with her.

[meredithanne42.livejournal.com]

Aww, I am really sorry to hear that. I know that must have been a horrible thing to wake up to. But I agree--at least she was at home, with you, in a place where she is used to being. Who knows--maybe she knew she was not going to make it, but wanted to be in a place of comfort before she could let go.

*hugs*

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

thanks, i'd like to think that too. she definitely was glad to see me all the times i visited her at the animal hospital, and she enjoyed having he scratch her once she got home. my logical side says that i'll never know, so i might as well believe anything not too irrational that'll make me feel better.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

and it actually wasn't all that horrible. it probably would've been worse if i'd watched her. i was somewhat prepared for it, so the biggest shock was just feeling her cold. and my emotional side keeps trying to blame me for not doing something-or-other that would've saved her, but my rational side knows that i always tried my hardest to pick the best thing at every moment, and that even if i'd gotten her back to the animal hospital either they just would've saved her momentarily and the same thing would've happened the next time i brought her home, or else she would've died at the vet's when i wasn't near her.