I'm really sorry to hear that. You have my sympathies. Just know that you did the right thing in the end. It was no doubt a hard decision but it prevented needless suffering to a loved one. That's what's important.
I've been through this with my dog when she got cancer. She was in agony and prolonging her life would have been selfish of me. I just couldn't stand to see her suffer. Letting her go was the right decision.
Once I realized what was going on, there was no other choice. Until that day, I never quite understood how any pet owner could put down their beloved pet. But now I completely get it. I was in that room waiting for the vet to come in there, and Dante was nervous from hearing other animals in there so I held him close. He relaxed and I was holding him and looking into his eyes when he was put to sleep and he went peacefully. It was much better than watching him suffer and him feeling the pain of dying by starvation and his organs shutting down. I even beat myself up for not seeing that he was dying when he stopped eating on Monday. It was not until the vet visit Friday morning that I accepted it.
The reality is that the fluid was building for YEARS and I failed to recognize it because I just did not know. All my pictures of him show an abnormally enlarged abdomen. He came to me that way. Monday started the end stage.
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