From: Gary Britt 

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Richard B. wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:44:58 -0500, Gary Britt
>  wrote:
>
>
>> 22 is definitely old.  My first cat after becoming an adult lived to 20
>> years.  She died in my arms
>>
>
> Whew.
>
> A couple who are friends of mine had to have their dog put down.  Most
> folks don't want to be there when that happens, but Ernie said the dog
> was his friend and always there for him and he would be there for the
> dog in the final minutes when he was given the injection.  So he was
> there for his friend as he ran into the Elysian fields.
>
I didn't have to face the agony of having her put down, thank God, but if I
did I would likely choose as your friend to be there till the end.

Her kidneys were failing.  The doctors gave her 6 months to live 5 years
before she died.  We had a ritual of giving her extra water by mouth every
day along with some tagamet to settle her stomach.  Twice we had to have
her on a saline IV for a week.  This worked to give her 5 more years of a
good quality of life, but in the final months it was obvious that unlike
the prior 5 years she was going down hill rapidly and another round of
saline IV for a week wouldn't work.

She was having a really tough day, but was staying with me in my office.  I
took a break to try and get some more water down her, and the strain was
just too much for her.  I heard the air leave her and she was gone.

Gary

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Richard B. wrote:

  On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:44:58 -0500, Gary Britt
<g">mailto:glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com"><g
lbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com> wrote:

  
  
    22 is definitely old.  My first cat after
becoming an adult
lived to 20
years.  She died in my arms
    
  
  
Whew.

A couple who are friends of mine had to have their dog put down.  Most
folks don't want to be there when that happens, but Ernie said the dog was
his friend and always there for him and he would be there for the dog in
the final minutes when he was given the injection.  So he was there for his
friend as he ran into the Elysian fields.
  

I didn't have to face the agony of having her put down, thank God, but if I
did I would likely choose as your friend to be there till the
end.  

Her kidneys were failing.  The doctors gave her 6 months to live 5
years before she died.  We had a ritual of giving her extra water
by mouth every day along with some tagamet to settle her stomach. 
Twice we had to have her on a saline IV for a week.  This worked
to give her 5 more years of a good quality of life, but in the final months
it was obvious that unlike the prior 5 years she was going down hill
rapidly and another round of saline IV for a week wouldn't work. 


She was having a really tough day, but was staying with me in my
office.  I took a break to try and get some more water down her,
and the strain was just too much for her.  I heard the air leave
her and she was gone.

Gary



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