I want Boopsie to wake up tomorrow miraculously cured, too. But what I want even more is for her not to suffer. And both the choices you describe achieve that. There is no one right thing to do in circumstances like these. Just because one approach is chosen by a lot of people, or even most people, that doesn't mean it's the best choice for Boopsie and for you. It all depends on so many things, many unknowable. You do your best to balance everything and trust that whatever decision you make will be the best one.
Unfortunately, I've learned from experience that no matter what you do, later on you'll probably feel guilty and/or worry about it. Every person who's made the choice to have a loved pet euthanized worries that it was done too soon or too late, or shouldn't have been done at all. Every person whose loved pet dies naturally at home worries that maybe they missed some symptom they should have noticed, or maybe they should have chosen euthanasia at an earlier point. It's all a miserable part of the grieving process.
I tell you this in hopes that, even if I can't spare you the feelings, at least I can give you the understanding that the feelings don't have any factual basis in the decisions you make. I wish I could make it easier! *hugs*
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Date: 2007-03-31 02:10 am (UTC)Unfortunately, I've learned from experience that no matter what you do, later on you'll probably feel guilty and/or worry about it. Every person who's made the choice to have a loved pet euthanized worries that it was done too soon or too late, or shouldn't have been done at all. Every person whose loved pet dies naturally at home worries that maybe they missed some symptom they should have noticed, or maybe they should have chosen euthanasia at an earlier point. It's all a miserable part of the grieving process.
I tell you this in hopes that, even if I can't spare you the feelings, at least I can give you the understanding that the feelings don't have any factual basis in the decisions you make. I wish I could make it easier! *hugs*