Re: OT-Hard Decisions

Oh honey - that's the hardest decision in the world.  It killed me to let
Sugar go but she couldn't breathe w/ that bloody asthma and just laid around
and it was just horrible either way.  But better for her to let go.  Saying
a prayer about that for you tonight.  We're here any time you need us!

On 2/26/08, Andrea Hodges <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all-I've been hemming and hawing for months now about the health of my
> 12
> 1/2 year old chocolate lab Gracie, and I think I've come to the decision
> that
> it's time for her to move on. I talked to my vet last night and he agrees.
> I'm
> basically writing to vent. I feel guilty because she's still eating, happy
> to
> see me when I get home, wanting to go on walks, etc. However, she has
> thickening in her lungs that makes it hard for her to breathe, severe
> arthritis in her spine, horrible allergies that make her itch and get
> infections ( Always has) and has become basically incontinent from all of
> the
> prednisone she's kept on. I don't think I can take it any more. But,
> again, I
> feel guilty. My vet assures me that it's quality vs. quantity when it
> comes to
> a dog's life and the quality certainly isn't there. He was out of town
> today
> but will be in tomorrow and I'll probably take her tomorrow or Thursday.
> She's
> on pain meds right now to keep her comfortable. I am OK. Just feel like I
> have
> a knot in my belly stressing over it. My oral defense in Texas is in 3
> weeks-on the 14th of March. I am so stressed about school I could scream
> and
> just want it to be over. I think this is adding to my stress level of
> course.
> Then I've had someone quit at work and she's hemming and hawing about the
> date
> she's leaving and I'm about ready to tell her to just freaking go. She's
> holding up the rest of us. I was supposed to have a test in calibrations
> last
> week. I had questions for my professor which I emailed several times.
> Never
> heard from him and still haven't gotten a copy of the test, so that puts
> me
> behind in my pesticides class. I've moved on the next chapters that we are
> supposed to start studying this week. I need a vacation. Thanks for
> listening
> all!
> A
>
> Andrea Hodges
> Beaufort, SC
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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