Re: OT-Hard Decisions

You'll do what's right. It's just hard to say goodbye to a friend.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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