Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
(((((Lisa and Pearl)))))
I can sympathize, Herald has good days and bad days. Today was a good day, he was a hungry little monster this morning. The bad days make me wonder if I'm doing the right thing.
Big hugs to everyone who's dealing with end-of-life for your fur-babies. It sucks.
Wise words.
Yes, embracing beloved pets into our lives entails both the happy and the sad parts of life. As with most worthwhile things in life, we cannot have one without the other.

Pearl keeps fluctuating up and down- she really surprised me today by actually eating two tablespoons of food- more than she's eaten in several days. Every day her behavior changes unpredictably as well, and her habits of where she decides to spend each day- sometimes mighty strange (today's spot of choice was curled right on top of the toaster and also the microwave ) One day she wants to find every low hidden place dark she can, now she is seeking high exposed vantage points where she has never gone to before. We are trying to accommodate her as much as we can. There are little nesting spots made of heaped towels everywhere now, to encourage and offer her more comfy and reasonable resting spots.

As you noted- on the 'bad days' it makes you wonder and you get up in the morning half hoping they will have passed on peacefully during the night. But then they look up at you lovingly and purr and it makes another day's nursing care worthwhile again.
The good part in all this is knowing you have provided love and protection to these little innocent creatures and have given them as much happiness as you possibly could. This is the comfort we can hold onto.