End-of-Life Pet Choices

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Thanks, ladies. We just returned from the vet (they were so sweet and brought out a box of tissues for us right away). I miss my baby girl. She's the only female kitty we've ever had. I promised DS (11) that our next kitty would be a girl, unless a boy kitty were to wander into our yard, or something (all 3 of our boys were strays, so it could happen).

I'm sad, but I'm also relieved that she will no longer have to suffer the effects of incontinence or the side-effects of medications. She was pretty arthritic and didn't move around a lot and had stopped getting on our bed in the past week or two, so it's entirely possible that she was in physical pain, too. She was still so happy and affectionate to the end, which I will miss. I won't miss cleaning up her puddles or piles of poop (2 new ones behind the sofa by this AM, which were very bittersweet to clean up), though.

RIP, sweet girl.

Lola ~5 years