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TTC After a Loss
Furbaby update
We finally did it.
I talked to my mom last night and I told her I just didn't feel right having Oreo just sitting down there in her bed. I said, it's no life for her, and we're only keeping her here just to say she's still there. I said, I can't keep doing this- every time I walk downstairs I just pray I'll discover that she's passed, and that's not how I want to spend my days let alone how I want to feel about her. So we decided last night that we would do it today. We made an appointment for her this morning.
The whole thing felt so weird. Like we were arranging for a friend's flight or something- like who would be here when she left, how we would pack up her things she should take with her (blankets and such) and who would actually drive her over. We finally decided my dad should take her. I wanted to, but I just couldn't do it. So my dad came over and took Oreo in her bed, and carried her to his truck. I felt so weird watching my kitty leave in a cardboard box that's been her bed for the past week. I felt like he wasn't taking a living animal, our dear family friend and pet, but rather like he was taking a favorite stuffed animal to Goodwill. The whole thing was so odd, and I hated how it didn't feel real at all.
After they put her down he came home with her in the bed and we buried her in the back yard. I just went downstairs again to grab more eggs and I had to stop myself from looking around for her, or calling for her when I got to the bottom of the stairs. Is she really gone? Is this really happening? I can't believe my sweet kitty isn't with us anymore...
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Re: Furbaby update
I am so sorry
This must be very difficult for you ((hugs))
Last week my in-laws just put down the dog they bought DH when he was in middle school, so we have also had an emotonal time losing what we consider to be a family member.
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I am so sorry for your loss. It is never easy to lose a pet, but you made the right decision. You did what was best for your kitty, even though it was incredibly difficult for you. I am glad that you were able to lay your precious Oreo to rest where you can visit often.
There is a local by-law here that does not allow vets to return the animal to the owner for burial. You have to have you pet cremated and if you can't affort the $500+ or more to have your pet cremated alone, you can't even get their ashes back. It made it hard for me to leave my precious kitty at the vet and walk out empty handed, but Zak is in a much better place now and I have lots of pics to remember him by.
((HUGS))
Oh honey I know this had to be a difficult decison for you to come to, but in the end it was the right thing to do. Oreo will no longer ave any pain or have to struggle.
Huge hugs honey.
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I am so sorry, I know what a hard decision that was. When my parents, sister and i decided to put my childhood dog, Rip, to sleep, it was so tough on all of us. For a couple of weeks afterward, every time I would go to their house, it was so odd walking in there and not seeing her sitting on the sofa. Even the dog I had gotten with my now husband missed having Rip around.
It gets easier, but you will always miss them.
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I've been thinking about you and your sweet kitty too.
Big ((HUGS)) to you and know that you made the right decision.
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I agree and I'm so sorry for your loss. We put our 12yr old dog down last year and it was one of the hardest things I've been through. Sending you lots of ((hugs)).
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As difficult as that decision must have been for you, you did good by her.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your sweet Oreo, but it sounds like she's in a better place.
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Many Many hugs...We put my family dog of 13 years down a few years ago, and I remember how hard it was.
I had to stop myself from calling for her several times and still often think about her.
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