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[quote=Anonymous]So sorry op. I had to make this decision in December. She had been diagnosed with cancer in her mouth just a month before and was starting to get miserable. I had pain medicine for her but it was still taking her longer and longer to eat less and less.

I used dr. Shibley. She was professional and caring but I am still traumatized by the event 6 months later. I don't think it was anything against dr shibley, she did a wonderful job...just that I wasn't ready. I felt lots of guilt that I had chosen to kill my pet. I also had misunderstood that the sedation would pretty much make her unresponsive. I had thought she'd still be with me, just calm. So I felt like I missed my chance to say goodbye one last time. And I keep replaying in my head the moment she told me my sweet girl was gone. Maybe it would have been better for my sake if I had not been present but I wanted to be there for her.

Anyway it was pricey but I thought it was worth it so she wouldn't be in fear during her last moments. About 2 weeks afterwards, dr. Shibley hand delivered the box of ashes. It was larger than expect but in a very nice box. I put it in a larger box that contains momentos (photo album, paw print, lock of hair and ashes). When her littermate sister dies, I plan to put her momentos in the box as well so they can be together.[/quote]

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