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[quote=Anonymous]Just had to make this decision two weeks ago for our 15-year-old cat who had kidney issues + hyperthyroid + a slow-growing tumor. He had started urinating around the house and I *REALLY* struggled with whether I was making the decision because I couldn't deal with that long-term or whether it was the right thing for him. Our vet was SO kind and walked me through all the things we had done over the past several years to keep him alive with a decent quality of life. She also shared that in her opinion, we have as much responsibility to help our pets have good deaths as we do to help them have good lives.

In the end, it was very hard, but when I was looking through old photos of him later that evening with the kids, it was clear how ill he'd been without us really seeing it. As one PP said about her/his cat, he was a bag of bones. We miss him terribly, but seeing the visual evidence of how much he had changed, helped a lot.

FWIW, I stayed with him during the process and it was very peaceful (well, except for my sobbing). We had him cremated and just received his ashes back and plan to bury them in his favorite place in our yard once we're ready.

Sorry you're faced with this...

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