My colleague was widowed a few months ago. I feel really sorry for her. She now lives alone with her pet dog who she's had for about 13 years. She's got adult children and grandchildren who visit daily.
Her dog has been ill for a while and is on a cocktail of drugs. It's something to do with his heart.
The dog has recently been diagnosed with cancer and the vet is doing what it can with medicine. My colleague tells me that until the dog stopped wagging it's tail at her, she won't ever make the decision of euthanasia, but yesterday she told me that most days the dog can't even get up from it's bed and doesn't eat at all, just drinks water. It's got so bad now that she's had to rush the dog to the vets, and they'll keep him in for a few nights to keep an eye on him, but the vets can't force her to euthanise him and as far as I can tell there is no way she'll consider it. She'd rather wait til he dies normally. I do understand her feelings. I had a dog who was like my brother, got treated better than some people treat their children and we had to decide to have him put to sleep. It's hard, but I feel she's being selfish and putting her needs before the dogs, who obviously can't speak his mind .
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OscarLove · 19/07/2011 20:26
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