Minnie is quiet, at peace. She ate minimal wet cat food this morning; we fed her small amounts to ensure she was comfortable.
Otherwise, she sleeps in her cathouse on the porch, coming out only for some food or water. We ask ourselves daily if we should take her to the vet and put her down; we decide to keep to our idea of peace and comfort for her—no signs of pain. The vet agrees. It’s gone on longer than we thought, but we know there is no way to learn. She and her body will decide.
Thanks for your good wishes and for trusting us (mostly) to make the best decisions for her. We have lived with her for 16 years, and many of you have followed her up and down life for that long. Thanks for that, also. We have no idea how long this might go on, but having been through this before, I don’t think it will be long.
Traveling mercies, Miss Minnie. You are loved and cared for. Jon, you and Maria are loving and wise stewards for your animals; any of us that have read your blog for any length of time know this.
You are doing the right thing by letting her die peacefully in her home. Have searches your blow for updates on her, thanks for sharing your personal and painful journey
She looks really content in the picture…❤️❤️
Jon when something goes wrong, either with us humans or our animals, we naturally think…what can we do, what should that person do, we figure on reaching out for medical help. Well, I am here to tell you allopathic doctors darned near killed me in 1985, under and following an anaesthetic…so this isn’t always my first ‘go-to’ solution for things…Animals need to be respected and recently my older Aussie has eaten food that caused food poisoning basically in her. I was urged to take her to the emergency clinic as it was over the long week-end but that emergency clinic was over an hour from home and I’ve been in it once and frankly never again. Impersonal as all get out, filing patients through like robots. If an animal is going to die I’d rather it be on my patch, in my home or on my property where I can be with them to the end. Otherwise, yes I do consult my vet and take my dogs in when the problem doesn’t appear to be life-threatening. I think I mentioned my last Aussie to die, I was offered to put her in the vet clinic overnight but I knew she was near the end and I wanted to be with her, wanted her to be in surroundings she knew, in her own bed. And she died there early the next morning. Loving animals is so hard when we loose them. But we need to think about the animals, where would they like to be near the end. And you’re doing just that with Minnie, it’s life’s natural process you’re honouring.
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Good morning.
Holding all three of you in my heart and in the light.
Signed up for your and Marias blog, however I only get alerts of new postings from her, not you.
I signed up twice to your blog would you know why ,friend?
No, I don’t Kathryn, I’m not good at tech support. If you want the techs to figure out a problem, please e-mail me at [email protected] thanks..This isn’t the place to gt it done.. we’ll get it checked out..
Hi, Jon and Maria
You are doing the right thing for Minnie as long as she is comfortable. Always in my thoughts. It’s never easy.
Loving and comforting thoughts to you, Maria, and Minnie as she transitions.
I have learned much about how to care for and love an animal by watching and following you and what you do, including the end of life. My dog and I are both better off for it.
Thanks Mark, that means a lot…I’ve learned that this is another symptom of the urban-rural split. People who live in the country can give their animals a natural death and many of them to…To city people, going to the vet and getting a dog euthanized is an almost automatic response, and is also more practical for many…Thanks for listening, I feel very good about it although it is difficult to see her die slowly…
No one knows what she is feeling. Is she afraid? What is she thinking? Is she suffering?
Does she want help on her trip to heaven? No one knows.
No, she’s an animal, we can’t really ever know what they are thinking..that’s why stewardship is so important…they can’t tell us what they want, we have to protect them from suffering