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Apr. 22nd, 2006 03:20 pmFreddie's been put to sleep...
He's deaf, had a thyroid problem for the past few years, recently became arthritic and a few weeks ago, diabetic. He hates needles and my mom made the decision not to give him insulin. So we knew he was going to deteriorate. The other day he lost his bladder control. He's 20 and obviously not going to recover and my parents didn't want him to suffer as much as Rosalie and Sophie did before being put out of their misery. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I'm in a strange state of mind right now. Haven't cried as much as I did for Sophie, but maybe that's because my parents asked my brother and I a few days ago if we thought it was ok to put him to sleep. I spent Thursday night petting him for almost an hour and basically let go then and I held him for ten minutes this morning. At least I got to say goodbye, I guess.
He's deaf, had a thyroid problem for the past few years, recently became arthritic and a few weeks ago, diabetic. He hates needles and my mom made the decision not to give him insulin. So we knew he was going to deteriorate. The other day he lost his bladder control. He's 20 and obviously not going to recover and my parents didn't want him to suffer as much as Rosalie and Sophie did before being put out of their misery. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I'm in a strange state of mind right now. Haven't cried as much as I did for Sophie, but maybe that's because my parents asked my brother and I a few days ago if we thought it was ok to put him to sleep. I spent Thursday night petting him for almost an hour and basically let go then and I held him for ten minutes this morning. At least I got to say goodbye, I guess.
