This is such a hard thing to deal with. I know I would want to do everything that I could for my pet. Having the experience with my cat's boosters just recently (see Scary Vet checkup Result under Cat Health) just made me all the more aware at how frightening it is when a pet becomes ill. I was so scared when my Marius was throwing up blood that I was just beside myself(although the vet didn't seem to concerned when I called in histerical about it)!! In such frightening moments, one does not really think, but they act...to do everything and anything they can for a pet. I don't know what I would do without mine!! But, I also agree with the statement that tats posted "Not of course if this meant the furkid would be subjected to undue suffering or pain at my selfish need to keep her or him with me. It can, as we all know, be a hard, very painful decision."
Misty, my dog who has gone on to the rainbow bridge, had had 2 strokes(in her later years), but we did everything we could for her. She wasn't suffering from the strokes, but her head became a little tilted to the left. As long as she could eat, drink and get around and feel ok, that was good. Unfortunately, things got really bad (right before my wedding no less in June 1999), and we decided it was best to put her down. She had lived a long and happy life and we are glad for that, but it didn't make that decision any easier. I'm thankful for the years growing up with the best dog a kid could ever have had It is interesting to think about and discuss with others, though! Thanks for the topic, basim!

Pam, it is awfully strange to be mowing the lawn this time of year. I'm sure basim can relate to this, everything is green and we're mowing our grass on a weekly basis. People with hay fever must just hate it out here in northern CA. I tell you what, I've never seen such sites and big clouds of yellow being blown out of the trees up by where we live!! It's pollen!!! Yikes! Thank goodness I'm not allergic to anything!

Daisy's mom, I totally agree that Snow days are the best! Growing up in Indiana, I had my share of those! That's why the CA climate seems so odd to me!! As a kid, I always looked forward to those free days off, and I'd go and play in the snow with my dog for hours!!!