If your pet had a terminal illness...

[jazzcat]

Disney lost her mind which was painful enough - for all of us. On top of that she got a severe and painful infection in her mouth that could have been treated with antibiotics but the chances of it returning were great. I knew she had no quality of life and trying to treat the infection was just going to prolong her suffering so the decision to let her go was made.

I think the main things are quality of life and pain.

I hope your hubby is right. Hugs to you and Nicki.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I hope everything is alright with Nicki.

I know how hard it is to think about that...my cat Yogi died last year at age 17, and we knew her kidneys were failing. We put her to sleep as she was about to die to save her suffering the last few hours she would have had. She had a good life until then, and spent the last week or so of her life mainly sleeping but also being glad to spend time with us. I get teared up thinking about it, it was so hard to see her die but at least I was there with her. I still miss her so much.

[Grace]

I think the main things are quality of life and pain.

My feelings also. Three years ago we had to make the decision for two of our cats within a 3 month time period. One was in pain; the other had no quality of life. We made the right decision both times - but it was excrutiatingly difficult.

[G535]

Quality of life is what it's all about, once that's gone the rest is just existing, not living.

We had to make the decision for our jack russel on 25th March this year, it's still painful to write this.

I hope your Nicki has many more years left with you.