Dear Elizabeth,
I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through this. I went through the same thing a few weeks ago with my cat, Charlie. He was diagnosed with Feline Leukemia back in January. At the time, he was a happy, "healthy", bouncing kitten and there was no way I was going to put him down then. I totally agree with everything that Annie said-as long as he had quality of life, I was going to give him all of the love I could and a safe home. A few weeks ago, though, he became very, very ill. He was obviously in a great deal of pain. Putting Charlie to sleep was the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but my consolation is that I gave him the very best I could for as long as he was with me and I didn't allow him to suffer unnecessarily. It was one of those things: I just knew. I believe that you will know too.

The wonderful people here at Pet Talk helped me through that very difficult time and rejoiced with me when I adopted two more babies. If you would like to read those threads, they are: Charlie's Sick, Charlie's Gone and New Babies in Cat Health and Cat General.

Please know that you and your puppy are in my thoughts and prayers.

Thelma

[ August 09, 2001: Message edited by: thelmalu99 ]