Letting Go

I introduced Sonny, our 17 year old cat, in a previous post. Last Tuesday night he had an episode which the vet described as the human equivalent of a stroke. Over the past few days, he has not improved much at all. He can barely walk, cannot use the litter box and has only eaten a morsel of food and sipped a few drops of water. The vet said if he did not improve in three days, he probably would not recover at all and we may need to think about the hard decison.

I've been doing a lot of reading on the Internet on this topic - trying to gain some insight on when to hang on and when to let go. This type of condition and its symptoms can be long and drawn out for an old cat. After reading, thinking, discussing and agonizing, we have decided to let Sonny go. I will call the vet on Monday morning and make the appointment.

These last few weeks have been tough. All days can't be happy, all circumstances can't be joyful. I know this. Such is life - no one escapes the sad times - these are life lessons.

Thanks for listening - thanks for thinking of us.