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Thank you kindly for sharing that story. That sounds very similar to my own circumstances. In my case, though I did contemplate swamping myself in debt if I at least had good odds that she would walk normally again, the vet told me frankly that he didn't believe she ever would. So I give him credit for being so candid. I asked him two or three times the same question, I think----I wanted to be absolutely sure that he meant what he said.First let me say that I am so sorry for your loss, it is one of the worst things we will experience as pet owners but it sadly is the price that we pay for all of the good times too. Then let me tell you that years ago we had the same thing happen to us, Sassy, who was about 12 or so and still active did something that we'll never know, but Deb woke me up and said "Sassy can't move her back legs", so in a snow and ice storm we drove her on a Sunday to a 24 hour clinic where they did an MRI and said that she had a herniated disc and that she would probably have a 60% of walking again if we operated, so we did, and let me tell you it was AWFUL, she had to wear diapers, we had to perform therapy on her, took her to therapy, she lived in a big dog cage but we clung to hope that she with time would walk again but she didn't, and we sadly realized that the time was near to put her down, and when they injected her she went peacefully, she was ready, and my wife Deb still to this day says "I feel terrible that we put her through that" but I tell her that we had to try, and 60% chance to walk was good, but it didn't work. So don't beat yourself up too much over not doing it, it might have turned out like what we dealt with, and she is fine now just fine just like Sassy and all the rest of them and we will see them again one day and it will be wonderful....
"Their last breath on Earth is their first breath in Heaven"
I am sorry for your loss, you did all that you could with what you had, she knows that and there are no regrets, she is fine now and one day you will be too.
I hope that your heart heals a bit more each day, God Bless......
I think that if he had given me really good odds of her walking normally again (say 75% or more), I quite possibly would've made the decision to drown in debt to make Mogwai well again. But because he gave me a frank answer, I decided that euthanasia was the best decision. I had to think of her before myself, that proud and graceful little animal who now had to drag herself on the floor with her front paws. I realized that my final act of love to her had to be to spare her any further indignities. Of course my knowing all this about what was in my heart still doesn't really make it any easier. But yes, I had to think of her quality of life first. My own feelings (and what I would have to live with afterwards) had to come in second.
In your case, with 60% chances, I think you did the right thing to give it a try. If the vet had given me those odds, my decision might've been different---eventhough I could hardly afford it.
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