12-16-2018, 04:05 AM
Mason was lucky to have those years of care at home.
There's a saying that "it's better to put them too sleep too quickly, than too late"...but I have very mixed feelings about that. Of course we don't want them to linger, suffering when there is no hope. But hospice care at home for end of life animals is a very good idea, when it can be done devotedly.
Towards the end change can come any minute, so it is important to be watchful all the time.
But many animals have decent quality of life even though they are terminally-ill. Those last days or weeks can be filled with some happiness, as they prepare to leave the world, so long as they are not in pain or distress, and can eat, sleep, go out to do their business, walk a little etc.
In Mason's case he had years. I am so glad they didn't give up on his life, and gave him that special time with palliative care.
There's a saying that "it's better to put them too sleep too quickly, than too late"...but I have very mixed feelings about that. Of course we don't want them to linger, suffering when there is no hope. But hospice care at home for end of life animals is a very good idea, when it can be done devotedly.
Towards the end change can come any minute, so it is important to be watchful all the time.
But many animals have decent quality of life even though they are terminally-ill. Those last days or weeks can be filled with some happiness, as they prepare to leave the world, so long as they are not in pain or distress, and can eat, sleep, go out to do their business, walk a little etc.
In Mason's case he had years. I am so glad they didn't give up on his life, and gave him that special time with palliative care.
