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Ralphie'smom

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  • Your relationship to the individual who died
    He was my pet
  • Date of Death
    5/27/2017
  • Name/Location of Hospice if they were involved:
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  • Your gender
    Female
  • Location (city, state)
    St. Petersburg
  1. Thank you kayc and Marty, those words really do give me comfort. Trying so hard to focus on the good times and not the last day. I've decided to get pet bereavement counseling as a means to deal with my feelings. I just hope this deep emotional pain I'm feeling will subside at some point.
  2. On 5/27/17 I lost a BELOVED pet , a beautiful long-haired dachshund named Ralphie, who was the sweetest and most loving dog ever!! My grief is being exacerbated by the fact he died suddenly of Congestive Heart Failure. He was doing fine the day before and then had labored breathing on Saturday 5/27, I took him to the emergency room where he received immediate oxygen supplementation, then several hours later, the vet gave us the horrendous news that he is struggling to breathe on his own, his heart was enlarged and fluid in his lungs. Since he was 14 years old, the emergency room vet spoke to us about euthanasia as his prognosis was not good How do you get over the immense guilt over euthanasia ? I see articles online about pets living longer with CHF ,and I wonder if my family made the right decision and we could have had more time, if we waited a bit longer. Maybe he could have rallied after he was on oxygen longer.... I also feel guilty about not seeing the signs of CHF earlier , I had been so focused on dealing with his arthritis that I must have missed the signs. I would have changed his diet, and had him checked by a vet earlier to get the necessary meds earlier. I know these ruminations are futile, but would like to know how others are dealing with it. I am still very much in the shock , denial phase as he was such a happy dog .
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