My ex-husband and I took her to the vet and stayed with her during the very quick euthanasia procedure. We decided it was the most compassionate thing we could do. I am getting choked up right now at the memory, so I truly feel empathy at what you are going through.
I'm one of those people some would call a "kook" because I believe our pets go to heaven and that God's love for his creatures is what carries them there.
I guess that makes me a “kook” as well! Our pets are innocents and I believe God gave them to us for help and comfort.
Therefore, I believe they do go to heaven, as any innocent would.
I’m so sorry for your loss. It sucks big time. =(
Well, I’m a kook then too. I believe our pets will be in heaven, as well. I’d pull out my file of reasons why, but honestly, it’s been painful enough reading this thread this far; I need to go think of something else.
But I did so because I know your pain NGZ. We had to put our beloved 14 yo Emma to sleep in early March, and the pain is still very raw. Emma was unlike any cat I’d ever owned. Whenever anyone in the house would be injured or would cry, Emma would come from wherever she was in the house to sit with them. She was loving and trusting, and here I go, welling with tears.
Our Lord was once man and he knows about our earthly love and pain and what love and joy our animals bring. I cannot believe that our Lord would see our pets as insignificant. He loved animals of all kinds and He loves us! Therefore I believe Emma will be there with Him. Think about it — animals are without sin, which is why I believe they were sacrificed on altars before the Lord. From all the artist renderings, little lambs are in heaven, too. And that ark which Noah was instructed to build? It was for the animals which were saved!
And I’m not here to debate anyone...and I won’t.
Just love on your kitty. Do whatever you are able to do medically, but then know there are scores of us who have been there; and who are there right now. (Even Mark Levin took this week off from his radio show to spend it with his dying dog.) It’s pain that’s almost too difficult to imagine, but that’s to be expected when love is mutual and still so strong, and has been given so freely for nearly two decades.
God bless.