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quality of life

How to talk to your vet about death

October 6, 2013 by Dr. V

I'm getting Apollo's ashes back this week. I still haven't quite processed it yet, because his death lacked that months long painful preparation/ agonizing over a pet in the process of dying: The Infinite Hovering of the Big Hanging Clock. He woke up Wednesday morning, meowed for his food like always, and was dead 12 hours later. Whenever you learn of a terminal diagnosis, that invisible countdown clock that all living beings share suddenly appears. And we know that it's winding down, sooner ... Read more »

Filed Under: Daily Life, Health, Musings Tagged With: Apollo, euthanasia, hospice, quality of life, Will My Dog Hate Me

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