CW: death of a pet/getting put down, vomit
We just put down my 14 year old dog. I've had her since she was a puppy. She was my Christmas gift in 2008. She would've been 15 this year on August 15th.
We knew she had been declining since Saturday. She's had pretty bad arthritis in her back legs, and she had been struggling to get up for a while now, but Dad had woken up early and found she had backed herself in a corner because she couldn't get up on tile (we had her set up in the kitchen because she kept having accidents on the carpet). She had completely exhausted herself, drank a bowl and a half of water, and didn't eat for a while. We kept having to help her up when she'd sit or lay down. She only got up if she really wanted to.
Last night, she threw up her dinner, barely digested, and threw up a second time of just liquids.
Mom and Dad woke up this morning to her having thrown up another 2 times, one with more undigested food. She didn't move the whole morning.
I checked up on her after I showered and she still hadn't moved. Awhile later I heard her collar move, and checked on her a few minutes later to her laying down in the same spot, having thrown up again, but it was really dark and grainy.
I called my mom, she called my dad, and we took her to the vet. We knew it wasn't good, and any tests would only prove what we already assumed was wrong. Nothing good would come from this. A shot could've helped her arthritis, but there was no guarantee, and with how dark and grainy her vomit was, she was having intestinal issues and was pretty bloated.
We said goodbye an hour ago.
Keeping her around wouldn't have been good for her. It would've been selfish. She couldn't move and she kept getting sick.
It still doesn't feel real, I'll miss her so much. I can't believe she's gone.
