Saying goodbye

She was a queen

happy endings euthanasia came out to the house and made the goodbye process so much easier.  I told Dr. Fixler what was going on with Miss Kitty.  After that was done, he told me about the process.  Miss Kitty was on a sleeping bag and she hasn't been feeling good all day.  He got out the sedative and Patti kept the front of Miss Kitty busy.  We waited a few minutes and Miss Kitty started to let her head sink to the sleeping bag.  She hasn't really put her head down all day, so it was nice to see her relax.

We turned her on her side and she was breathing nice and slowly.  Dr. Fixler started the next phase by shaving her arm and putting in the IV.  He put a pad to catch any fluids from Miss Kitty.  She didn't even flinch during this process.  He told us that we could give her the shot anytime now.  We didn't want her to hurt anymore so we said to do it.

He explained that Miss Kitty might have some extra breaths or other involuntary reactions.  She didn't end up having those things.  Dr. Fixler gave her the big shot and she stopped breathing within 10 seconds.  Next Dr. Fixler and his assistant gave us a couple minutes alone to say goodbye.  This was a very teary 5 minutes.  We both sad goodbye and told her she was the best kitty.




They came back into the house and he laid out the towel and told us what was going to happen next.  He wrapped up the towel nicely and removed the wrinkles.  It was super nice.  They took our baby and headed for the door.

Patti and I held each other crying for a few minutes.

Miss Kitty
?? - 3/4/2013