Currently listening to: If You leave – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
If you leave, don’t leave nowPlease don’t take my heart away
What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?
- putting down my cat due to complications of ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome). Prognosis of her making it overnight were so low that the emergency vet gave me no hope.
- putting my dog down after fifteen years. She survived brain and mouth tumors, torn ACL, degenerative disc disease, and chronic pain. I had the best pet insurance possible at the time. She had seven doctors, underwent chemotherapy and radiation, surgeries, and acupuncture. At the end, she was tired and even though I wasn’t ready for her to go, I didn’t want her to suffer…
- withdrawing life support when my dad was in a coma. DFLST (decision to forgo life sustaining therapy) was made by my mom and I. There were no signs of life, the EEG showed no brain activity. It was an irreversible coma.
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