Thread:4solace/@comment-28482541-20180302121346



UPDATE: We had the second ultrasound last night. Our hopes were dashed to find that it is a confirmed tumor which has actually grown in size since the last appointment. So our time is limited. We are able to keep him comfortable with medication. We just do not want it to get to the point where it grows so large that he loses his ability to urinate.

Our vet offers an in home service for crossing the rainbow bridge as long as we can schedule it ahead of time and we are lucky to have that time. I do not want his last moments filled with the fear and anger he experiences when going to the vet, so it will be good to have him comfortable in a place where he is loved and happy. Simba has given us so much and it is the least we can do to give him as peaceful a death as possible.

I was a little too emotional last night to try and schedule everything, so I am giving myself a couple of days to let my emotions settle some before making the final arrangements. They have to have at least a weeks notice to do the in home service, so we have a little more time with him.

We have decided to have him cremated. We are just trying to decide what to do with his ashes. We have a local artist that can incorporate his ashes into a glass artwork piece, or we can do the seed pod thing where we can grow a plant using them. I am leaning toward the art piece.

Despite having twenty years with him, we are not ready to let him go and yet we must. So I am going to be emotional for a while. This is so hard.

 