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"Mary" wrote:
wrote in message .. . "Mary" wrote: My point is that I don't see how it would be more humane than the shots my cat got that made her sleepy and just gently fade away I'm curious about how gentle standard routine really is. I have often wondered if it like being in a dream state and feeling suffocated as the heart stops beating. Obviously it doesn't last long. While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. |
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"Mary" wrote:
wrote in message .. . "Mary" wrote: My point is that I don't see how it would be more humane than the shots my cat got that made her sleepy and just gently fade away I'm curious about how gentle standard routine really is. I have often wondered if it like being in a dream state and feeling suffocated as the heart stops beating. Obviously it doesn't last long. While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. |
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wrote in message ... "Mary" wrote: wrote in message .. . "Mary" wrote: My point is that I don't see how it would be more humane than the shots my cat got that made her sleepy and just gently fade away I'm curious about how gentle standard routine really is. I have often wondered if it like being in a dream state and feeling suffocated as the heart stops beating. Obviously it doesn't last long. While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. I am curious--and of course if this is too personal I apologize and retract--have you had a heart attack? I never have, and I wonder what it is like. |
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wrote in message ... "Mary" wrote: wrote in message .. . "Mary" wrote: My point is that I don't see how it would be more humane than the shots my cat got that made her sleepy and just gently fade away I'm curious about how gentle standard routine really is. I have often wondered if it like being in a dream state and feeling suffocated as the heart stops beating. Obviously it doesn't last long. While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. I am curious--and of course if this is too personal I apologize and retract--have you had a heart attack? I never have, and I wonder what it is like. |
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Fluffy Skye died at around 7:30/8 pm this evening.
I wrote about it in "her" thread, all the details I mean. She began to suffer late this afternoon, so I took her to be put to sleep. The staff at the animal emergency clinic were very kind and caring, both to me and to her, and she really did appear to just go to sleep, altho her eyes remained open. The only thing she objected to was when the vet inserted the needle. The actual injecting of the drugs took place very quickly, with first an anesthetic going in, so that she would not feel anything, and then the lethal dose. She was lying on a pillow with me and a vet tech stroking her and talking to her, and she was lying there quietly and seemlessly transitioned from life to the afterlife. I couldnt even tell when "it" happened, it was so gradual. There was no "heart attack", no 'suffocation", just an easy drifting away. I am absolutely confident that she didnt feel a thing and there was no pain, for her. The only thing that DID happen was that her suffering was ended early; she didnt have to suffer up to the moment of what would have been her 'natural' death (the vet checked her vital signs - her body was shutting down and she was dying anyway. We just ended it quicker, and painlessly for her. Im glad I know that she was dying; I wont have to second-guess myself about having her put to sleep, knowing that). She's in a better place now, and she went there non-traumatically. I just wish she hadnt had to go so soon.... |
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Fluffy Skye died at around 7:30/8 pm this evening.
I wrote about it in "her" thread, all the details I mean. She began to suffer late this afternoon, so I took her to be put to sleep. The staff at the animal emergency clinic were very kind and caring, both to me and to her, and she really did appear to just go to sleep, altho her eyes remained open. The only thing she objected to was when the vet inserted the needle. The actual injecting of the drugs took place very quickly, with first an anesthetic going in, so that she would not feel anything, and then the lethal dose. She was lying on a pillow with me and a vet tech stroking her and talking to her, and she was lying there quietly and seemlessly transitioned from life to the afterlife. I couldnt even tell when "it" happened, it was so gradual. There was no "heart attack", no 'suffocation", just an easy drifting away. I am absolutely confident that she didnt feel a thing and there was no pain, for her. The only thing that DID happen was that her suffering was ended early; she didnt have to suffer up to the moment of what would have been her 'natural' death (the vet checked her vital signs - her body was shutting down and she was dying anyway. We just ended it quicker, and painlessly for her. Im glad I know that she was dying; I wont have to second-guess myself about having her put to sleep, knowing that). She's in a better place now, and she went there non-traumatically. I just wish she hadnt had to go so soon.... |
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"Mary" wrote:
While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. I am curious--and of course if this is too personal I apologize and retract--have you had a heart attack? I never have, and I wonder what it is like. Not yet LOL, but am in the target years. -mhd |
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"Mary" wrote:
While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. I am curious--and of course if this is too personal I apologize and retract--have you had a heart attack? I never have, and I wonder what it is like. Not yet LOL, but am in the target years. -mhd |
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wrote in message ... "Mary" wrote: While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. I am curious--and of course if this is too personal I apologize and retract--have you had a heart attack? I never have, and I wonder what it is like. Not yet LOL, but am in the target years. -mhd Well, I'm glad you haven't. Did someone tell you it what it was like? P.S. My motto: they can have my cheese when they pry it from my cold dead hands--so--I imagine I might be looking at some trouble one day. My athletic friends have all gotten sports injuries and by the time they get osteo arthritis from using their joints too much I figure I will be going in for bypass. |
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wrote in message ... "Mary" wrote: While my cat did not like getting the shots, afterward she really did seem to just fall asleep. I wonder if there is a dulled sense of panic between the heart stopping and the final cessation of brain activity. It must be similar to a heart attack. I am curious--and of course if this is too personal I apologize and retract--have you had a heart attack? I never have, and I wonder what it is like. Not yet LOL, but am in the target years. -mhd Well, I'm glad you haven't. Did someone tell you it what it was like? P.S. My motto: they can have my cheese when they pry it from my cold dead hands--so--I imagine I might be looking at some trouble one day. My athletic friends have all gotten sports injuries and by the time they get osteo arthritis from using their joints too much I figure I will be going in for bypass. |
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