Mckinley 10/10/2006-12/3-/2018

[rthstewart]

I've been out of touch since Christmas, ministering to McKinley who, regrettably, crossed the Rainbow Bridge yesterday. It's our first time in 24 years without a yellow lab girl in the house. Her regular vet was really downcast when she saw him on Saturday and I had hoped that she would last until Wednesday when he was back in.  Instead, we had to go to the emergency vet yesterday where she'd been over the Christmas holiday.  Once everything was set up (this always takes longer than you think) it went really, really fast (maybe 30 seconds) and was very peaceful. It was a huge relief for her.  The administering vet asked if we were ready and I bristled a bit -- it doesn't matter because she was ready and no amount of meds could relieve her pain.  She was barely conscious before we even started and I felt enormous relief for her that it was over.

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[brokenallbroken]

So sorry for your loss. Tough note on which to end the year.