Thanks

[jennyaxe]

I spent about half an hour writing about the time at the vet's today, but Livejournal decided to eat it and I can't bear to type it all up again. Let me just say that the people at the clinic were very nice and did their best to make it a gentle and peaceful time for all of us. They had lit a couple of candles in the room before showing us in, and when everything was over there was a door to the outside so we didn't have to pass through the waiting room with all the living pets.

She was given a sedative and went to sleep. Then they gave her enough narcotics that she would stop breathing. We stayed with her; I sat with my hands around her as she lay on a small soft rug on the table.

We chose to not bring her ashes back. It doesn't matter where those particular atoms end up. The person was gone from the body before she'd stopped breathing.

Thanks everyone who responded so kindly. I'm too tired and sad to write a personal response to everyone, but you may be sure it means a lot to me.

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