 Purred: Fri Oct 5, '07 1:44pm PST |
 | |  | | One of the reasons I feel guilty is that i *didn't* do chemo, didn't find a second opinion, and didn't wait till signs of obvious pain.
I believe, intellecually, that it's wrong to force a cat to undergo extensive chemo. You cannot let them know why they are sick, you cannot really comfort them with "it's for the better". Also, at 16, i was even more reluctant, cause she'd lived her life well, and i didn't want the last year to be filled with needles and vets and fear.
But when i read about other people's choices to do this or that, i doubt myself and my choice. WE could have done surgery to determin what caused the gland to be swollen; but i didn't want to do that to her just to gain her 6 months, or a year. We could have tried a chemo, but I just felt it was too much.
In later time, as the gulit recedes, i'll remember that i did do steroids, i did do antibiotics. i did non invasive things that were open to me, and not too uncomfortable for her, and they didn't help.
That's ok. I just have to remember that.
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