End of Life decisions
8/31/10 Nerina will turn 15 in February. But I don't know if she'll make it to her next birthday. The past 2 weeks have been trying for us as we've been dealing with Nerina's apparent seizures. This week, she' s been having "petit mal" seizures daily, that last about 5-10 minutes each. Her head just starts shaking and twitching as we watch helplessly. She lays down and we hold her while she goes through this awful time. The first time it happened, I just cried thinking she was about to die. I thought she was having a heart attack and would die right there, in my arms. But she didn't. Instead when the tremors stopped, she just got up, walked over to her bed and went to sleep. All day long, I prepared myself to call the doctor to put her out of her misery. But l ater in the day she greeted me at the door, tail wagging, brushing her muzzle into my leg as though to give me a big, sloppy, wet kiss. Not only was she not in any visible pain, she