Good very early morning! I am up to take care of our boy to make sure that he is clean, give him some food and water and a pain pill to ensure that he remains pain free. I received a message asking why, why we are letting Koda go to the bridge. (please do not judge this person was only asking why and did not know the full extent of what is going on with our boy) So I figured (I know I do not have to explain our reasonings) that if one person had a question others may also, so I will explain to everyone the why of our choice since others may have the same question along the way. First and foremost we are firm believers of quality over quantity, I will elaborate a little bit on this. Our stance is IF there is something that can be done for a fur-being taking into the consideration the age of the fur-being and the outcome, we believe that if you can afford to do so that you should give all chances possible to that fur-being to live a quality of life until that quality wanes. Kodas situation is not unique by any means, however his situation is complicated by being a diabetic! If Koda was paralyzed in his back end and didnt have chronic neck and shoulder issues we would gladly have him measured for a wheelchair for dogs can have a wonderful quality of life as humans can in a wheelchair. Being paralyzed in the front end this means that Koda has no use of his front legs, he cannot lay with his front end propped up by his elbows, he cannot raise his head but a few inches off of the floor. Koda cannot even turn side to side, we have to turn him so he is not constantly laying on his chest. What does this all mean to Koda? Eventually Koda will experience different medical issues. Koda can experience digestive issues, pressure sores, and organ shut downs. These are just a few of the complications that we are looking at. Many different factors came into play with our decision in assisting Koda to receive his angel wings the first being quality of life, but none of those factors had to do with age or being a diabetic (so to speak, for diabetes under normal circumstances can be manageable). Essentially Koda will suffer horribly if we were selfish enough to keep him with us for US and not for him. Death is not the end, it is merely another step in the journey through life. I am a firm believer that when my time on earth is through I will be seeing our boy again, I know that he will visit me and let me know that he is OK, I know that he knows how truly loved that he is, and that we love him enough to let him go. We will be heart broken, but not for Koda for we know that he will be fine, we will be heartbroken because of our own reasons of missing him when we assist him to the bridge. It is NEVER goodbye, for goodbye is forever, it will be see you later. I hope that I didnt ramble on but explained the why (I know that I did not need to explain, I felt compelled to)
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 08:54:00 +0000
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