…and am going to say goodbye to Baby. She’s stopped eating, drinks very little and looks terrible. Tonight I tried putting wet food in her mouth and she still wouldn’t continue eating. This was after getting some meds from the vet that I was told would encourage her to eat. She is extremely dehydrated, so I tried giving her an IV of saline water tonight. Got the needle inserted. While trying to adjust the drip, Baby ran to the other side of the bathroom and pulled the needle out. Saline water sprayed everywhere until I was able to get the damn thing turned off. I’m just not equipped to do this sort of thing myself and am giving up. She is on 4 different kinds of meds plus the IV and I think it’s just too late. I’m calling the vet first thing in the morning and will be taking her in to be put to sleep.

Maybe I should try to do more, but I don’t see her quality of life improving. Seems she’s just getting worse as each day goes by. So what is the sense in keeping her alive? I hate going through this again, but I really do think that it’s time. The only regret I have is that just when Baby was getting all my attention, Nate and Hayes appeared on the scene.

And so tomorrow the last of the older generation of my pets will be gone and the new little ones will assume their place in the house.