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I had to be present during my first euthanasia at work yesterday. By present, I mean I had to help hold this beautiful little girl while the doctor injected her with “The Blue Stuff.”

Rosy came into our clinic last Wednesday having trouble urinating and after an ultrasound and other tests, we discovered her heart and bladder both had a tumors that were twice the size of the organs. We could do a surgery, which would cost upwards of 4 grand, but nothing was guaranteed.

The owner decided to put her down because he didn’t want her to spend time suffering if the surgery wasn’t guaranteed. It was a hard decision for him and for everyone in my clinic because we had spent hours scrambling around trying to help him come up with the money.

It was very very difficult. The doctor was crying, I was crying, and her huge buff owner covered in tattoos was crying. She wagged her end until the very last minute and only seemed to care about licking her owner’s face because she couldn’t understand why he was so upset.

In the end, her necropsy showed she was covered in cancer all throughout her abdomen and chest so surgery would have been pointless. She got to go peacefully in her owner’s arms.

I balled my eyes out and I hope I never stop caring this much about the animals that come into the clinic for our help.

RIP Rosy.

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Omg. I teared up =(

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   I don’t care what you say, it never gets easier in my opinion. There’s times I can refrain from crying in front of the...

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   Crying right now.

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   Omg. I teared up =(

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   We all have time to have a moment of silence for these beautiful souls. RIP Rosy.

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    I balled my eyes out and I hope I never stop caring this much about the animals that come into the clinic for our help....

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    So sad :( I am not looking forward to Euthanasia.

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32. seldomlate said: ohgod, I’m crying. :/
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34. doityourselforgasms said: She’s so cute. :(