@Applewood
Has the vet injected him with IV fluid subcutaneously? I had to do this with my beloved Yorkie, Heather Quincy MacFeather for her kidney failure. Vet did this every couple of days. If I'd known that she was end-stage, I'm not sure I would have put her through it. She had to be put to rest a few days later. She was fourteen and I didn't want to let her go. She was so close to death that the shot the vet gave her to relax her before the killing shot did the job. She didn't want to leave me, either. I have never been able to get another Yorkie. I adopt small terrier mixes now.
The hardest ting we do is the final kindness. Still miss my girl- since 1991.
Yes, Snowflake was injected subcutaneously and the vets gave me the needles and supplies in addition to the IV bag. He was in the hospital for about 10 days and of course, they have staff to do these things. I'm by myself. My family and friends either still work, have other obligations or they don't know how to do this either and understandably are afraid of being clawed to shreds.
I do understand how hard it is to end our furry friends' lives. I went through that with my previous cat, Whiskers. The difference is that with Whiskers, I was told her life might be pronged for a max of 2 weeks. I knew she was suffering, so I figured why prolong the inevitable. After she was gone, I second guessed my decision, but then I had a dream about her. She looked like her normal fluffy self, not the thin, bedraggled mess she had become shortly before the end. I took that dream to be a sign I did the right thing. I'd like to think Whiskers is in a happier place, probably doing what always made her happy -- tormenting my previous cat, Peaches. LOL
But with Snowflake, I keep thinking if I had known my little boy would have to go through all this "health care," and that it would only prolong the inevitable, I might not have put him through it all. The vet said his afflictions were treatable, but he did not say that most likely at some point in the not-to-distant future, Snowy would succumb anyway. I wish the doctor had been more forthcoming as Whiskers' vet had been.
Yes, I still miss Whiskers and Peaches and I will miss Snowflake when he departs this earth. It's natural. They are family.
Anyway, thank you for sharing your story about your beloved Yorkie.