Final Gift

It may be a strange way of thinking about it, but I feel like the final kindness or gift we can give Kiggy is a peaceful death. We could wait to see her deteriorate further, to stop eating completely, to cry out in pain, to make it easier on us to make this terrible choice. Or we can choose to let her die peacefully - now before she gets worse, while she can still get some rest and enjoy her chicken broth.

So tomorrow at 4:30 PM, we'll take her to Dr. Bass and let him euthanize her. He will sedate her and give her an IV. She will get an overdose of barbiturates and fall asleep forever. Not a bad way to go.

We're having her cremated and her ashes will be returned to us in a cedar box. We haven't decided what we'll do with the ashes yet.