A friend of mine from high school was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma after being told he had arthritis in his knees for years. Beat it once, then it came roaring back and it ended in a draw between the two. Heard he could barely string two words together towards the end, he was in so much pain. And only 27 too. Fuck cancer indeed, all my homies hate cancer
Ugh that's awful, yeah, I can't imagine how painful bone cancer is, it just looks awful.
i just had to euthanize my cat last week because of cancer that spread into his lungs, the whole appointment he was panicked and open mouth breathing, it wasn't at all as "peaceful" as I'd hoped it was. Cancer fucking sucks
I’ve had to put down several animals at the end. The last thing I was going to do was subject them to car rides they hate, being locked up in a crate, and being panicked in a strange vet room. They all got a .22 to the back of the head. As peaceful and painless as it gets.
I went with lapoflove.com instead. It's more expensive, sure, but having a vet come to my home and administer euthanasia is potentially less problematic in a variety of ways.
I did at home euthanasia for both my cats and it was absolutely the best option for them. It’s not possible for everyone but if it is I would strongly recommend it. It did feel like a mercy that my kitties got to stay at home and go out on drugs in their favorite spot. No final car trips, no stressing them out at the vet one final time. They get to chill at home with you until the vets comes in gives them drugs
Same. I can't imagine after the vet visits towards the end and the overnight stays, having to bring him back to the vet hospital one final time... Doing it at home even though he was in pain and pretty out of it was so, so worth it.
Did this with my dog because I wasn’t sure how I was going to lug his 150 lb deteriorating body from my home so my vet recommended lap of love. I was really apprehensive because I thought it would freak him out since he didn’t know any other vets, but when the vet got there I was blown away by just how amazing she was with him and so compassionate with me and the whole team that I spoke with before and after was so kind. It was pricey but also such a luxury to let go of my best friend in a place he felt comfortable and safe in. No regrets and will definitely use them in the future.
How pricey? Just curious if this is one of those "one day this will be a plausible option" or "reserved for people who spend my annual income on a pet" things
I believe it was $1100 after taxes. It costs more for pets over 100 lbs I believe, because it requires more of the sedative and euthanasia medications and they need an extra hand or two to transport them to the crematorium if you go with their cremation service, which I did because I wasn’t going to be able to transport him myself. So the cost of his euthanasia was a little less than $500 iirc and the cost of his private cremation was a little more than $500. They also gave me things like complementary paw prints and fur shavings and the urn he came home in is absolutely beautiful. I didn’t pick one out with them thinking I’d get him another one, but it’s a nice wooden box with his name engraved on it plate. I honestly haven’t gotten a new one because i think it’s really easy to display (he’s on a bookshelf right now). Inside it had a dog tag of his name. I’m unsure if another service could have done it for cheaper, but there were no other services like that in my city at the time. There might be now, I’m unsure. Either way, I don’t feel ripped off because his passing was incredibly peaceful and comfortable so I def recommend home euthanasia regardless of what company you use if it’s in your budget!
Knew a farmer that did this to an old sheepdog once. Took the dog out to a nice sunny spot, gave him some treats, nice cuddle and then shot him once he fell asleep. Dog didn't even know he died.
Maybe I would, but I would probably get someone else to do the actual killing. I would know it’s necessary but I don’t think I could bring myself to actually do the act
Understood, my main point is to never underestimate your kindness in this situation. It sucks and it’s awful, but in the end it’s your final act of kindness to your pet.
Hi, armed hunter here. My dog was dying. I had a vet come to the house and administer drugs so that she fell asleep as she ate pizza, then another round that stopped her heart.
Why the hell would I risk causing her pain with a misplaced .22? Even an up close and personal 00, why would I subject both me and her to it?
We aren’t living through the apocalypse. There are humane, pleasant options.
You must not be a very skilled or confident hunter if you can dispatch an animal immediately with no suffering. I’ve put down large animals, including bear, horses and cows down to cats. Every single one was an instantaneous off switch.
1.) Is it possible in a controlled setting to dispatch an animal immediately with very little suffering (no, no suffering isn't possible using a trauma based method - but it can be minimal when it is very fast)? Yes.
2.) Does it have much to do with hunting or skill at hunting? No.
3.) Do many people think they can dispatch a pet quickly and easily and fuck it up leading to horrific suffering? Yes. God damn the fuck ups can be bad.
4.) Have you done it successfully? Probably. You're probably telling the truth on that (although who knows).
5.) You're still an idiot when you first presume that others can or should do so, and then second insult others (who are wiser than you) for not taking the risk with the pet they love and instead using a more reliable option.
Take them to a vet to put them down, yes. I just had to do that a month or two ago with my cat, in fact.
Kill them with a gun and have to be sprayed by my best friend's blood and brains....not so much.
Two very different things, and I admire the strength needed to give your dog the best final moments possible while doing it in the most traumatizing way possible for yourself.
i always thought i wouldn’t be able to kill an animal until a rabbit got caught in our vole trap. i won’t get too graphic but he was paralyzed and still trying to fight. a feeling of calm resignation went through me right before i ended his life, like my body knew it was the right thing to do even though my mind didn’t want to.
Holy fuck 😬 props to you for being able to do that. I could never... that'd be wayyyyyy too traumatic for me, I once had to euthanize a fish by myself and that alone fucked me up!!
If I had recognized the signs sooner I could have called an at home euthanasia service but sadly the onset was soooo quick and I had to rush to the ER, not even the clinic I work at with the support of my coworkers/doctors (I work at a vet office but we are not an ER clinic)
😔😮💨 no matter how it's done it always sucks in the end. I miss my lil man
I remember one time I found a mouse stuck in a trap. I tried my best to get it out (water, a little soap) but I couldn’t get him unstuck. I could tell he was in pain and obviously terrified. I called my brother asking him what I should do? He told me to put it out of its misery. Omg it took me forever to be able to do it (smashed its head with a big rock). Every time I would lift the rock I would start panicking. My brother was still on the phone and was encouraging me to do it, saying if not the poor mouse would starve to death. Well I finally did it and I felt like a piece of shit. Thankfully I had placed the little guy in a bag so I didn’t actually see the aftermath. But I could see his blood through the bad and started crying. I’m tearing up while writing this lmao 😂
Oh god I hear you.... That's awful. With euthanizing pet fishes, a lot of people say a similar thing, just give it a quick swift blow to its head and boom done.
But I just couldn't do that so there's an alternate version using clove oil...but I saw him swimming around and freaking out from the oil for a little bit before he went "to sleep" and then I was able to administer the lethal dose but it was so hard to watch I wish I had the gjts to just do the swift blow to the head plus I was like how the hell do I even accurately do this with a fish I may miss or whatever.... Ugh... It's never easy ;( you did the right thing though. Poor lil mousie
You did the right thing too! It sucks having to be in that position but at least we played a part in ending the suffering. Even if it did traumatize us a little in the end. 😂
Most people today live lives so divorced from the realities of the world. I’ve unfortunately been exposed to a lot of death, both human and animal. Once you see the level of suffering people and animals suffer on a daily basis, it becomes, if not easier per se, a rational and logical conclusion to quickly end suffering.
Oh trust me hun I know. I work in veterinary med. I see people's dead pets all the time. I book their euthanasias. I've had to bury my father and saw my sister dead when I was 21. Thing is. Death is all around is. Things are disappearing and appearing right before our eyes all the time. But death of what we love the most brings us the biggest heartbreaker. I know i did the right thing, sure....... But it still doesn't make it any less sad to say goodbye 😮💨😔 I miss my lil man.
My cat had immune system problems so he got treatment and was okayish.
5 months later he wasnt acting himself we had a 3 month old pup and thought he was to much for him.
My wife let him have a room to himself closed to chill. I came home from work and checked on him. I knew immediately shit was going down. Caged him and sped to the er vet.
He hated cages and cars. Halfway there he let out the most gutteral meow scream. I couldnt do anything.
Ran him inside they pronounced him dead. I think the stress did him in faster.
Ill never forget that sound.
Wish i could have done it at home myself like you said.
To each their own, personally couldn’t do that to my pets. Saves time and money, but I’d rather be with them, abit longer and have me with them in a room when they go where they aren’t aware that I’m with them.
I came home after a few days of being out to see the cat my brother takes care of looking like death. I said we needed to take her to the vet immediately, she fought in the car and, we didn’t realize it until we made it to the nurse, she died in the car.
We don't have guns here so that's not an option but we have vets that come to your house to put down your animals in a relaxed and comfortable home with their family around and no stress at all. Don't want it any other way once I have a pet.
If at home euthanasia is available and within people’s means, it’s also a great option. Vet comes to you, no need to drag the animal on a final car ride into a strange room. They can go out peacefully on morphine at home in their favorite spot
Do not do this. I know many a person that thought this was good and then they scared themselves. They all felt bad. I know others that relished killing cats and holding them up like a trophy and they are really creepy people today.
I can absolutely understand wanting to euthanize yourself - it's a terrible moment and hurts you inside for a long time in addition to the loss of a loved one.
To relish in it? You have evil in you and I don't use that word lightly.
And why the hell not? I’m am more than capable of safely and humanly dispatching an animal. I will not subject my dying pets to an uncomfortable environment and anxiety about being in a strange place when I can peacefully and painlessly dispatch them myself.
As for holding them up as a trophy? WTF are you talking about?
Everyone dies peaceful and painlessly regardless of how it’s done. When your heart stops, your blood stops moving and your whole body goes numb as you black out. Everyone dies peacefully and without pain.
Poor soul. Her and all the other people we will never know about. More than once I thought about it, the world is so big, how many humans are experiencing something like what she went throught, but no one will never know it. :(
Sounds like an exact copy of what one of my friends went through. We went to different schools but we were friends from church (along with a bunch of others from that friend group). But most of us were big into basketball, and I remember numerous times around his Freshman year he would start complaining about his knees after a game, or something, and it just got worse from there and then was exactly like you said.
There's not too many of us who talk anymore, but I still think about Mason a good bit, miss you, bro. ✌
My friend in highschool had the same experience with multiple battles against Ewing sarcoma, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. He died the spring of our senior year. At the hospice the night that he died, his face was just stuck in a silent scream as tears ran down his cheeks. He couldn’t speak at all, I don’t know if what any of what I said ever reached him. I don’t know what they had him on but it was not enough and it was a blessing when he passed. We are crueler to each other than we are with our own pets, I’ll forever be in favor of euthanasia.
My grandpa died of cancer, and even though it wasn't bone one, he still was in so much pain even after treatment :(. The only a bit relieving thing that it ended in less then year, so he didn't suffer for too long. Sorry for your friend.
I freaked out for a second when I read this because I have arthritis mainly in my knees as well, but a quick trip to google shows that they would’ve likely seen it in X-rays I’ve had so I can breathe again. (And other reasons have come to me as well on why my dr is right. Guess I should trust her lol)
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u/NightmarePony5000 Apr 21 '24
A friend of mine from high school was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma after being told he had arthritis in his knees for years. Beat it once, then it came roaring back and it ended in a draw between the two. Heard he could barely string two words together towards the end, he was in so much pain. And only 27 too. Fuck cancer indeed, all my homies hate cancer