Loss

I got the call this morning that our hepatocutaneous sydrome-diabetic patient passed away last night. He had been doing very poorly this week, had stopped eating and drinking and his owner was no longer medicating him since he was refusing everything she tried. She was struggling with the thought of euthanasia, and was hoping that he would die peacefully at home. It was a very quiet and peaceful death for him and he was able to be surrounded by his owners, litter mate and all his familiar things as he died. Now his fight is over and he is at rest. It is still hard.