On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 23:32:39 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/9/2019 3:14 PM, wrote:
>> Peach is gone. She hadn't eaten in four days. Vet said her heart was
>> barely functioning. Her kidneys were loaded with polyps. Her
>> intestines were totally blocked. She had a very good life for 17
>> years but it was her time, she was suffering, we put her down. We
>> rescued Peach and Blackie from a NYC trash can, they were newborns
>> with umbilical cords attached, in a plastic bag.... it was winter,
>> freezing cold... some heartless animal threw them away. The nurse
>> at my wife's work wrapped them in a heating pad. We nursed them back
>> to health. At home Jilly mothered them.
>> Peach: https://postimg.cc/hXJV5qGq
>>
>
>I'm very sorry to hear this. My condolences. It hurts but we never
>want them to suffer, no matter how much we wish they could just stay
>with us.
>
>Jill

When their time comes and no chance of recovery putting them down is
the right thing to do. Another day of two of intense pain makes no
sense, and would be selfish, she had more than 17 wonderful years.