Thank you all for everything you said to me and for helping me through
the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life.
 
After seeing Ferry deteriorate and stop eating (the last thing he seemed
to be able to enjoy), we decided to put an end to his suffering.  We
figured he still had at least a few days to live, but at what expense?
So we didn't have to make a difficult decision while he suffered gasping
for air?  Yesterday as we were going to the hospital, he started to get
worse, he couldn't breath and I had to breath for him to alleviate his
suffering.  We were with him till the end.  He isn't suffering any
longer.
 
Ferry, you're free to play again and do everything you liked to do.  Let
you sister Minnie show you the way.  We love you very much and you'll
always be with us.
 
Ferry's liver was in really bad shape, as well as one kidney.  The tumor
wasn't a tumor after all.  It was a pocket of fat (which my vet said
had only seen in cats) surrounding the left kidney.  I don't know what
condition his heart and pancreas were in.  I didn't think of asking at
that time.  The only thing I know is that his lungs were filled with
fluid despite the lasix (I could hear the fluid).
 
I know he isn't suffering anymore and that is the only thing that
matters.
 
Thank you all again.
 
-Luis, Wendy, Jordan (our soon to be born baby girl),
 and Amber & P.J.
 _______________________________________________________________
 
Jose Luis Lujan
 
Cleveland FES Center - Technical Development Laboratory
Biomedical Engineering Department - Case Western Reserve University
Bingham Building 306
10900 Euclid Ave - Cleveland, OH. 44106
Phone (lab):     (216) 368-3207               Fax (lab):   (216) 368-3115
 
http://www.fesc.org
[Posted in FML issue 4235]