I’m gonna go controversial and compare humans to dogs: when my dear granny dog got her stomach full on cancer, she got really sick real soon. The vets did all the scans, blood tests, and x-rays but in the end, it was very clear: she was dying and in pain and it was time to let her go. The thought of keeping her here, doing invasive surgeries that might or might not help while showering her in even more pain was unbearable an the vet straight out told me she wouldn’t do it even if I asked. Of course, I didn’t. I took her home, spent my last day with her, and the next day took her to the vet and held her in my arms as she was put to sleep.
And it breaks my heart that we can show more mercy and compassion to our animal friends than our own family. That we (and the doctors) think it’s more noble to lie in bed in pain, confused, scared, and helpless. That it makes us better humans when we say we can’t kill people just because it’s convenient.
It breaks my heat and makes me unreasonably angry and frustrated that people can’t seem to understand the difference between killing and letting a loved one go.
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Date: 2020-03-22 12:03 pm (UTC)And it breaks my heart that we can show more mercy and compassion to our animal friends than our own family. That we (and the doctors) think it’s more noble to lie in bed in pain, confused, scared, and helpless. That it makes us better humans when we say we can’t kill people just because it’s convenient.
It breaks my heat and makes me unreasonably angry and frustrated that people can’t seem to understand the difference between killing and letting a loved one go.