End of life
Do any of us think about our own deaths ? Do u know how my dog died? In my arms. He had been growing weaker over the last few months, and then he just sort of made pleading noises and dragged himself to where I was .. and he had this rattling breath. But I think it was the best way to die...not suffer from some other incurable condition and not be made to suffer at a vet’s hands. U know how as doctors, unassumingly, we tend to prolong a lot of suffering. I really don't know how death is peaceful… is it ever? I wondered later if I should have taken him to a vet knowing he was growing thin and weak. I think not. He had lived his life and was dying with d...