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My 15 year old cat had a stroke. He couldn't stand up on his own, kept falling over to one side.
We set him up with some towels in a storage bucket and I told my wife "I have to go to work, if he's not any better, we'll take him to the vet and have him put down."
When I got home from work, I looked in the bucket and said his name. He raised his head, put his paws on the edge and stood completely up, like "Goddamn it, I HEARD what you said."
He lived another 7 months.
At the end, all he wanted was to be warm so I made him a fire.
A few years ago, my 15 year old buddy started having kidney failure. The vet tried some meds and fluids, but he just kept getting worse. We made "THE appointment" because he wasn't getting better and he was suffering. I snuggled with him on the ride there, but by the time we got to the vet, he was already gone. 😭
I'm at least glad that I was with him in the last moments. Miss you, Peekaboo!