Time to say goodbye.....?

As much as it breaks my heart to think it and say it, it's time to say goodbye to our beautiful Sooty. Our "millennium baby" as we always called her before the children came along. She's been so sad the past 2 days, we really thought we were going to lose her last night she was so frail and I lay with her until after 2am. She seemed so peaceful but so weak. Eventually i went to bed and dear love her she followed me. She seems so clingy and petted on recently but other times she wants left alone. She's let me cradle her like a wee baby and she's looking at me with pitiful eyes and for the first time I feel like it's time. We chickened out today but we have an appointment at the vets tomorrow and I'm trying to convince myself it's the kindest thing left I can so for her. Last act of love for her, can't bare for it to get to the
stage to see her suffer, or let it get to the stage she can't swallow or the over active thyroid cause her to have a heart attack.

I'll keep you's posted whether we ended up being brave enough. I can't deny I am absolutely dreading tomorrow, the thought of losing her after being part of our family for 15yrs is breaking my heart.....poor Earl doesn't know what's going on. As for the kids well I've tried to prepare them for a while she is very sick and isn't going to get any better. They feel so sorry for her too and I've told them she may not last much longer.....