This thread reminds me of my first dog Jedi who was afflicted with renal disease when she was 10. The vet said that the only solution is euthanasia because the kidney had already given up. Her tummy was getting bigger maybe because she could not urinate. I hate to think of mercy-killing but on the last day of her life, I couldn't bear to see her suffering - gasping for breath with teary eyes. The suffering was clearly evident in her looks so I summoned the vet for the lethal injection. That was May 19, 2007.
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