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Just to prove that we're not complete robots:
My cat (well, one of them; I have 4 actually) had been acting lethargic all week and rejecting her food. Finally got her to the vet Friday morning and got the bad news that her kidneys are failing and that I'll have to put her to sleep.
This is the first time I've had to deal with this. While the vet was running the stats past me, I was thinking about five steps ahead. Basically, what it amounted to was that I wanted my pet home for the weekend so that I could:
1) Get pictures
2) Contact my daughter so that she could come over and spend time with the cat in question
3) Spend time with said pet before she has to go back to be put to sleep
The vet gave her an I.V. of fluids and some vitamins to (hopefully) get her through the weekend. Monday is when she will be taken back for the final visit.
As to the "we're not robots" part, while I dealt with matters at the vet (receiving the information, paying the bill, driving home with my pet, etc.) in a "deal with it" manner, once I got home I fared very poorly and have not dealt with it very well at all. She (the cat) is only 4 years old; however, because it is a white cat, the vet stated that she was predisposed to genetic problems and likely dealt with this her whole life, but it's just now caught up with her.
Question: How do the rest of all you ISTJ's deal with the loss of a loved pet?
My cat (well, one of them; I have 4 actually) had been acting lethargic all week and rejecting her food. Finally got her to the vet Friday morning and got the bad news that her kidneys are failing and that I'll have to put her to sleep.
This is the first time I've had to deal with this. While the vet was running the stats past me, I was thinking about five steps ahead. Basically, what it amounted to was that I wanted my pet home for the weekend so that I could:
1) Get pictures
2) Contact my daughter so that she could come over and spend time with the cat in question
3) Spend time with said pet before she has to go back to be put to sleep
The vet gave her an I.V. of fluids and some vitamins to (hopefully) get her through the weekend. Monday is when she will be taken back for the final visit.
As to the "we're not robots" part, while I dealt with matters at the vet (receiving the information, paying the bill, driving home with my pet, etc.) in a "deal with it" manner, once I got home I fared very poorly and have not dealt with it very well at all. She (the cat) is only 4 years old; however, because it is a white cat, the vet stated that she was predisposed to genetic problems and likely dealt with this her whole life, but it's just now caught up with her.
Question: How do the rest of all you ISTJ's deal with the loss of a loved pet?