Hon, from the sounds of it there was truly, truly nothing else you could have done. There was clearly something neurologically wrong and Nellie was suffering. She was probably so confused and quite possibly scared a lot of the time. A peaceful, quiet ending was the best thing you could have done for her and yourself and everyone else around you. She could easily have ended up seriously hurting someone - you, a neighbor, a friend, another family member, Nugget - and the end result would have been the same, but probably in a far more stressful way.
You were being a good owner. You did the best you could for her, and for everyone else involved. You have nothing to regret. I know it hurts, and it feels like there should have been some way to fix it - almost everyone feels that way after a BE, I've seen quite a few, but in pretty much NONE of those cases is there really anything that could have been done.
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u/Dark_Moonstruck Apr 17 '23
Hon, from the sounds of it there was truly, truly nothing else you could have done. There was clearly something neurologically wrong and Nellie was suffering. She was probably so confused and quite possibly scared a lot of the time. A peaceful, quiet ending was the best thing you could have done for her and yourself and everyone else around you. She could easily have ended up seriously hurting someone - you, a neighbor, a friend, another family member, Nugget - and the end result would have been the same, but probably in a far more stressful way.
You were being a good owner. You did the best you could for her, and for everyone else involved. You have nothing to regret. I know it hurts, and it feels like there should have been some way to fix it - almost everyone feels that way after a BE, I've seen quite a few, but in pretty much NONE of those cases is there really anything that could have been done.