Annie is an older cat who had surgery for GI cancer and follow-up chemotherapy treatments. My client was concerned as the treatments would leave her sick for two weeks followed by a second treatment just a week later. She was not seeing the benefits of continuing this treatment and wanted to know what Annie wanted her to do.
Frances: Hi Annie – how are you?
Annie: Oh, I’m okay, I guess. I know mom is concerned about me and how I am feeling. This isn’t easy on either of us. I know she is doing everything she can to keep me going. Please let her know that I love her very much and appreciate all her efforts to keep me here with her. I want her to know that it is time for me to stop the treatments and let me go on my own time. Nothing they do is going to help keep me here forever – we all have to go some time, right? So let me go when it comes my time, without the treatments so I will be more aware of my surroundings and not be sick from the treatments. I’m not ready to go yet, but just know when it is my time, there will not be a question unanswered. You did everything right, you are the best mom I could ever have had and I will always be in your heart. Please enjoy the time we have left together without being sad or disappointed as we have had a good life together to remember.
Frances: Thank you, Annie. I will be speaking with you and mom later today.
Annie: Ok, thank you for talking with me.
Frances: My pleasure, Annie.
Annie: Oh, I’m okay, I guess. I know mom is concerned about me and how I am feeling. This isn’t easy on either of us. I know she is doing everything she can to keep me going. Please let her know that I love her very much and appreciate all her efforts to keep me here with her. I want her to know that it is time for me to stop the treatments and let me go on my own time. Nothing they do is going to help keep me here forever – we all have to go some time, right? So let me go when it comes my time, without the treatments so I will be more aware of my surroundings and not be sick from the treatments. I’m not ready to go yet, but just know when it is my time, there will not be a question unanswered. You did everything right, you are the best mom I could ever have had and I will always be in your heart. Please enjoy the time we have left together without being sad or disappointed as we have had a good life together to remember.
Frances: Thank you, Annie. I will be speaking with you and mom later today.
Annie: Ok, thank you for talking with me.
Frances: My pleasure, Annie.
For the Love of Animals,
Frances
