Thread: My girl is going downhill fast

I took Rose in yesterday for a full panel and some radiographs. The panels came back fine -- no kidney or liver issues, and everything else looked good in that area. There were no masses in the radiographs or anything else that they took note of. I requested some meds for pain and joint healing as well as something to increase her appetite since she's dwindled down to almost nothing because she hides all day long. If I'm to help her with pain, which seems to me to be the main reason she's hiding because she can hardly walk, it looks extremely painful for her, then I have to give her meds -- at the very least the one for pain. At this point, if she even comes out to eat she runs away to hide if she hears someone even breathe. I really don't want her to be in pain and I would like to help her paws heal with some joint supplement(s), but if I do, it's going to be on somewhat of a permanent basis; and she hates it so much that she's avoiding everything altogether. What kind of life is this for her? I'm just sick to my stomach about this -- just absolutely sick. I feel it may be time to put her down because I don't want the last bit of her life to be filled with the dread of getting pills or fear of me. She's been my baby for 13 years. I just can't stop crying at the thought of losing her..