Lemon8Diary
⚠️CW: Pet Loss⚠️
We had to put down my eight-year-old dog, Lilly, today. Back in April, she was diagnosed with cancer and for the last two months she has been going downhill very quickly. Even though we had her end-of-life appointment scheduled for a whole month, it didn’t feel real to me until this morning when I had to say goodbye.
I’ve lost pets before, but this one was different. She was only 8, she was so young.
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