My beloved 8 month old puppy, Jasper, ran out into the road Saturday afternoon and was hit by a truck. We rushed him to MSU Emergency and for a while it looked like he was going to be OK. He had a broken pelvis, bleeding into his abdomen and a rapid heart rate. They also felt he might have some kind of brain trauma that would or would not heal - a big unknown. They stablized him enough to sedate him but the bleeding would not stop so they gave him some drugs to help the blood start clotting. The drug didn't help. At about 8:30 that night we got the call that they needed to do surgery to find out where the bleeding was coming from so they could stop it. But there was a new complication. The team of radiologists looked more closely at his x-rays and found a fracture in one of the growth plates in his lower spine. The doctor told us if they did the surgery, which had to be done with him on his back, he would be paralyzed. With all the trauma and suffering our poor baby already went through, we didn't want him suffering anymore and we made the decision to send him on to God. He was a husky/samoyed/shepard mix - he loved to run. What kind of quality of life would he have if he were paralyzed? I feel so sick just writing this. Did we do the right thing? I'm in agony from all the grief.

I am so sorry to hear of Jasper's accident death. Losing a furlove so special has got to be the hardest and most painful event of a lifetime for those of us who know what it is to love an animal so deeply. You spared Jasper a future filled with pain and paralysis and an inability to run. Think of him as a free and healed angel soaring amongst other angels in Heavenly places.

Though it may not seem as though you did the right thing now, in time your thinking will become much clearer. Your journey of healing has just begun and there are many here at LS who will walk along with you as you pick up the shattered pieces of your heart along the way. It's a long journey that will reveal many twists, turns, and bumps along the way. But you will find we carry each other with love and understanding the whole way through.

Peace, love, and hugs from my heart to yours,
Beth

Your poor heart is broken and I so understand how you must be reeling from this shock. We always expect our pets to live long and happy lives, sometimes fate deals us a too hard blow. You know that you had to be the one left to bear all the pain, that you freed Jasper from a sad life. The breeds that Jasper was from are such active boisterous breeds, I think that Jasper would have had a hard time dealing with his condition for the rest of his life. If it happens that they are lamed naturally, through time they might accept it more, but asking an 8 month old pup to be put through such hard conditions would not have been right. Courage my dear soul,the love that you gave to Jasper is yours still today, today your Jasper can run free and in what is to him just a moment out of eternity. Jasper will forever be in your heart and the broken
parts will heal, for both of you.

I'm so sorry for your sudden loss of Jasper. I had a similar experience. My cat Arthur's favorite things was life itself. The head and heart battle constantly. He too, loved to run. I never wanted him to be in any kind of pain. I never wanted him to lose what he so much enjoyed only for my selfishness to keep him on this earth. I never wanted to end his life either. We have to consider the situation, the injury or desease and think into THEIR future, not ours. You have already done that and in my opinion, yes, you did the right thing. We never ever want for them to suffer...Hugs.. Ann