When he started to get sick, I worried. I knew he had a pre-existing condition. But the grief and shock when the doctor told me he was terminal, paralleled some of the hardest moments in my life prior.
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As he refused to eat, when the steroids did not work, I begged Allah to have mercy on him. I prayed for a cure, even when I thought a cure was impossible.
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Because I believe in miracles. I also believe that if my prayers were not answered as asked, that they may be answered with something better for him and me.
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Last night, I prayed istikhara, pleading with Allah to guide me to through this life or death decision. I consulted with my family, friends, and the veterinarian. While I had hoped for a few more days, everyone agreed, Fiasco had other needs.
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He was doing his best to be his old self even this morning. He was jumping on shelves to investigate things and the counters to play. But he was slowing down, sleeping more, meowing at his food and then walking away from it with his head hung low. Hungry but unable to eat.
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Delaying the inevitable might seem to help me but it would hurt him. I could not bear that. I kept wishing I had found out earlier, but there was mercy in the timing. I found out after having nearly a full month at home with him.
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I was fortunately too late to try something drastic and painful and unlikely to succeed, which would cause him more pain. I was also fortunately early enough to be able to see him through with dignity, before he suffered too long from the cancer or starvation.
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He cleaned himself. He could barely eat, but his coat looked shiny and soft. He inspired me to dress up to go out with him today. My parents called and cried on video with him, with us.
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He was seen off to the veterinarian by half a dozen of his aunties and several of his favorite nieces and nephews. Countless more of you prayed.
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Fiasco’s last memory will be of me holding him. Finding the words is hard. Fighting the tears is harder. I take comfort in knowing Allah’s love and mercy are vast. For as much as I adored him, it was a fraction of his closeness to Allah. May we be reunited in the best of places.
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I’m so sorry for your loss. May Allah give you sabr.
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