Hannah, the family dog, is gone. Apparently her pain was too much. From my father:

Today we did it.  Hannah is no longer with us.  We had a 4pm appointment and we were about ten minutes late.  I held her in my lap on the way to the vets.  We used Adobe Vet in Livermore, by Foster Freeze.  Of course, being Hannah she wouldn’t walk into the office with dignity.  She could always tell when she went to one of those places.
 
Once again they asked if we wanted to be with her at the end.  They asked a bunch of questions.  I couldn’t even focus my vision, never mind talk.  I declined to stay with her.  Like Freckles, I will not be able to forgive myself for that.  I couldn’t figure a way to say good-by to my best friend.
 
She was a great dog and a lot of company.  I will miss her.

Hannah, with her one blue eye…

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Hannah is the family dog. The note was from my father.

Sorry to have to tell you that the end is close for Hannah.  Most of the muscle in her rear end is gone due to her arthritis.  The worst of it is her kidneys have started to shut down.  The vet says there is not much he can do for her.  Dialysis is an option, but it would have to be almost continuous.  She doesn’t move much and she has started to cough a strange cough.  She will continue to decline rapidly until she dies.  I get sad to think about life without her, but I don’t want her so suffer.  We will put her down when she gets real bad.  I will drag it out as long as I think she is not in constant pain.
 
I thought you would like to know.

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