Your videos have been immensely helpful to me in my grieving process and I truly appreciate your bravery in sharing your experience with Fancy’s illnesses. I’m so sorry that Fancy and you are dealing with this incredibly cruel illness and I’m sending you both prayers, love, and peace. Thank you so much for giving Fancy such an amazing family and life and for demonstrating such tremendous love, wisdom, kindness, and strength. I know you know that it requires so much courage to share your vulnerability with others in order to help them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Many blessings to you and Fancy 🩷

@EmbracingYourGrief

15 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 💙

I am so sorry to hear this. God bless you and fancy.

It is always hard to let our furbabies cross the Rainbow Bridge . I love Jackson Galaxy. Prayers for Fancy and you. 🙏🙏🙏. Lots of hugs.Know that Fancy will live on.

Dear Stephanie, Oh my. Blessings, light and prayers will be given each day for you and Fancy. There is such deep love there. Sharon. 💖

@EmbracingYourGrief

13 күн бұрын

Thank you, Sharon 💙

Dear Stephanie. Your videos have saved me almost daily since I lost my best friend, my beloved bird, in April. I wish I could do the same for you and Fancy. I'm so sorry. The seeming unfairness of it all. I realise now that sometimes, their peace can only be bought with our heartbreak. Sending you both love and many moments of comfort.

@EmbracingYourGrief

15 күн бұрын

"their peace can only be bought with out heartbreak" -- thank you, thank you, thank you for that! 💙

Stephanie I’m so sorry. It’s the hardest decision we make as pet parents. It’s the last act of love we can show them. I think it’s inherent that we question if we’re doing the right thing. You have been such a help in my dealing with the loss of my mother. You have been tremendous helping with Chuck his grief over losing Chip. I helped him in coming to the decision that you have. It is a huge struggle. As much as you have been there for us, we will be there for you. ❤

@EmbracingYourGrief

15 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, Mike -- this means the world to me. 💙

Ooooh, Stephanie…. I am so very sorry for what you are going through…🙏🙏 I totally understand…. Your feelings are totally valid!!! Making this decision is difficult and doesn’t come easy. Fancy will let you know when she is ready and you will be there for her like you have these last 8 1/2 years. It never seems like there is enough time with our fur babies.. Anticipatory grief is the “HARDEST.” Spend as much time with her as you possibly can and love on her…. Thank you for being there for me when I was going through this situation. My heart breaks for you. Sending you and fancy my love and a hug… Sincerely, Lorraine ❤️❤️

@EmbracingYourGrief

13 күн бұрын

Thank you, Lorraine 💙

I understand all too well the pain you are experiencing. I just lost the love of my life (my fur baby of 13 yrs) 4 weeks ago and I don’t know if this pain will ever go away. I too am mad at the universe and absolutely devastated. I just found you on KZread 2 weeks ago while searching for answers on how to cope, how to get out of bed and keep breathing without my beloved companion. Trying to understand why this pain is so much deeper than losing a human. I have found comfort in your videos and I thank you for that, although I still cry every day with a shattered heart. I wish I had the perfect words to ease your pain……but we are walking a path together I wish we never had to walk. My brother once told me, “a pet is a huge part of our lives, but we are their entire life”. That’s pure Love. I am sending you and Fancy love and strength. My heart is breaking for you 💔

@EmbracingYourGrief

13 күн бұрын

Thank you so very much for this, Stephanie. What is your baby's name? No, the pain will never go away. It will change. But, it will never go away. Because the love will never go away. And we will never come to a day or a place where we are "ok" with the fact that they're no longer physically here with us. Yes, we are walking a path together that I wish none of us had to walk. And yet I am so grateful to be walking it in your company. 💙

@stephaniec9868

11 күн бұрын

Thank you Stephanie, for the kind words in the midst of what you and Fancy are going through. My baby’s name is Lucy-Lou Rose. She is a Cornish Rex kitty cat that was like a little person. She loved to talk non-stop, she loved being rocked like a little baby with her special blanket, she always had to know everything that was going on, she was my shadow, always by my side. Our home is so quiet now, it’s deafening. And it’s like trying to learn how to live without my right arm. She was always with me. I know you understand because of your love for Fancy. You both are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope today was a good day for you both. 🫶

So sorry. I know personally how hard this decision is. One of the hardest of my life. Sending you and Fancy peace at this time.

@EmbracingYourGrief

15 күн бұрын

Thank you, Karolee 💙

Oh, my dear friend. Your pain comes through my screen and I want you to know how much I love you. Know I’m sending you so much caring. To you and to Fancy. If I were there, I’d make you a cup of tea and hug you. Sending you peace.

@EmbracingYourGrief

15 күн бұрын

Thank you so much -- I would gratefully take both the tea and the hug.

How are you spending this time with her? I am so sorry as I also have a pet, my cat Rufus, who is has heart disease, other issues. He’s dying of cancer now and has a hard time swallowing his medicine. It’s such a confusing sad time. Do I force him to take medication or let go of this. Do I stick with his special cat food or let him eat whatever he wants? How do I care my best for him when he’s dying? I feel like these decisions still matter but there’s only grief. Thank you for being so brave. I am also a counselor and know how wonderful and devastating it is to have this light in your life and then prepare to say goodbye. We’re never ready to say goodbye. Thank you so much for doing this.

@EmbracingYourGrief

13 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing with us here. I, too, am struggling with many of these same questions. With Fancy, until her last day, I will have to be very careful with what she eats as so many things trigger a Pancreatitis attack, so her diet is pretty well unchanged for us. But, I've struggled these past weeks with continuing the many supplements she takes for the Cushing's and as post-Cancer support. I know that these supplements have made a huge difference in both the quality and quantity of her life, but she has let me know, in no uncertain terms, that she is DONE with taking meds and supplements. So, I treat each day individually, depending upon how she feels. It's absolutely vital to her Quality of Life that she take Trazadone for anxiety, Gabapentin for pain, and the supplement Senilife which is making an astounding difference in her dementia (I'll do a video on this soon) -- other than that, I pretty much have stopped giving her anything else, except the Vetoryl for her Cushing's if/when she'll allow it. I just ask myself over and over what seems like a million times a day, "Is this adding to or detracting from her Quality of Life"? Sometimes the answer is different in a matter of hours. You asked how I'm spending this time with her. I'm very lucky -- I work from home and have recently semi-retired, so I never have to be apart from her at all. I let her set our schedule which, for the last few weeks, has been pretty hellish due to her extreme evening/nighttime anxiety. But, in the last 3 days, I can tell a HUGE difference (which I think must be due to the Senilife) and we are sleeping sometimes 3 hours in a row -- that helps us both. She sleeps quite a lot during the day, as she's so exhausted from the evenings/nights, so I stay as close to her as I can, talking to her and singing to her. She still barks at the mailman and at UPS, which makes me incredibly happy. My heart hurts for what you're going through with your dear Rufus, and yet Fancy and I are so honored to be in your company. Please give him love from both of us. And thank you, again, for sharing.