This last week my family had to put down our loving companion, Nilla. She was old and blind. A couple of years ago she lost her eyes to hypertension. In the last couple of months we watched her health decline. She started losing control of her rear legs and having seizures. The vet told us that she was undergoing liver failure and had no more than a few days to live, and that those last days would be painful. So we made the difficult, and as far as we are concerned merciful, decision to put her to sleep…
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