I could have said NO and... allowed Sam to die naturally!!!
By nanie2001
@nanie2001 (18)
July 30, 2011 7:18am CST
We had once a goat and mind you...she was not an ordinary goat because we consider her a part of the family right at the start. Her name was Samantha or "Sam" for short. She had long drooping ears, big brown eyes, silky brown hair and what I like her the most was she got sexy body. Alone and lonely, my husband bought Sam a partner and we named him Bacus. Soon they got kids...not just two, three but more of them.
When my eldest daughter got a high school scholarship in the city, we decided to move there. So, my husband looked for somebody to take care of Sam and family. My mom and my two sisters volunteered to take care all of them but if only Sam could talk she definitely would not want to be separated from her kids and of course with Bacus whom she had been with for years. There was nothing my husband could do except to let go all of them and it hurts...and I also had the same feeling too.
"Sam gave birth again to three beautiful kids two days ago but had not eaten anything since then"...told mom over the phone. "I've already done everything for her to continue living but seemed she wanted to give up. You decide while there is still time and you need to be practical. Sam could not make it anymore and we need to butcher her while she is still alive. Otherwise, all of her would go to waste. You won't eat a double-dead animal, don't you?" narrated mom.
Talking to myself I said...of course I won't and certainly I wouldn't want to eat Sam. How could I do that to her? Then finally I told mom to...you know I could not even say the word. Deep inside after mom hanged up, I kept on praying Sam could still live but it did not happen. She lost her last breath that same day and I had this guilty feeling inside of me because I COULD HAVE SAID NO AND JUST ALLOWED SAM TO DIE NATURALLY. But it did happen already.
Will you do the same thing as I did or would you rather let her die naturally?
Would you be practical too like mom? Do you have animals at home you consider a part of the family and lost him/her for any reason? Please share that would let me feel better. Thanks
1 response
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
hello nanie! that was a sad story. at first, i thought you are stating to a person...
but in a way, animals can sometimes treated as a human. you have loved them even if you don't know how long will they last. that's part of life. sometimes you just have to let it be. no matter how painful it is for you to let their lives end like that. i guess it would be better as well. yes, it's hard to see how things happen just that. but it's like helping them not to suffer so much pain.
i have known a friend who have lost their father. it was too painful that seeing their loved one losing their breaths. so, they have to decide whether to have him oxygen and help him not to suffer too much or die the natural way. it is too painful but then the family decided to stop the oxygen. too sad and just imagining how it all happened can be such a painful incident in every one who loves that person. be it an animal who you learned to love or a person, it's just the same. sometimes we just have to make it easier. though it's hard for us to accept it. we just have to. it's just too sad...
@nanie2001 (18)
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31 Jul 11
Hi annavi, thanks for sharing the story of your friend. Yeah...sometimes we need to accept things we cannot changed.
