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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 5286757, member: 488"] No doubt. Fortunately those decisions have been pretty cut-and-dry for me to this point, but I know others who haven't been as lucky. From your standpoint, how do you reconcile what you've outlined for me with something like a cancer diagnosis? Is it naive to think any quality of life can be salvaged in that state? How do you pinpoint the appropriate time to act when they're hardwired to throw you off the scent? My instinct is generally to avoid chemo with animals at all costs (though I have heard mild success stories), so I'm glad John's mother is taking the approach she is. I've always been of the mind to keep them comfortable with palliative type care for as long as you can keep the disease from progressing, but your perspective on the matter has me questioning whether my perception of that comfort is warped. [/QUOTE]