My Dad was there with me when we put down Esther. I don't think I was in any shape to drive home after crying my eyes out. He cried a little too but wasn't sobbing like I was. So I definitely think I would want someone there for putting a pet down. Helen and Amelia are still young but I recently felt a lump on Amelia's stomach and I am worried when I take her to the vet they are going to say Tumor or something. I make my Dad go with me to vet appointments too. My Dad was with me for every appointment with Esther--all through her diabetes, and sometimes my Mom too. We made the trek every day she was in the animal hospital even though we didn't get to see her, we wanted to talk to the doctor every day. It would have been very difficult to do that by myself.

Going to the doctor--I usually do that by myself unless it is a specialist and that's only because for specialists I usually have to drive a couple of hours, we are kind of rural here. So I want someone along for the drive, not necessarily for the appointment. Although my Mom used to accompany me into the Neurologist appointments and that was kind of comforting. My Mom was also allowed to come with me when I had tumors removed from my mouth. I was in a surgery center not a hospital and she got to come in the room, though she had to be way on the other side. I was in twilight and I was trying to tell her I was okay using sign language, obviously I couldn't talk, but I must have done it wrong in my twilight stage because she got really upset and thought I wasn't okay. Going to the ER I have done both--gone by myself and gone with my parents. It is nicer with my parents there but with Covid I have gotten used to going by myself, but I prefer to go with someone.