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He is my heart in walking form. I had him since I was 7yrs & he was the only reason I felt unconditional love as a child. I attribute many of my good qualities to his love as my home life was dysfunctional to say the least… anyway, he was the only being that loved me unconditionally my whole life…he was my best friend as a child, teen, adolescent, & well into my 20s. He moved into my first apartment with my wonderful fiancé and I. That move was so hard, having little support and feeling urgency behind it.
In the manymany years of my fiancé and I being together, she & my boy became so close, so much so we referred to him as her boyfriend!
He had taken such good care of me over the years, raising me, getting me to adulthood, that I felt we were responsible for him to have the best life ever. He never heard no, he got (almost) everything he wanted (pictured). This was his retirement home - he called all the shots & he kneeeeeewwww it!
As years passed, his age started to show - surprisingly only at 17years did he start showing signs of age… started with the back leg arthritis. Then thyroid & kidneys. He declined rapidly at 19… so fast that I think we’re still in shock. He was having seizures from a suspected brain tumor and terrible diarrhea from an intestinal tumor. We hospiced him in home for as long as physically possible.
At some point, he wasn’t himself anymore. In a matter of weeks he no longer wanted to be pet, kissed, or snuggled. This wasn’t him but I didn’t feel ready to let go. Thanks to close friends & some redditors, we made the terribly difficult, heartbreaking decision of home euthanasia. We didn’t want him to suffer any more than he already may have. We sat every day and night watching him with bated breath worrying about another seizure he wouldn’t come out of.
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My fiancé took on the task of finding the at home euthanasia service & not only coordinating shipment but packing our boy to get him professionally articulated so that I can have him back as more than a box of ash. She took on so much to make sure that our boy was taken care of and safe in his final moments. I don’t know if she knows how grateful I am for her love of us, her care, her deep loyalty to make sure that he was safe every moment. Our other boys are so weird now… our 15yr old creamsicle that grew up with my boy hides constantly (we got his blood run after we had to put my boy to sleep, he is physically healthy). Our 4yr old is chatty/ whiney, and our 1yr old is clingy whiney and sniffs around constantly.
I don’t really know why I’m writing here. I just miss him desperately. I have been in denial & I just keep waiting for him to show up. Yesterday I looked at the last photos of him… it hit me really hard- those are the last pictures I will ever have of my boy. That rips me apart. How am I supposed to go the rest of my life without him? Honestly? Every single day since his passing feels pointless. I don’t want to be home anymore but I have so much anxiety when I leave the house.
I miss him so much that it makes me feel empty. I literally feel hollow. The sadness is overwhelming and it hurts the worst at night. He isn’t there to race us to bed to get the middle and snuggle. He isn’t taking up as many pillows as physically possible. He isn’t there for me to give him a million kisses. He doesn’t wait for his secret treat and 5th brekkie. He doesn’t yell at us for fresh water from the sink. He isn’t basking in the window getting warm from his heated blanket and the sunlight.
I need him to come back to me. Will he come back? Where do I look for him? I just need to know that I will have him again, I don’t know if I can do life without him.
Thanks for listening 🩷