GOLDIES PLIGHT

My Gold fish is dying a very slow death.

I noticed my beloved Goldie was swimming upside down, at first I thought it was just a fluke something like a fish stunt a one minute roll over “hey look at me I’m cool fish”. Well this one minute stunt would than turn into a 5 minute and than a 20 minute Rollie pollie stunt. It was fun to watch and family and friends were amused by my fish’s dare-devilness antics

I knew better.

As the weeks went by Goldie’s stunts started to worry me because each day she would inch herself closer and closer to the bottom of her tank. Some days she would just hang upside down for hours. I would have to fling my head upside down to look into her beautiful fish eyes and say “I love ya Goldie” now wake the hell up”.

I knew my fish was dying.

I just didn’t want to admit it to anyone

I heart my fish

Three weeks ago my sister #3 called to see how Goldie was doing. At this point Goldie had made a new home at the bottom of the tank and no longer could swim anymore.

“still breathing” I would tell her.

No more fish stunts for goldie she is preparing to cross the Rainbow Bridge

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GOLDIE IN HER BETTER DAYS

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3 weeks later again my sister calls to check and Goldie, My God Child wanted to know if Goldie was going to make it. My sister says that he has been praying for him.

“Oh God, Goldie is still alive albeit barely alive and has been chilling at the bottom of the tank for 3 weeks. I went on to describe how BB has to use the pancake flipper to turn her over from side to side. We even cleaned out the tank in hopes of a fish revival.

Goldie is dying a very slow, arduous, agonizing death.

I’m having a really– I mean a REALLY, REALLY, hard time with the looming death of my Goldie. I’m a nurse for goodness sake, I have helped hundreds of people die with dignity and love but when it comes right down to it, I’m weaken by this ordeal with my fish. My sister will testify that the last time she called to check on Goldie I *completely lost it* Crying, sobbing, uncontrollably, totally way out in left field.

BB’s Dad thinks we should just flush Goldie down the toilet while other think we should just take goldie out of the tank and let him die, some think I should take Goldie to the vet and have her put out of misery

I just don’t know what I should do.

I’m in a quandary and need some advice

Just checked on Goldie -she is still trying to hang on, (God, she must really love me) fish food is surrounding her but she doesn’t have the ability to eat.

Waiting for BB to come home so he can flip her again.

I just don’t have it in me to do it myself

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