Euthanasia

Hi everyone! I have a 16yr old mini poodle who has been my childhood dog, i’ve had her since I was 11, she is my everything. Last year we found out she has CHF and so she has been on medication for it for a year now (vetmedin and lasix) which she takes 2x a day. It has greatly helped her and I feel has given her an extra year, but as of late, I have been thinking about if it is time to let her go….

The meds seem to not be working as well anymore and her bad days are teetering on outweighing her good…. I will be seeing her vet tomorrow to talk about it, and I know no one can really make the decision for you, but how do you know when it’s truly time? I also don’t want to wait until it’s so bad that all her days are just her suffering, but I also feel like for selfish reasons I am making excuses with her amount of good days and how sometimes she doesn’t even seem like anything is wrong with her…… Or how do you get over the thoughts of feeling like it’s too soon??? I love her so much and I definitely don’t want to prolong any suffering if not needed. On top of her CHF she is also incontinent, and that breaks my heart for her as well. She is in a diaper and she goes out often during the day, but at night she completely soils herself, and the diuretics to expel the fluid in her lungs makes her incontinence a lot worse….

I would love to hear from those who have went through euthanasia, about what helped you finally decide? TIA