This is a good article by Gail R. Mitchell, President and Founder of The National Organization For Empowering Caregivers. She learned a powerful lesson about listening to yourself, through the illness of her cat, Magi. (article written in 1999)

A Lesson In Trust and Faith

There are also some other fine articles on her website that focus on caregivers, which we also are to our beloved animals when they are ailing. Well worth sifting through to gain support and understanding during those difficult times.