A horrible dilemma Phoenix. We let our last dog go on too long but they are such a big part of our lives that it is difficult to let go. 
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Our last cat, Norbert went from 'not too bad' to really ill in a couple of hours. Rushed him to the vet where he was seen as an emergency. Vet said there was really little more she could do and left us to make up our minds, whereupon Norbert took a massive fit and died. We were very grateful that he saved us having to take the awful decision but was still very distressing.
I think you know what has to be done, especially as with a new job hopefully in the pipeline you will not be able to monitor her hour by hour.
It's always difficult to make the decision, and I've never got it right but most of the time I've let them go on for longer than I should and then regretted it [if that's any help ].
Our own dear Monty took to sitting on the stairs during his last days.
Whatever you decide, phoenix, I feel sad for both you and Lily...
I have posted before about our dear old Lily-Loo, re the fits etc, and still the fits (around 2 to 3 a day) don't seem to affect her too badly, except just lately it seems to take her a little bit longer to recover from them, still only a matter of an extra 10 to 20 seconds or so, but this evenings events seem to have brought things on a pace.
As I went to help to hold her through the fit, (daft tart will insist on sitting halfway up the stairs, not the best place to be when fitting) she would insist on using her claws and teeth to keep a grip. I know she doesn't mean to hurt, but the last fit resulted in some bleeding patches to my scalp, I have to take Mr P's word for this, I could feel it was a bit 
sore and painful, but he had to put the Savlon on, I couldn't see where it needed to go, but as I had a bad reaction to a previous scratch from her, I accept that it needed something doing.
I still feel that if we got her skin condition sorted, she would be a bit better, but to be honest she is still not "right". When my friend came round last week, the fact that Lily sat quite happily on the stairs rather than taking off like a rocket showed that she is not behaving "normally" for her.
I know it's really the right thing to do, but there is still a part of me that feels that in her own way she's ok. At least the dear old Cluckmeister had the decency to pop her own clogs, if you know what I mean.
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