How do I tell my daughter her pet bunny is gone?

[TRIGGER WARNING]Let me start from the beginning. We had this female bunny adopted almost five years ago. She was already an adult when we got her, so I'm not sure about her age. Last year she got sick and we did our best trying to keep her alive. Took her to vets numerous times, fed her antibiotics, which she hated, for weeks at the time. Last time we were told there's nothing else to be done. She does not react to medication and to give more would make her worse. Still got a little bit better, so we waited. Few month flew by and on Friday poor pet started to chock worse than ever. We thought that's the end and it was a horrendous sight to watch. I was only relieved that my daughter (10) was asleep and couldn't see it. My husband managed to perform first aid and got the rabbit breathing again, but we made decision to take her to vets and let her go peacefully.I told my child, that bunny is going to see the vet, let her feed Bunny its favourite the treats and give her cuddles. While walking out the doors with the carrier called her over again, so she could give it some more pets. She did, and said: "Don't worry, you'll be back in a few hours". This broke my heart.Don't get me wrong. I still got vets to examine the Bunny, asked if there's anything we can do. Was told we could keep her on antibiotics and antiinflamatory for the rest of her life, but it would only prolong that life for a tiny bit and might not even work at all.The experience was horrible. I cried my eyes out. Never had to see my pet pass away before, and this time not only had to make this decision, but also had to help the vet to held it down for final injection. Horrible. This put me off for having any other pets ever again.I came back empty handed and dreading to tell my daughter the true. I told her Bunny had to stay in the hospital for a few days.I have to tell her true today. Before someone else does and she finds out I'm a liar. How do I go about this without making it worse? I looked up similar topics on reddit, and pretty much everyone is saying they were mad at their parents for lying, for not letting them say final good bye and I don't know what to do... How to go about this and make it as little traumatic as possible. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3j6Fe1z