Re: life spans of positives

[Del Daniels]

Effie was positive when found at 3 months old - she was 3 years old in Nov 2004.  Her Lymphoma developed at 2-1/2 years old.    Gigi Sue was feral and rescued and became indoor only at one year old, negative, died of Sarcocystis Nerona she apparently picked up before rescue and it laid dormant until she was four years old then passed in a week.  Her last week wasn't pretty either.    Del ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@vlists.net Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:59 AM Subject: life spans of positives If it is not too hard, could people let me know the ages of their positives now, and the ages of positives who have passed? I keep being told that I was being unrealistic in my hope that Simon, and my others, would live longer than they did. I had heard of positives living as long as 14.  My Jo died at age 3, Buddy at age 18 months, and Simon was around 4.  My largest grief right now is about his suffering and what he went through, but I am also so grief-stricken at how short his life was. And it was short, very short, at 4 years old, when cats can live to 20. But I also feel like it was short for a positive, like I should have been able to help him live longer than that. I am trying to assess my expectations of this, regarding my remaining positives as well, and so just want to know what the age spans really are for positives who are well cared-for, so maybe I can be more honest with myself about what truly can be expected. Thanks, Michelle