RE: Ellie separated from others - what should I do?

[Kathi Clark]

Yes, I do have Ellie separated from everyone else and it's breaking my 
heart; she's so lonely.  What should I do?

From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Welcome Kathi
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:17:56 -0700

Hi Kathi,
Damn girl, what an emotional  roller coaster ride you've had!  I'm so 
pleased to hear that your "heart" cat Oreo has tested neg.  You didn't make 
it clear, do you have Ellie separated from the others?  I hope not.  Imo, 
there's no reason to do so since everyone has been exposed to everyone else 
already.
Glad to have you here, and glad your nightmare roommate is gone.
Nina

Kathi Clark wrote:

Gloria,

Is your Belfield's Vitamin C for human consumption or is it the Mega C 
Plus for
cats, dogs and equine?

I got Oreo as a stray.  I trapped him behind the Dumpster at Kentucky 
Fried
Chicken.  What a joy he is in my life.  He drags a rubber dog bone around 
the
house and I'll find it in my bed and in his water dish.  He is so happy 
and full
of life and so intrigued with everything.  I think God must have known I
couldn't handle losing him to FeLV.  He is truly my soulmate.

My ex-roommate brought Ellie in.  I said she could bring her kitten with 
her
when she moved in.  She said she'd had her tested for disease.  When I 
moved in,
I found out she hadn't.  I kept begging her to get her tested.  She made 
an
appointment and then cancelled it because she "didn't have the money."  
That was
it - no concern for my 5 healthy cats.  When she had Ellie spayed, I asked 
her
to have her tested at that time.  When I asked if she'd had her tested, 
she
said, "Oh yes, she's negative and they gave her a clean bill of health."  
When
she moved out on me, I asked her to leave Ellie because Oreo and I had 
gotten so
attached to her.  I called her vet and was told she hadn't been tested.  I 
was
livid and scared.  Ellie tested positive.  I had my other 5 tested and to 
my
horror, Oreo tested positive, a light positive; the other 4 were negative. 
 I
was devastated.  I kept him separated from the others, had him on Mega C 
Plus
for 3 weeks, then had him re-tested and he was negative.  In the meantime, 
they
all got upper respiratory infections except for Ellie.  The vet said Ellie
probably brought it in and had already dealt with it before moving in.  
Oreo was
the only one who didn't have it as bad as the others.  I attribute it to 
the
Mega C Plus.

What a nightmare my roommate was.  She also almost burned down my house.  
That's
it for roommates for a while.

Kathi