Having lost my precious little soul Naomi a couple of days ago, and she was only 4 months old ---"quality of life" means so much to me... Every day, I loved her like there is no tomorrow because I knew that "time" was not something we have had together.. I knew the time was running out for me to be with Naomi. unfortunately Naomi, most of the time especially towards the end of her life,, she neither had "time" or "quality of life" as she was too weak to play.. whatever she had as a illness, it could have been contagious to others.. but separating her from her brother and sister and the rest of her family was not something that I even had considered as a choise..she was and still is a part of the family no matter what..
>From what I read...over 70% of cats have been exposed to the felk virus in their life time sometime.. but they still don't get infected.. felk like FIP.. it is a disease of their immune system, and not so much about the virus itself... other kitties probably have already built immune system to the virus.. I know it's a difficult decision to make and I cannot tell you what to do... I try to do everything I can in my power to protect them.. but sometimes they are not asking to be protected... they want their freedom.. even if it means it's shortening their lives... they are not afraid of death like we, human are.. they live in the moment.. and they want to be "happy" in the moment they live in.. they don't think of the future like we do.. and sometimes they get depressed if we try to do something to protect them from what may or may not happed in the future.... Hard lesson, I learned some things are better untouched...and learned to be comfortable by uncertainty.. don't be fearful of what could happen in the future... Hideyo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marylyn Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:55 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Ellie separated from others - what should I do? Amen. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Ellie separated from others - what should I do? > As others have said, that's a call only you can make. Imho, since they've > already lived together for so long, any chance of infection has already > happened. I think if your other 5 were going to get felv, they would have > by now. The fact that Oreo tested pos and then re-tested neg tells me > that he's probably already thrown the virus and is not in any danger. The > more you learn about felv, the more you'll see that it's one giant crap > shoot. The "safest" course of action is to put Ellie to sleep, the second > is to keep her separated. To me these are both unacceptable. I tend to > opt for quality over quantity anyway. You'll get varying opinions about > what people on the list do. One thing I can tell you, is that no matter > what the outcome might have been, (none of my negs ever tested pos after > living with my pos cats for 2 years), I wouldn't have been sorry about my > decision. I'm learning, slowly, that I don't have the sort of control > that I once thought I did. These days, I'm much better about making > decisions based on everyone's quality of life, rather than trying to keep > everyone as "safe" as possible. It's probably "safer" for Ellie to keep > her secluded because she's more vulnerable to picking up disease from your > other cats. If she's miserable though, is it worth it? What ever you > decide, make peace with it and accept the consequences, be they good or > bad. What else can we do? > Nina > > Kathi Clark wrote: > >> Yes, I do have Ellie separated from everyone else and it's breaking my >> heart; she's so lonely. What should I do? > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/407 - Release Date: 8/3/2006 > >
