Lynne,
You gave him a home, love and care. It was not your fault that he had
these problems when he came to you any more than it was mine that
Dixie was positive. They come to us for a reason and for whatever
time we are blessed with, no matter what the cost to our hearts.
There is a reason. Maybe it is to enlarge our ability to give. I
don't know but I do know that they are a blessing even if it is
painful. Know that you did everything right for him.
On Feb 6, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Lynne wrote:
We don't know when our positive contracted the disease. We
purchased him at 4 years, being told he was perfectly healthy. He
died in less than two months after we got him. When we took him to
the vet we were told he was positive but for his well being should
have him neutered anyway. I will forever wish we had not put him
through that stress. He was infected with earmites and fleas and we
had him groomed and treated. Probably more stress for him. Over a
period of 4 weeks, he went from just being fatigued to having to go
in to have fluid aspirated from his lungs on a weekly basis just so
he could breath. In the beginning he was started on Docycyclin and
another antibiotic, then interferon. He was scheduled to have a
blood transfusion on a Tuesday but on the Sunday he was having
difficulty breathing, having just had his lungs aspirated on the
Friday so we took him to the emergency clinic where we were told we
had to let him go. He died of leukemia/FIV and peritonitis. I
understand FIV cannot be diagnosed without an autopsy but all the
clinical signs were there. We had gone as far as humanly possible
in trying to save him and it was time to let him rest. I still
choke up just writing about this. We've adopted 2 needy girls since
but they aren't positive. I honestly do not think I could go
through the pain of another positive cat, although, if I had one, I
probably would do most of the same things all over again. Our cat
was too sick and the disease too far advanced to save him. Had we
got him in its earlier stages and given him proper care right from
the start, I like to think he'd still be with us.
Lynne
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Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLV survey, please take part,just a
personal one to better undertsand FeLV.
Hi all, I want to ask you all some questions about your present
and or past FeLV kitties, this is a personal survey to better
understand the illness and how everything effects it, I would be
really grateful if you all could participate! AT WHAT AGE DID
YOUR CAT BECOME FeLV POSITIVE? WHAT TREATMENTS DID YOU DO/ARE
DOING? WHAT FOOD DO/DID YOU FEED? WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOUR CATS
LEAD, E.G; INDOOR, OUTDOOR/BOTH ? LIVE WITH OTHER CATS OR NOT?
HAS YOUR CAT HAD/HAVE ANY OTHER ILLNESSES AND OR STRESS IN LIFE?
IF SO WHAT? WHAT AGE IS YOUR CAT NOW? OR WHEN THEY DIED? WHAT DID
THEY DIE OF? So sorry, but your time in answering would be really
appreciated! thanks so much! hugs and good health to you and your
fur babies, Amanda, Tora and Angel Silver chan.
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