Alice, I am so sorry for your loss of Murphy. You did so much for him. I was heartbroken to read your message and hear that his time had passed. You truly moved me. I am so glad you gave Murphy a loving home and then were able to let him go when the time was right. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Tanya
--- On Thu, 10/28/10, Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: Alice Flowers <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Murphy is gone. > To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 1:09 AM > You asked if he passed at home. No, I > got home from work and checked on him, he > was laying stretched out on the bedroom floor. Glenn had > syringe fed and watered > him through the day. He was breathing harder than normal, > he had been breathing > fast, trying to get oxygen. I kept thinking any day he'll > begin to improve like > he did in July and August when he first crashed with > anemia. I gave him some > pedialyte and carried him to the bathroom to see if he > needed to use the litter > box. For the first time, he did not stand up and his sides > were heaving-he laid > out on the linoleum and even laid his head on the floor, > which he has never done > when anyone was near. He was always alert and watching his > people and > interacting. His eyes were clear, but he was exhausted. > After a lot of tears and > wavering back and forth, we ended up taking him to the > emergency vet clinic. It > was very hard, but I did not think he was going to last > very much longer, maybe > another day and thought it would be cruel to let him go > through the night unable > to get enough oxygen-the anemia robbed him of all the rbcs > needed to circulate > oxygen. He was the bravest and most willing little > guy-always came in for his > meds when he thought it was time, never fussed. He was > truly our little prince > and our lives have a huge emptiness right now. Rosie is > having a time trying to > figure out where he is, but I think she will be ok in a > while. We took him to > the crematorium and have picked his little picture urn and > his name plaque. > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org