Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:19
AM
Subject: My Lucky is gone
Dear Freinds,
I lost my dear Lucky ("Lucky-Duck, the Sweet Baboo") on Friday. She
had surgery for mammary cancer just before Christmas and appeared to
be recovering well. Eating, playing, just being herself.
Toward the middle of last week, she seemed to be straining to poop and
on Friday she was having diarrhea, not eating and obviously not feeling
well . I took her into the vet thinking that the diarrhea (following a
bout of constipation) meant she might have some stool blocking
things.
What we found was several masses in her belly, fluid in her chest and
belly, and an enlarged liver. They were surprised that she was not
already in respiratory distress. Her prognosis was very poor.
Her cancer is typically not responsive to chemo and only a month ago her chest
and stomach xrays were clear, so the cancer had moved aggressively. We
made the painful decision to euthanize her.
I am heartbroken; I never expected to take her in and find anything
remotely like what we found. I'm grateful we had the time since
Christmas together. There is always great competition to sleep on my
head and she came and found room on the pillow and cuddled with me on
Wednesday night; she purred and seemed so happy. I miss her so much,
especially in the morning because she always sat on the bathroom radiator and
'helped' me get ready.
I found her hit by a car on my lunch hour about 8.5 years ago and she had
some injuries to her face and the silliest little forehead that kind of stuck
out and reminded us of a little bird.
Thanks for listening, everyone; I'd be lost without you all.
Love, Julie
"I hold that, the more helpless a
creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of
man. "
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi
(1869-1948)
Paws Come WITH Claws!!!
If you're thinking about
de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet.
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