We've all been there. Big hugs to you.
Goodnight, sweet Scully.......
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:05
AM
Subject: any thoughts?
Hi,
I am new to this list and had some trouble signing up last week. However,
I will post the update first and then the original email I had tried to send.
On Sat. Feb 12, I put my little friend Scully to rest. She was really
beginning to suffer the effects of FelV and I couldn't bear to watch her
anymore. Walking became difficult and she absolutley refused to eat or drink.
She looked at me as if to say "it's okay mom, I need to go and you'll be
fine." My husband and myself and Rookie (her best feline friend of 9 years)
all went with her to the vet and were with her when she was gone. We all cried
(even the vet) - however, once it was over there was such a sense of peace and
relief for her. Now the hard part is getting on without her. Rookie was tested
that day as well -came up negative (which I don't understand). I have too many
questions to type here today. This was like a bomb dropped on us all. This is
my first experience with this disease and now I need to learn more about it.
Thanks just for listening!
Original message.....
Hello,
I'm having trouble subscribing to the list so I
will just try to post this. I just found out that my 10 year old cat, Scully,
has FelV. Since Christmas she has been battling runny eyes and sneezing.
Starting quite minor to now more severe. However, she has not been
responsive to any treatments and finally this week they tested her and she is
positive. Now she is at the point where she will not eat or drink on her own
(1 week and a half) and is tired. She seems like she is confused and is
unsteady on her feet. Her blood work shows that everything is fine (white
cells, red cells, etc). So I don't understand why this is happening to her.
She has been a healthy, talkative and very lively cat her entire life. It just
seems like one day something changed and she went down hill from there. My vet
has put her on different meds and I am feeding her with a syringe. If there is
no improvement by this week-end I am told it is best to put her down because
she will not make it through this. I guess I am in shock because I never
expected this happy little (indoor) girl to just suddenly become so ill. I
imagined her dying of old age. She has been a loyal friend who has been
through a great deal with me - so obviously this is hard to accept. I hate to
give up hope but she means too much to me to see her suffer. As I am just
learning about this infection for the first time I wonder if there is anyone
out there with a simliar experience. The vet says that her presentation of the
disease is not typical. But what is typical? I realize that there is nothing
more that I can do for her, but any advice, info, etc. at this point would
help me. I know that her 9 years have been great -she has been spoiled and
loved. She was also rescued as a kitten from an awful house where she was
starving and infected from ear mites where she would have died before she
reached one. Also, I have another cat who is her best friend that also needs
to be tested now. The vet is sure he too will be positive as they sleep, eat,
groom together. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
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