Jill,
I'm so sorry about Gary. She was a lucky girl to find someone to give her a loving home for the end of her life. You'll be missed on this list.
tonya
Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jill Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We had to euthanise Gary on Friday night. She was
looking really good last Sunday/Monday and only looked
OK on Tuesday but by Wednesday night/Thursday morning
she had stopped eating completely and Thursday did not
move at all (except to occassionally turn over).
Force feeding was not an option because it could have
landed her back in the oxygen tank. I now believe
that the ONLY treatment for her anemia that she
benefitted from was the blood transfusion, and we knew
that the effects that had would be temporary. She
didn't seem to respond favorably (or at least quickly)
to the Epogen or the steroids and taking heroic
measures (force or tube feeding, another temporary
blood transfusion, etc.) would not have been humane,
in our opinion. She was very weak and her quality
life had disappeared almost overnight.
We are very sad but not surprised by Gary's outcome.
We were hoping she would be healthy for longer but are
grateful that we could give her a nice couple of
months so she didn't have to die in the shelter or on
the street. She had a great personality and will be
impossible to replace.
FYI: I'm going to unsub from list. I only have
limited experience with FeLV and this was my only cat
with it. Several people on list have much more and
similar experience to share with new members and all
of my posts are in the archive so I don't feel it's
necessary for me to stay.
Thank you everyone for your advice and support!
Jill
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