That's a moving and wonderful story, Tad--it brought tears to my eyes. Sammy must be the first cat that ever walked into a carrier--he knew he was on his way home. Thanks for sharing the dear little furball's story. Once again, I'm so glad he found you. Even though you only had 18 months together, he had the security of knowing he was in a safe and loving home for the rest of his life. Take care, Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tad Burnett Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 1:22 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Tad's Sammy Thank you all for the kind words about Sammy... Sammy did have a full life and an interesting story... He originally came to me as SD named after the Suffuc Downs horse race track near Boston MA. where he came from...When feeding the ferals there there was one cat that came up to be patted and picked up...They decided to rescue him and when they brought a carrier for him he walked in himself... They brought him to the vet for a check up..FeLV+... But he was such a good boy they decided to try one time on the internet...I had spent some time in that area years ago so I wrote back and said I would take him... His teeth were all rotten and he had to be neutered before I could bring him home but from the very 1st moment that I saw him he was my cat..He joined the others in my FeLV room with no problem at all and he always slept by my head at night... He liked to sit in the window and watch outside... He would have liked to go outside again....But one day soon after I got him it was snowing and he jumped in the window and took one look and jumped back down...He knew what snow was and didn't want to be outside that day.... A while later I got a call from the rescue person that I had gotten him from and they found a worker at the track that had asked about him...It seems there was an old woman that had lived in one of the horse barns and his name was Sammy and he had lived with the old woman but she had cancer and had passed away... The man was happy that Sammy had a good home because he knew him from before..... Sammy was old and I feed him special food which he ate well but never put on much weight and he had arthritis but he never showed any sign of anything unusual until Saturday night when he didn't finish his food the way he usually did and was shacking his head... I thought it might be one of his remaining teeth... Then on Sunday he just looked at his food but wouldn't eat...An hour later I found him with blood coming out of his mouth....The vet said to watch him and put me on for early appointment for Monday morning.....Monday morning he couldn't close his mouth with a huge swelling under his tongue... The vet said it was most likely a cancer tumor with a burst blood vessel and the whole lower jaw was involved... He would have had to remove the lower jaw to get rid of it and because of his age he probably wouldn't have made it....He was in pain and the only humain thing to do was to help him on to the Rainbow Bridge.... It all happened so quickly that I was just studded by it all and I miss my old friend but perhaps I will get to see him again.... If you would add his name to the CLS list that would be nice.. Tad This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
