Please add Snowball to CLS Belinda

[Kerry MacKenzie]

It's been a painful day. I lost my gentle giant Snowball this afternoon. I never expected that. He was breathing rapidly when I got home from the clinic. I thought at first he was stressed because of losing his girlfriend Flavia. I couldn't take the risk, tho, so I rushed him to the clinic. His lungs were full of fluid. Only 25 per cent was not full and even that was compromised. I discussed it with the same vet I saw this morning. I couldn't risk him dying while I was gone, and that seemed a very real possibility. Snowball was the biggest cat, a flamepoint, but he wouldn't hurt a soul. He was terribly timid. He stopped playing a couple of months ago, but I thought it was a lazy phase, because he had been pretty lazy before. The other little ones would enjoy batting him when he was below them on the tree. He never batted them back. he was too gentle. He knew he could squash them if he wanted too, but he didn't want to hurt them. I'm in shock for Snowball, and I guess Flavia, tho she has been so ill, and I need to process it. Please send prayers for my remaining Mickey and Momcat. They are going to be feeling very down and scared, and I'm scared they'll stop eating. I haven't read your replies yet because I just got back, and I have to leave in 30 mins, and I haven't finished packing. But there were lots--I'm so grateful. I'll read them when I get back. love and hugs to all Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Please add Flavia to CLS Belinda I'm sorry, Kerry.  If her PCV plummeted that fast, she probably either had a bleed somewhere or was killing off her own red blood cells (hemolytic anemia).  That is what they told me with Simon when he went from 16 to 8 overnight.  Michelle