I am so sorry, Tad, to hear about your beloved, beautiful Annie. I know that when she came to live with you she had a whole new lease of life. I'm glad that in her new life with you she knew what it was to be truly cared for and loved.... I'm glad she knew that right until the end, and did not pass away alone. Thank you for taking Annie into your home---and thank you too for all that you do for kitties in need of help and a real home. You are in my thoughts on this sad day. Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tad Burnett Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Annie is gone Sadly I have to report another FeLV+ has passed on today... Annie was a beautiful calico with a white milk mustache... She came to live with me about a year and a half ago... She was a stray who was brought into a shelter in NJ... She had a huge gash in her side probably from a car but she was healing well from that but she tested pos and had to live in a cage with the dogs at the vets... The dogs didn't seem to bother her and she was friendly with people and she was friendly with me until I brought her in the room with my other FeLV+ cats...She established her own corner with a window of her own and kept everyone else out...I gave her her own food and box there and she would let me pat her if no one else was around.... About a month ago she stopped eating and we found she had become anemic ...I put her in my isolation cage and put her on vitamins the vet gave us and got her eating AD.. After a few days she seemed to be getting better and badly wanted out of the cage so I let her out... For a few days she was impossible to catch and didn't always get her vitamins but soon she started to slide again and she was easy to catch and medicate and we started seringe feeding... She took that easily and we had her gaining weight again... In the process she was spending more and more time on my bed where the rest of the cats all hang out and soon my feral cat who won't let me pat her but was very quick to make friends with the other cats was able to snuggle with Annie.... The best thing of this is now the feral cat has suddenly decided it is OK to be touched by humans and she even let me pick her up for a minute without struggling.... I have been following Wendy and Cricket as it has been so close to Annie...Yesterday she was too weak to make it to her litter box even though I had placed it up level with the bed for her...This was her first accident....I was struggling with the same thought of if I should PTS but she seemed to rest comfortably and took the seringe feedings fairly well...We had gone to smaller feedings more often....I was so happy when Wendy decided to try the feeding tube yesterday as I was looking to Wendy for guidance ....But then it was so very sad to here this morning that Cricket had passed during the night....Annie ate well for a bit but then stopped swallowing and then again the next feeding she didn't want to take anything.... Shortly after that she was resting on my stomach as I patted her and she let out a cry and then I noticed that she had stopped breathing... It was over...I believe she was comfortable and new she was loved right up to the end... Some are very close all their life and others. like Anie its just at the end but it doesn't make it any easier to say good buy..... Michelle said it all.." But it does not get easier, as far as I can tell. Just less surprising." I will miss you sweet Annie and I hope we do get to meet again.... Tad <hr> IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP) of that transaction or matter, and (ii) such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayers particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor <hr> This email and any files transmitted with it are 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. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
