cindy reasoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am so sorry to read about your loss. It is
heartbreaking to deal with the loss of one but to
lose 3 so close together is just terrible. Your in my
thoughts and prayers.
Cindy
--- Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I sadly have 3 babies to add - all 3 were about 2-2
> 1/2 years old. My little Jack died on Jan. 21. He
> was the sweetest little orange tabby boy, no bigger
> than a 6 month old kitten. During his last weeks he
> was always cold so he always beat me to bed at night
> and was waiting under the covers for me. Our vet
> suspects that he had feleuk in his bone marrow but
> we didn't test him - and on the snap tests he
> repeatedly tested negative.
>
> On Feb. 8th I lost Cheyenne. She was a little
> Siamese baby - small but not as small as Jack. She
> was definitely feleuk positive. She came to me at 4
> months from a Tx kill shelter -- in fact Gloria and
> I read about her on this list - and Gloria went to
> Tx to pick her up along with a great big ol' dlh
> orange tabby boy, Charlie, who is FIV+ -- and
> thriving. For the first few weeks I had to make
> Cheyenne let me hold her - and then one day in my
> arms she just sighed this big sigh and relaxed and
> became my sweet outgoing little girl.
>
> Then, on Feb 9, Sweet Willie Brown died. He was a
> tiny tabby when he came to our rescue group - spent
> his whole kittenhood with one sickness or another
> and the for the last year and a half was so thin
> that he looked to be at death's door. He also
> repeatedly tested negative and our vet suspects
> feleuk in the marrow. Just a few months ago
> extensive bloodwork showed nothing but a little
> anemia and a slightly elevated white count. He
> finally began to put on weight and I took him to our
> Board meeting on the 20th to show off how chubby he
> was. He has always been a favorite of everyone in
> our rescue group- and he spent the evening sitting
> on one shoulder and then another. Shoulders were
> his "thing". I miss that "out of nowhere" feather
> touch as he landed on my shoulder - have shoulder
> will pounce.
>
> There are now 3 more angels in the heavens and I
> know they are playing together, all healthy, at the
> Rainbow Bridge.
>
>
>
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