RE: "Light" positive? Help!

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

We just LOVE our Nina – her words are always so healing and so true..   I have to share a story where my sister’s dog was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer 16 years ago.. the doctor had prognosed only 6 months live at that time.. and my sister decided to fight with her and do everything she could to help.. but she was not going to let a cancer take away her doggy.. and I guess what..the doggy lived 16 more years instead of 6 more months.. who would have expected it?  The doggy outlived all other doggies (her sisters and brothers)…… life is a journey.. a death is just a destination for all of us.. why not trying to enjoy with the ones you love.. and make the best of it… I have a kitty with profound CRF kitty right now, and his name is Hannibal.. because you cannot cure CRF,, I don’t know how long more I could spend time with my baby, Hannibal. I take every day as a gift… and I don’t see a death is a final destination either…. Chin up.. feLk positive does not mean anything by itself.. she could have many many years to spend with you..   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 4:18 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: "Light" positive? Help!   Nina's words are so true.  One of the best things you can do for your babies - who are so sensitive to how you feel - is to let them feel your healing love, your hope, and your calm. I'm glad you came here.  We're all in this together.  Every day is precious.   In a message dated 6/9/2006 4:46:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Aww Kelley, I'm sorry.  We really can relate to what you're going through.  It is devastating news to hear someone in your care has tested pos.  You're right, you don't know exactly what you're up against yet.  Why not try to expect the best instead of the worst?  Our words and visualizations DO have power.  At the very least, you can make yourself sick with all this worry and forgetting to eat.  I won't suggest you dry your tears, that's a stupid thing to say, but you have to keep yourself healthy if you're going to do the best you can to help your little charges stay healthy.  The general public and veterinary community as a whole have come to equate felv and fiv as a death sentence.  But sweetheart, life is a death sentence.  It's what we do with that life, it's in the way we live the time we have here, (felines and humans alike), that makes the difference in the quality of our life and the time we've been given.  While it's true that most of our positives become symptomatic, it isn't necessarily so that they will.  Some "throw" the virus and later test negative.  You just don't know what will happen.  Even with the formidable obstacles in dealing with this disease, there have been many, many miracles of recovery and longevity.  It is a daunting task to remain upbeat while we sift through all the conflicting/lacking information that we encounter.  Take care of yourself and those little babies the best you can.  One day at a time, one moment to the next is the only way we can "handle" the things that life throws at us.  I don't mean to sound Polly Anna, but you will be surprised to find, as most of us have, that the grief is counterbalanced with incredible joy.  Even being through the heartache of losing my sweet felv babies, knowing them and loving them is something I would never change. Sending you supportive and healing energy, Nina  They are cute, but even with a sleeping pill I had problems sleeping last night, having nightmares of dead and dying cats and kittens, and I forgot to eat too.  And I have been crying all day, and I don't even know anything yet.  How am I going to handle it when I actually know something?