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Alice had the best possible life here. She
was totally loved and wonderfully cared for. She has opened your heart in
ways you can not even begin to understand right now but will in the months and
even years to come. Treasure her. She treasures you and will always
be close.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's
creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their fellow
man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 10:00
PM
Subject: Alice
Hello everyone,
I am the newbie from a few weeks back that had a litter of five,
with one FeLV positive. I was trying to find a home for her so that
she could live out her life unsequestered, but didn't realize how
terribly difficult that is. Nina, you wrote then that perhaps she had
found her way to me for a reason, and that her home was meant to be with
me. I believe you were right. I never did find anyone else to love
her, thank goodness, because she worked her way right into my
heart. For the past month I have spent all my free time
with her, taking her outside on a leash every evening and playing with
her, snuggling with her, and just enjoying her company, knowing that her
time may be short. Unfortunately, it was very
short. She came down with a high fever, antibiotics helped for
a few days, but she began to swell with abdominal fluid and
spiked a 106 degree temperature. FIP is likely, but no
confirmed. An aspiration of the fluid showed it to be yellow, but
not as dark a yellow as is normally seen with FIP, so it was
inconclusive. She was suffering, struggling for each breath, I
am missing her terribly, but I couldn't let her keep on like
that. She crossed over at 10:30 this morning. I have read
with sorrow of the recent struggles and losses on this list (dear Ceasar!),
how you folks in rescue have the strength to go through this over
and over, I don't know. Bless you all, and thank you for all the
advice and encouragement.
Peace,
Beth
Peace,
Gary Murphy
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