Leslie, What a beauty she is!
:) Wendy --- Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kerry, > Thank you so much for your thoughts. You are right, > to have a support group > would make a big difference. > > What I wonder is, if I lost Satch, would I adopt > another FeLV+ cat? I like > taking in the hard-to-adopt animals, because it does > feel so good, so I > think that I might, but I'm not sure - a support > system would be a big > change in this. My Humane Society is no kill, so I > don't feel like I need > to rescue this kitten, which is nice, they do an > excellent job of finding > homes for their animals. But just take a look at > her: > http://www.oregonhumane.org/cats/detail.asp?animalID=45154 > > What a cutie! :) > > And how wonderful about the retest, Kerry!!! Did > you follow a course of > treatment to obtain this result? If you've already > discussed publicly, > please send me the archived conversation, I'd love > to read it. > > As I've said privately in thanking those others > who've responded, I'm really > thrilled to have found this group! > > Leslie > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 16:25:10 -0500 > From: "MacKenzie, Kerry N." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Introduction and new cat question > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Message-ID: > < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Welcome Leslie! It's good to have you on board, > although I'm sorry for > the reason you've had to find us. > I think you just answered your own question. > I think the capacity for heartbreak and pain that > often accompanies a > commitment to our little FeLV souls varies according > to the individual > (I say "often", by the way, because quite a few > members have FeLV > positives that are a ripe old age, and happily still > going strong). I > have been humbled and amazed and inspired in turn by > the sheer > dedication of so many of the wonderful people on > this list to the > welfare of cats in need. Many--most?--of them have > suffered heartbreak > over and over again but somehow gather the strength > to keep going, to do > whatever they can for cats in need. I know I could > not have got through > losing so many---4 sweet positives, 2 of whom I lost > one after another > on the same awful day, and months later, a darling > CRF cat, who I had > "fostered-for-life" in the meantime--without the > support of the group. I > know that I'll lose more (unless I go first!); but I > feel I'll get > through it. Knowing I can perhaps do a little to > help improve the > quality of life of a cat that is totally dependent > on me has so far > outweighed any inclination I may have had to protect > myself from further > grief. But, I have to add that for me, at any rate, > it would have been > much, much harder without the tremendous support of > this group. > We'll be here for you, too. > My positives all enjoyed each other's company for > the short time (18 > months - 2 years) that they had, and I know that > having each other added > to their quality of life. I have scores of photos of > them playing and > cuddling up together which make me smile now, even > though they're no > longer physically with me. > I'd say, go for it! > And welcome again! > Kerry PS On an even happier note, when I retested > the 5th (and only > remaining) kitten of the original colony of 6, he > tested negative---he's > thrown off the virus. Yes, that can happen too. I > didn't really believe > it until I saw it for myself. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
