Re: Head shake symptom - Spencer - 2 different abx at same time

[Nina]

Jimmy's story is very sad.  I'm so sorry that happened to the two of you.  We just can't allow ourselves to second guess what is in the past.  We can't know what would have happened if we took a different course than we did.  How can you possibly know what the outcome might have been?  You did what you thought was best for him, perhaps if the shelter knew how committed you were to his care and life they might have handled things differently.  We don't know if their decision wasn't what was best for Jimmy overall.  Perhaps he would have suffered if his life was extended further.  I believe everything happens for a reason.  Jimmy had a huge effect on your life.  His death, however timely, or untimely helped to shape who you are today and the decisions you now make.  I'd say he was a very valuable teacher to you, and now to us as well.  Bless you little Jimmy and thank you.  Thank you again for sharing his story. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote that the Elisa FIV test is wrong 80% of the time, but meant 20%.  I seem to have transposed the percentages.    I have learned a lot from the mistakes I made with positives early on, but most of my mistakes resulted in death (the foster I wrote about, and heavy stress from confinement causing lymphoma in two of mine, I think).  I know that happens frequently, but it is very hard to live with.  The shelter that my cats came from is a small volunteer shelter with about 150 cats. They are the only ones in MA that take positives, to my knowledge. They never euthanize due to FeLV or FIV status. But they don't do a lot of diagnostic testing or care for problems either. When there is a problem and a cat stops eating, they normally give fluids and antibiotics and force-feed for a week, and if the cat does not start eating again at the end of the week they euthanize. It horrifies me, and at the same time I know they are better about the positives than most shelters.  If I had really understood the whole thing I never would have brought Jimmy back to them when he stopped eating. But I did not know what to do at the time, and did not know their policy, and had had the cats less than a month and was leaving for a few days to visit a relative so thought he would be in better care there.  I usually tell people that I took 6 positives from the shelter, but in reality I took 7 if you count Jimmy. I just usually find it too painful to count him.   Michelle