On 9/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nina,I'm so glad he is home! He must have need some "me" time and is now ready to be cuddled and loved again!Maggie-------------- Original message --------------
From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> You people are not going to believe this. Spencer has come home! I
> can't believe it myself. He sauntered up while I was putting food out
> for the ferals. For a second, I thought he was an apparition. I had to
> blink hard, he just seemed to be saying, hi Mom, like it was any other
> day. He looked so good, so bright and ALIVE! I ushered him inside and
> he took a big long drink of water. I was thinking of what Leslie said
> about her friend, I was thinking about miracles. When I came back from
> making his bed he was sprawled out on his side on the kitchen floor. I
> guess he must of used up a lot of his limited energy to make it home.
> His only movement was that rapid breathing. All the other animals were> hovering aro und him, sniffing him, nosing him, I don't think they can
> believe it either.
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> I've gone through so many emotional contortions since yesterday
> afternoon. I had finally resolved myself to the fact that he probably
> wasn't coming back, and here he is. He's resting in the front room on
> his bed, at least the dogs aren't allowed in there. Last time I looked,
> there were four cats lying close by, seemingly keeping him company.
>
> I don't know if I wrote the group about this... The vet that was on ER
> duty when I brought Spence in called with the report from the
> radiologist today. He suspects lymphoma, possibly a mass, possibly an
> enlarged heart. I asked them, (at the time I didn't think he was coming
> back), if they would be able to prescribe something that would possibly
> put him into remission, or at the very least make him more comfortable.> She told me that sinc e the lymph node aspirate they attempted hadn't
> been successful, they would have to do more tests. I'm loath to put him
> through another horrendous vet visit in his condition. Tomorrow morning
> I'm going to call an Internist that I've used before, one I trust, and
> beg her to help me. There must be something I can do without having to
> put him through another vet visit.
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> I'm so relieved to have him home. Whatever is to be, we'll face it
> together.
> Nina
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