Re: Kerry - who did you lose?

[Kerry Roach]

Michelle,

I sent this to Nina..and I don't know for sure if I put all the info down as it was quite a long week...He (Tom Cat) was my barn cat..wild as can be... He was hit by a car..received a broken jaw then ended up having all sorts of problems..

Thanks for asking...Glad to hear Lucy is doing much better...I have Inky down to 5mg pred for now...and he is eating chicken K/D along with his turkey, but I put his pills in tsp of fancy feast..

Take care,

Kerry

Hi Nina,

Thanks for writing as I know how difficult it is at times like these...guess that is why I didn't get on here much at all..This is sorta a long story, but here goes..

I lost Tom Cat...guess he was a feral as he had been living out at my house where I keep my goats for the last 3 yrs or so...I just started calling him Tom Cat this year and really trying to make friends with him as he was really wild...I could finally get within 3 ft of him in the last 6 months at feeding time and he would follow me around when I would go feed..so he was I guess you could say my barn cat...

I went to turn my goats out one evening but didn't have any cat food with me and he was waiting at his place for me.  So I thought when I went back later that night I would bring food and he would be there.  He wasn't at the time, but when we drove off, he was across the highway and had been hit by a car. I am sure he saw me turn in the drive and came across the road..I never knew of him to cross the road.. Anyway, a guy that works for me was with me and I told him that was Tom Cat so we stopped and he was hardly breathing so we picked him up on a card board box that we broke down and I took him back to work with me to call the vet.  By this time it was midnight, she met me and got him going, but he had a broken jaw and I guess some lung problem...anyway, he was responding to the dex and O2.  That was on a Tues..then on Wed. he even tried to eat something, but they finally had to tube feed him..but on Thurs, I had to take him to Arlington, TX. to a 24 hr emergency place as he needed  extra care..My vets staff was going to continuing education classes all weekend so no one here to see after him or feed him..He was off the O2 by this time and seemed to be doing better..Anyway, when I got him up there since he was wild they had a hard time dealing with him other than IV meds and sedation to check him out..I first asked them to felv and fiv test him before we went any farther so that all came back negative..but his PCV was 13 so since it was so late they didn't have a donor cat available so they gave him oxyglobin to keep him stable, but his PCV didn't go up either so by Sat. we did a blood transfusion and it went to 23..The dental surgeon was out of town until Monday..they were all gone to Oregon for a seminar.

Then by Wed. his PCV was going down again so I didn't know what to do and they suggested pts...cause he probably had some other underlying problem, cancer or something..since his PCV didn't stay up and he didn't have a lot of blood loss from the accident.. When the dental surgeon looked at his xrays she said he probably had some sort of tumor in there and the jaw might not heal anyway...He couldn't eat with his jaw all misaligned...I wish now that I would have just brought him home and turned him loose...but he might have died a horrible death and I didn't want that either..He hated being in that cage and all the poking around on him..He was a tough kitty as he fought them when they would try to do anything to him and I hated them sedating him every time...I saw him like that, too..I drove 140 miles everyday to see him in the ICU there from Thurs until the next Wed. (all except 1 day)  I forgot to mention they did a bone marrow biopsy and he couldn't get his RBC in circulation...he had some sort of weird anemia...but nothing to do with felv or fiv..as they tested him again and it was negative...also neg for Hemobart..They said he was probably weak is why he didn't get out of the way of the car as this problem was coming on and I wouldn't know it since he was feral.  I hope I did the right thing...I know I didn't want him to suffer as he was such a good kitty.  I think in a few more months he would have trusted me more and more..Anyway,  I don't know if I've left anything out, but we went thru it all in a week..

I miss him no matter what..He was a black and white tuxedo just like Bandy only bigger..12lbs.

Could you put this on the list for me?

I hope you are doing ok today..It is tough is all I can say...I forgot to mention that a few months ago I named one of my kitties Spencer...I have a hard time with names at times and since I read this list alot, I have gotten some good names..

I just hope everyone stays healthy.. You are always in our prayers..

Hugs and head butts to everyone,

Kerry, Bandy, Inky and Angel's Buster, Lil Rascal, Snoopy and Tom Cat

Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Kerry,
Thank you so much for taking the time to write to me about Spencer. Who
did you lose on the 27th?? I'm so sorry. I know how much love, energy,
money, etc, etc you devote to your sweet babies. I can't believe you're
suffering through another loss. Big hugs to you my dear,
Nina

Kerry Roach wrote:

> Hi Nina,
> I am so sorry to hear about Spencer..I haven't been on here in about a
> month as I have lost another myself, 9/27. So I haven't kept up too
> well..I knew Spencer was having some problems, but we were praying
> for his recovery.
> You will be in our thoughts and prayers.. Guess we just have to take
> it one day at a time as it never is an easy thing to deal with when we
> lose one of those special furr babies..
> Hugs to you,
> Kerry, Bandy, Inky and Angel's Buster, Lil Rascal, Snoopy and Tom Cat
>
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