I have 5 of my own cats, plus 4 strays we're fostering. In October, 1 of the
fosters tested a faint positive for FeLv. The others tested negative; I just
had them retested last week; now 2 more are a faint positive, too. The scary
thing is, we were told (not by a vet) that the adoption agency doesn't normally
retest negative cats, and those that tested negative could live with my other
cats--now I'm worried all of my cats will get it, as some of my own cats were
not current on the FeLv vaccine, as they've been exposed to them for over 2
months.
Most people, including my family, think my husband and I are crazy for taking
in strays, especially now this has happened (my own mother now is implying a
sort of, "Serves you right" when I talk to her). But, how could we have left
those poor 5 month old kittens to die? They were living in a storage shed, and
they were being cared for by the employees; but some of them abused the cats.
We still think we did the right thing, despite what's happened. We do it
because we love cats, and have been accused of being too soft-hearted (I've
been called worse things!). I'd rather err on the side of kindness, if I had
to go to an extreme.
"Dianne K Perry, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you for this. It reminded me of the day Asia was diagnosed
with FELV, even before the Lymphoma ....I was down in the dumps and wondering
why this again in my life....(last year was horrible with the loss of 4 pets
and a husband and a couple rescue dogs)
anyway, it came to me that Asia picked me ...she did, there was no doubt
about it when it happened last Dec. I knew, her foster parents knew, we talked
about it.....
It came to me loud and clear that God had her pick me because I would take
care of her to the very best of my ability and would not give up easily.
Dianne
----- Original Message -----
From: TenHouseCats
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: How do yall do it?
the short answer?
we do it because we can. we might not always THINK that we can, but clearly the
creative force of the universe, by whatever name you choose to call it,
believes that we can.
these critters always manage to find us, no matter what we do. i have come to
believe that, in order to complete their journeys, they come to us because
there is something they need that only we can give them. and that there is
something that we need to learn that only they can teach us. it never gets
easier to deal with the difficulties of special-needs cats, but after the first
few times they appear in our lives, i think we start to realize that we ARE
supposed to be doing this work, and that it's not just some bad cosmic joke....
everyone does what they can. some of us can work with the elderly, the sick or
dying; some can foster; some can give great amounts of time or money but are
unable to physically take in additional animals. there are so many ways to
help, and each path is valid...
On 12/26/06, Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi guys,
I don't have an FELV+ that I know of, but I do have a kitty with VSM
(ventricular septal defect) - a heart condition. She could die at any time, or
she could live for quite a while. (If you could add her to the prayer list,
that would be great). Her name is Missy, and I love her more than anything in
the world.
She had an echocardiogram and was diagnosed with VSM this summer. I think I
have cried every day since. Before she had the echo I thought she would be
dead every day when I got home. Now I'm sure she will be. Nice as the heart
list people are, I can't really read that list; it is too close to home. I can
barely read this one, and I cry a lot here too.
How do yall stand it? I don't think I am strong enough.
Kelley
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