Well...I'm going to have to respectfully disagree about the off
topic entries suggestion...and I do mean with great respect because I love
everyone on this list!
I think we *need* some OT (off topic) things. I'll tell you why.
When I first joined this list -- there were a number of people who lost
their babies. It happens sometimes and there are times when it is just one
after another. Week after week it was emotionally overwhelming to me. I
almost stopped my subscription to this list because of that very thing. It
was tearing me apart.
I would read about kitties crossing over and it would absolutely rip my
heart to shreds. I would get so depressed and feel so hopeless. I was
emotionally exhausted and trying so hard not to feel desparate and hopeless
about taking care of my dear child.
I think we need some OT things here to help lighten everything up a bit...to
share a funny story...to ask a question that might not be related to FeVL+,
etc.
Yes, the focus of this list should be FeVL+ information, treatment,
protocols, experience. But just as a holistic healer looks at the whole
self...we need to encompass the whole picture of our babies heath and our
own well being. We are all care givers. We have to look at the whole
picture of providing what is needed - and keeping our whole selves at our
best so we can provide the very best care.
It helps a lot of have a sense of humor!!!! Some of the off-topic posts
have been the most precious and just reading that little thing that helped
me laugh and get me back in the right frame of mind. Like Nina's ninja
dryer pee baby :0)
I have an extremely demanding job as a software engineer - and I really
can't handle being on another list or forum just to discuss off topic
matters. I do well to try to keep up with this one.
I lost my dear FeVL+ baby earlier this year - but I've learned so much. I
want to know as much as a can about it and encourage people in my community
that FeVL+ is not a reason to say goodbye to a dear one because they can
live for years and years and have a good quality of life!
I do feed and care for a feral - Zulu - who was captured, nutered, given
shots and released. He is extremely feral and ellusive..but I try to ensure
he has the very best diet and supplements and plenty of fresh water. I
can't get within six feet of him (that's with me INSIDE and him outside)
Call me a nut burger...you won't be the first...but I really think that
these FeVL+ babies come to us because we are the ones who are best equipped
care for them.
elizabeth in alabama, phelix, antonio, tiffany, tori, othello, shakiti, and
lexie
On 7/1/07, Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sometimes I can read and research for days and not have a clue then
suddenly just one person can phrase something a little differently and it
makes sense to me. Knowing what you are reading and judging its accuracy is
extremely difficult, Particularly on a subject that is so important as this
life and death one. Luckily Dixie is not sick and, after two very healthy
years, I suspect the angels have blessed me with a little girl who was
exposed but OK. The stomatistis has apparently disappeared and could easily
have been from being on her own for a long time. I still need lots of help
keeping her healthy and happy. She is my light. Often I feel like I am
repeating myself too many times then realize that everyone has the same
delete key I do.
As for OT things------most of these conversations are labeled and, again,
everyone has a delete key.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Malone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
*Sent:* Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:09 AM
*Subject:* Some of us are so new to this all.
There are some here that are new to this virus. We don't know much. That
is specifically why I came to this site to learn. I am so sorry that
distress was caused over reposting of material. I can say I for one have
been reading and researching everything I can get my hands on. I am very
saddened that some find it intolerable to understand the stress that newbies
might be under. I have never had a sick cat—I have been very blessed. But I
feel doubly blessed to have people who are willing to share information with
me even if it is the hundredth time they have posted it. I know only basics
about this virus and understand less. I need help and information and I
thank all that have shared.
