Try so you will have Saturday with them and Sunday to grieve before you have to face the world on Monday.
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: Caroline Kaufmann To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:32 PM Subject: CLS- Possum Can you add my foster kitten Possum (aka "Possee") to the CLS? He was not an FELV cat, but possibly FIP. He was a struggling, failing to thrive white w/ grey kitten (who indeed looked like a Possum), who had a rough start in life and I took him in to give him TLC and see what I could do for him. Unfortunately, I was unable to get him the vet care he needed/deserved due to approval problems with the adoption group he belonged to/I volunteered for and I will forever regret that and feel guilty. But I know I gave him a wonderful few months that he wouldn't have had if I hadn't taken him in: he was kept warm, freed from the pet store condos, got the royalest treatment of all my fosters b/c I never made him stay in the condo-he had free reign of my two bedrooms, he slept on the bed with me curled in my arms or on my chest or shoulder every night and we had love-fest sessions every morning, with him purring away, he got the highest quality food and supplements, holistic vet treatments, and a little kitty heating pad that became his all time favorite thing. Sadly though, for whatever reason, whether it be FIP, a congenital heart defect, or both, his little body couldn't keep up with his mind and desire to live and he crashed without warning (besides a swollen belly) on me in the early morning hours of Sunday and I rushed him to the emergency vet clinic to end his suffering. He was a wonderfully sweet little boy and although he was more an old-man cat then the 7 mo kitten he was supposed to be, I loved him for who and what he was and I will miss him dearly, especially because he became my sleeper-bud and I haven't had one since Monkee left me in July. He was my first cat/foster kitten to die since Monkee and that makes it even more heartbreaking for me b/c the Monkee loss is still so fresh. I also wonder why they keep crashing on me on Sundays?! Thank you, Caroline K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. Play now!