I'm so sorry Laura for your losses. Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Mostello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:32 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] Duncan is gone
> Sadly, I had to have Duncan euthanized last night. He was suffering from a > URI and getting Clavamox, and the URI was clearing up, but he was still > sluggish. On Sunday night he seemed disoriented, and was crying as if he > was in a lot of pain. I rushed him to the emergency vet and then to my > regular vet Monday morning. The vet called me at 5:30 as I was driving > home from work to get Duncan's food and told me that he thought Duncan was > very close to dying. Test results had showed Hemobartonella and he was > fadi > ng fast. We talked about possible treatments but Dr Leathers felt that it > would be best, and kindest, to put him down. > He deteriorated so quickly - just a couple of days ago he was eating and > walking around. Unfortunately, I assumed he just wasn't 100% because of > the URI. I will not make that mistake again. He has never shown any > symptoms in the year that I've had him. My other two positives, who lived > with him, are fine, but I'm going to have them checked out at the vet next > week. > I lost my 18 year old cat last Monday so this hasn't been a very good past > couple of weeks for me. > Laura > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > __________ NOD32 3369 (20080819) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
