Amber, I'm sorry to hear about baby Parker. One thing that everyone needs to keep in mind all the time - every living thing on this earth will someday die. Nobody knows when or how, and to deprive ourselves of love and affection even for a day, because of what may or may not happen today or tomorrow is a slap in the face to life and love itself.
--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Amber Gilewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Amber Gilewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] LTIC/Imulan & Losing kitties > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 1:43 PM > Hello everyone, > > I am new to this listserv, but wanted to thank all of > you in advance > for your insights and kindness! I recently adopted 2 FeLV > positive > cats, Neo and Parker (1 in April and 1 in September). I > knew their > lives would be cut short by the illness, but wanted to give > them a > happy, comfortable life before they left this world. > > > > Some friends and family members have given us grief over > purposely > adopting these sick kitties. I've heard things to the > effect of "You'll > be sad when they die" to "You're keeping a > healthy cat from having a > home." But I didn't (and still don't care) > what the naysayers have to > say. I know that I'm doing a good service to these cats > that otherwise > would be euthanized before they needed to be or would be > without a > loving home. Someone (who was in my corner) told me that > she worked at > a shelter once and no one would even play with the FeLV > cats, let alone > adopt them. This solidified my belief for the need of > loving homes of > these forgotten felines! Their happiness is more important > than my > sadness, as profound as it may be. > > > > I'm saddened to report that baby Parker (who we got > more recently in > September) died on November 8th. It was a sad death as he > suddenly > collapsed and died a couple of hours later in our home. It > was late at > night and the emergency vet closest to us was in surgery. > Other vet > services were an hour or more away. We saw him take his > last few > breaths and wanted to end his suffering sooner (but > couldn't). But he > died knowing (hopefully) that he was loved and that he > didn't die > alone. He was the sweetest cat ever! :( > > > > Our other cat, Neo is doing great! He's not showing > any symptoms, has > put on weight since we got him, and has a strong appetite! > I recently > read about LTIC/Imulan and told my vet about it. He > didn't know too > much about it as it's a newer medication, but I asked > him to order some > for Neo. It's quite expensive, but if I would have > known about it > sooner I would have tried it on little baby Parker to help > him. Since > Neo is quite healthy, I'm not sure what effect it will > have on him, but > I'd do anything to keep him as healthy as we can for as > long as we can. > I'd be most pleased if anyone tries this with their cat > and could tell > me how it works out. Also, did your cat have any symptoms > before or > were they asymptomatic before starting treatment? > > > > Thanks for reading and for all that you do for your > beloved cats! > > Amber > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a > PC” Messenger themepack now. > hthttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
