Viky, Your story just broke my heart. It made me remember when my precious cat Panda Bear died of liver failure. I wrapped him up and walked with him to all his favorite places.
You are in my thoughts, and I know how difficult this was for you, and your Mickey. Lorrie > >In October I joined the group requesting information on hemangio > >sarcoma which my felv cat was diagnosed with. Everything I read was > >bad. He had the first tumor removed on 10-13-08. It came back this > >time two tumors and they were removed on 1-6-09. This surgery was > >very, very difficult on him to get over. Then on 2-13-09 the vet > >discovered it had come back even more rapidly than the first time. > >x-rays showed nothing in the lungs or spleen but the liver was hard > >to see though not enlarged. This past Monday he stopped eating and > >drinking and I knew it was time. The next morning I took my heart > >disguised as a little 7 pound black and white angel to the vet for > >the final time. The night before I laid him on the bed next to me > >and he stared into my face purring for hours. The cancer had spread > >to his liver and I knew I could not stand for him be in pain. > >Before I took him to the vet I wrapped him in his cat blanket and > >walked him all over the yard so he could see his ducks and feel the > >air on his face. He loved to be outside. So from start to finish > >he lived 19 weeks from diagnosis. This is a deadly, aggressive > >cancer and I hope none of you experience it with your babies. I > >had my little man for 8 years and 7 months and they were worth every > >minute. > > > > > > > >Viky Digangi _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org