Laura, hugs to you and gentle Bridge vibes to Patrick. Thank you for giving him a home when others gave up on him. I'm sure he appreciated it. I took in someone's old cat, and she seemed comfortable but she just didn't thrive. I'd still like to beat her owner with a stick. She had had Fluffy 17 years. For a while a friend lived with her who had a cat, and the cats didn't like each other but they were company for each other. When the friend moved out, Fluffy started crying a lot, and instead of taking her to the vet to try to fingure out what was wrong, she was just going to put her to death. I worked at the same place as this woman and always thought she was a little "off" emotionally, and when she said that, I said we would take Fluffy. In our multi-cat household, Fluffy never cried again, so I think in her way she had just missed the other kitty. (She didn't get along with ours very well either but she just avoided them.) But I think she was still grieving for her mommy, who, when we did have to take her to be put to sleep (renal failure), did not show up to be with her, which to me is inexcusable. (Fluffy's mom also decided to opt out of being maid of honor at her best friend's destination wedding by just not being on the airplane the night before, and was just utterly nonchalant about it when the tearful bride called her -- "oh, I just had some personal stuff, so I decided not to come -- ", so her treatment of Fluffy was just part of a pattern of emotional dysfunction!)
Diane R. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharyl Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tigerlily Please add to the CLS Patrick Sherry and Laura, I am so saddened by both of your losses. I will light a candle for both of them. At least they were both loved and cared for in the end. Sharyl --- On Mon, 6/1/09, LauraM <[email protected]> wrote: > From: LauraM <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tigerlily Please add to the CLS :( > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 10:46 PM > I am so sorry, Sherry. I just wish > all this dying would stop. I lost Patrick (non-FeLV) Friday night. He > was a 14 year old shelter dump ("we're moving and can't take our 14 > year old cat") who I only had for a couple of months. He seemed to be > adjusting really well at my house -- but he'd been a little off the > day before, quiet and sitting in a corner. By Friday morning I knew he > wasn't going to last. I buried him next to Charlotte in the fern > garden. Losing 2 cats in less than a month is really hard. > It just makes me appreciate the ones who are still with me even more. > > --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Sherry DeHaan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Sherry DeHaan <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] Tigerlily Please add to the CLS :( > To: "Felvtalk" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 9:08 PM > > > I am so sorry to say that Tigerlily lost her battle yesterday.She had > quickly deteriorated overnight.She was one of those cats that won you > over right away.She had a way of talking to you with littlr > pllllrrrrpss.This has been a rough week for us volunteers,but even > rougher for Dr. Jen. > Yesterday I forwarded a few of your kind words to her and it really > made her feel good.She said she really needed it. > So thank you all for being there. > Sherry > _______________________________________________ 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
