Amy, what color was Maverick? I picture him as black and white...and want to get the right picture of him in my mind. He is lucky to have had you. Your vet sounds wonderful! How long did you have Maverick? Take care and let your other kitties comfort you. Btw - a note of hope- I had one FeLV cat (Squeaky) live to 22 and another (Stripes) live to 16. L
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing All, Thank you to everybody that has responded. This passing has been extremely sad for us. They all are. No matter how many times I see this disease take one away, it never gets any easier. This guy came to me so sick. He was full of worms and stuff bursting out from under his eyes. I honestly didn't think he'd make it a year. He totally thrived and proved me wrong and he was such a character, such a presence. We miss him deeply already and the house is not the same. It is just empty in a way I can't express. It helps to hear from all of you that can understand because you've been there. Amy > Amy, lighting a candle for a peaceful passage for > Maverick. We love them. care for them and in the end > let them go. > Sharyl > > --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Diane Rosenfeldt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Diane Rosenfeldt <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 1:27 PM > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Amy > > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:09 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing > > > > > > His name is Maverick. > > > > He woke up this morning with a yellow color and has > let us > > know he's had > > enough. We just returned from the vet and he had a > > peaceful passing. > > > > Amy > > > > --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Laurieskatz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Laurieskatz <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:45 AM Poor guy. > What > > is his name? > > > Please keep us posted. > > > Laurie > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > > On Behalf Of Amy > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:22 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat crashing > > > > > > > > > Yeah, the vet does know about it. He threw it > up and > > she said that > > > means it was recently ingested. She said we can > look > > at his belly > > > today if we want but she said she felt while we > were > > there and his > > > belly felt fine. I read, and so did she, that > one of > > the main reasons > > > cats eat litter is because of anemia and we > already > > know that's going > > > on. I've lost the majority of my leuk positives > over > > the years the > > > same way. Either anemisa or tumors. We do > full > > blood workups every 6 > > > months to try to keep an eye on anemia but I've > never > > been able to > > > bring one back yet once the hematocrit starts > dropping > > quickly. I > > > expected him to live longer because I've lost > most of > > my guys with > > > hematocrits between 7-13 and his is 23. > > > This guy is fading, > > > though, and I think he's probably had enough. > I'm > > just trying to > > > decide if I want to do bloodwork and radiographs > or if > > I want to just > > > let him go peacefully without disturbing him any > > further. I have no > > > doubt that the leukemia has just taken it's > toll > > on him :( > > > > > > He also has Bartonella and despite numerous > > treatments, has not been > > > able to shake it. We couldn't figure it out > because > > any other cats > > > I've treated have responded quite well. This > guy's > > numbers actually > > > got worse after treatment so I'm thinking his > body > > just doesn't have > > > the means to cope with fighting it off. > > > > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > I would be real concerned with > > > > clumping litter if he ate any, you know what > it > > does > > > when it > > > > gets wet. Does the vet know about that? > I > > have heard that cats > > > > shouldn't get tums, will see if I can > > > find > > > > the palce I read it. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Belinda > > > > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > > > > > > > http://bemikitties.com > > > > > > > > http://BelindaSauro.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.o > > > > rg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
