Dear Jane, What a loving tribute for MeMe. She was an awesome girl. Her story brought tears to my eyes as I remembered my sweet Angels who are waiting for MeMe at the Rainbow Bridge. I will light a candle for her tonight. Sharyl
--- On Fri, 3/5/10, Jane Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jane Lyons <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] MeMe 2006-3-32010 > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 10:11 AM > I sent this message yesterday with a > photo of MeMe but it did not go through the list. > There are two photos of her on my photo webpage. The one on > the bottom right is the best of the two (if anyone wants to > see her face) > Say two of the grieving process is not any better. > Jane > > photos > http://digitalimagecafe.com/member_profile.asp?member=memex2 > ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ > > > > Last night the vet came at 10:00 to put MeMe to sleep. I > had her for three years and two > days and I am grateful for each and everyone of those days. > She was an extraordinary cat. > > She was highly symptomatic with Felv when we adopted > her but we managed to > get her to a place of almost normalcy for almost three > years and up until the last few months > she lived a full and happy life. > > She had been in steady decline since mid December and the > quality of her life had diminished > drastically. She stopped eating three days ago and > yesterday morning she could not jump > down from the kitchen countertop. It was at that moment > that I knew I had to make the call. > > Four weeks ago she had a complete blood work up which > turned out to be completely normal. > The vet was astonished when he called me with her report. > He said he had been afraid to read it > because he didn't want to call me with , what he was sure, > would be a bad report. I knew, despite > the numbers that she was not well. We had given her a round > of Clavamox to help her stomatitis > and she developed diarrhea that I could not get rid of > despite homeopathy and Forti-Flora that > had worked before. > We did an ultra sound of her digestive tract which proved > to be "inconclusive'' and yet she continued > to get sicker. Yesterday my husband found a mass behind her > right ear that was enormous. It had not > been there a few weeks ago but I suspect her lymphatic > system has been under assault since mid December > when I began to see changes in her coat and her energy and > then her behavior. Through it all, she continued > to seek us out to sit in our laps and to sleep in our bed. > She never hid or indicated that she wanted to be alone. > > This weekend I walked into the front hall to find her lying > between our two Scotties in a pool of sunlight. > As sick and as vulnerable as she was, she trusted them and > us. She was a strong and trusting and courageous > animal who could scale 40' trees with more agility than a > squirrel. She was fearless and when we discovered that > she was positive and could not go out she adapted to her > cat jacket and spent all her days outside or going for > walks with the dogs. She led the pack with her tail > straight up and an occasional detour to climb a tree (with > her > 20' retractable leash). > > I could go on forever. She was just too wonderful. > > I have one positive thing to report. She had stomatitis > (inflamed and sore gums) which we treated with antibiotics > and homeopathy and a topical spray. Nothing worked for > long. I discovered over this past month that the pro-biotic > I was using for her diarrhea helped her mouth enormously. I > was mixing Forti-Flora in her food twice a day for weeks > and last week I noticed that her mouth was almost normal. > For anyone dealing with stomatitis you might try a > probiotic. > > So dear friends I think that all of us who are loving these > endearing, loving creatures can learn a lot from their > nobility and grace. > MeMe was a gift and a life lesson to me. She has taught me > so much and while she is not sitting in my lap as I type > (and cry) she is deeply imbedded in > my heart and will always be. > > Bless all of you who are living and learning from these > very special beings > > love > Jane > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
