I was saddened to read about Tiger. It is hard to know when they are sick. We do what we can. He knows he was loved and that is what is important. He will live forever in your memory. Sharyl
--- On Thu, 9/2/10, LauraM <[email protected]> wrote: > From: LauraM <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] please add Tiger to the CLS > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 4:57 PM > Tiger didn't have FeLV, but he passed > away last night, much too soon. He was thirteen. I'd had him > for three years. He was always a gentleman & a loving, > sweet boy. Three weeks ago we went to the vet. Something was > wrong; he was sluggish and not eating well. It turns out he > had a large abcess in his throat. The abcess was lanced, a > whole lot of dead tissue was removed, we were sent home with > antibiotics and everyone thought things would be fine. They > weren't - there was a second vet visit last Monday, the > abcess was drained again & he was given more fluids. > Tiger was hospitalized this Monday. The abcess wouldn't > clear up, and even though he was given a stronger antibiotic > he just couldn't fight the infection. I visited him > yesterday and he ate for me and purred and purred. I didn't > want to get my hopes up too high, but I still wasn't > expecting my vet to call this morning & give me the news > that he'd died. I thought maybe we had a little bit of a > chance. It turns out that Tiger had a hole in his > esophagus; he must have ingested something that cut him. I > would give anything to have him back with me. > I wish I had taken him in sooner. He'd been quiet this > summer, and not sleeping with me at night like he normally > did, but everybody was quiet this summer because the house > was so warm. Nobody else was snuggling with me on the bed > either. I didn't pick up on the little signs that he wasn't > feeling well. If I had, he might still be alive today. > _______________________________________________ > 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
