Laura, hugs to you and sweet Bridge vibes to Tiger. It's very sad, but as others are saying oftimes we don't realize things are wrong until they can't be fixed. It's too bad that cats aren't whiny like, you know, men. ;) We could help so many more of them if they'd let us. Tiger sounds like a wonderful boy and you've been a wonderful mom for those 3 years.
Once I happened to call a friend just after she had gotten one of those dreaded vet calls. It was horrible. We cried on the phone together. Diane R. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LauraM Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] please add Tiger to the CLS 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
