Kristen
I extend heartfelt sympathy on the loss of your beloved Glinda and Georgie.
And I echo your feelings about the wonderful human beings on this list.
It sure helps to have like-minded souls going through similar experiences
and being willing to share.
May you continue to experience wonderful relationships with kindred animal
spirits that enrich your life.
Bonnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kristen Stathis" <kristenstat...@gmail.com>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 7:46 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] remembering my babies!
Hi! Just wanted to thank everyone who posts on this list. . . I've kept a
low profile for a year while I learned more than I ever wanted to know
about this awful virus. I adopted my first animals, Glinda and Georgie
(also a girl), a little over two years ago. A year in, Glinda got sick.
Her HCT was at 9!!!! And I quickly learned all about FeLV. Despite all
of my efforts, she died seven weeks later. I had been hand-feeding her
multiple times a day, and giving SubQ fluids daily to try and break her
awful fever (105!). LTCI, interferon and two blood transfusions as well.
As my cats had never left my tiny apartment and had never been in contact
with any other animals, it was pretty clear that their negative test at
the (best!) shelter was a false negative. I'm so grateful that they
slipped through the cracks, though! Such sweet dispositions-- I was lucky
to know them. A few weeks ago, Georgie became sick too (HCT down to 19.5)
and had also developed lymphoma. We treat!
ed her w/ Interferon (which she had been on a year), prednisone, LTCI, and
I was helping her eat multiple times a day. She went downhill quickly in
the end. Despite all we try and do to slow down this awful virus, it's
just that, awful. I've been told that the sweetest kitties get the worst
diseases. Perhaps it is because of the disease that all of our animals
are so very special. I have loved (and will continue to love) reading so
many amazing stories on this list-serve. This community is phenomenal,
and I'm glad to have found it. Perhaps my first first animals didn't live
as long as I would have hoped, but I know that they had the best lives
they could have possibly had with me, and I'm so grateful for every second
I got to spend with them!
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