I don't have any insights for you. I just wanted to let you know that my heart goes to out to you. I will light a candle for Issac
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:33 PM, czadna sacarawicz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isaac would have been 3 years young on 4.14. He tested positive along with 4 > others of my inner circle of seven on 3.1.2010. I did not test further but > put efforts into food and supplements. > > Isaac was big (not fat) black, neutered and active and appeared healthy and > aggravated Scrumptious assertively. This group lived an indoor-outdoor life > in the rural Carolina Piedmont. > > Tuesday morning he did not eat. His breath was horrendous. He liked to eat > - - I used to joke with him that he and I both needed to spend time on the > treadmill. That night he was not there nor on Wednesday nor Thursday morning > though I searched and called. Thursday night he answered. He could not move > and his pupils were dilated and fixed. He did not look as if he had been > attacked by dogs or coyotes. > > I took him the 14 miles home and hydrated him orally during the night. He > got up to walk several times during the late night morning but would walk 3 > steps and wobble and fall down; he would cry out while sleeping with me or > when I moved him but I did not know what the matter was. Conscious but not > responsive to me. (the crying out & walking with falling down reminiscent of > Torie Rose - - in her last earthly night. She was the first and original of > this inner circle of 8 who was euthanized 2.28.2010). I made an appointment > with a vet for Friday. He gave fluids - - thought Isaac's teeth and forehead > spoke of liver failure, said his lungs were clear and heart sounded good > though a little fast. The plan was to do fluids over the weekend and > reassess early in the week. Vet said could be leukemia. could be poison. > didn't know. > > I unintentionally killed him Friday night and will say no more about that. > That is a heavy load. > > To have him suddenly in major distress was unimaginable. He was only a > nanometer beyond Scrumptious in closeness to me. He and Shallie Marie > appeared to be the healthiest. This is the last thing I would have expected. > > Thank you for hearing my story. > > any wisdom or insights will be appreciated. > > Blessings > > > megan and Scrumptious and Luscious and Mama and Pookashay and Shallie Marie > and Breanne; > _______________________________________________ > 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
