It is hard to let them go, but now he is in a better place and knows no pain. We are the only ones suffering. I am sure that God will send you another soul to look after, He always does for me. You won't forget Terence, but a new one gives you someone else to love and eases the pain.
---- "Katherine K." <kaths...@gmail.com> wrote: > We said good bye to one of our 8 month old FeLV kittens, Terence, > yesterday. He had been declining for a couple of weeks and was very thin, > and definitely not as active has his 3 siblings still are. We tried making > him eat wet food but it just wasn't working and the last day or two we > didn't hear any purring. So we felt it was time for him to be in a better > place. > > As the vet was giving him the first injection to anesthetize him he > squirmed around and bit me on the first knuckle and cuticle area of my > finger. I've been scratched millions of times by cats and know how to > clean scratches, but had never actually been bitten. I had been following > this thread all weekend so I let it bleed out, then cleaned it up after we > got home with him. Overnight my finger swelled up and looks infected, and I > have a strange pain in my armpit (same arm) that I'm wondering if it's > related. > > I took a couple of Cephalexin doses but I'm going to the doc this morning > since it's still pretty painful and swollen. > > We've had Terence and his siblings since they were 2 weeks old back in > April. Yesterday was a bittersweet day but I'm relieved knowing he's no > longer languishing. I'm also grateful for this listserv. > > Katherine _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
