I'm so sorry Kelley. Thank you for taking such good care of Merlin. I know he appreciated it. <3 <3 <3
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > Kelley, > - > You did NOT fail him. Heart disease is not easily detected and cats > are very good at hiding their pain and illness. I had a FelV cat who > just suddenly died at age 6 and she showed no symtoms of illness, she > simply laid down and died on the kitchen floor. This is the longest > any of my FelV cats lived. Most of them die at 8 to 10 months of age. > - > Lorrie > > On 09-27, Kelley S wrote: > > I failed him. I did not notice his symptoms in time. Now I have > his > > "sister" (not blood related" by herself. She is going to be > > miserable,she does not like to be alone. I had an appointment for 2 > > other cats on Monday. I am switching her out with one of them so > that > > I can get her completely checked out. Not that heart failure is > > contagious, but I need to be more on top of my FELV+ cats, or now, > > cat. I can't do this anymore, I don't know how yall do it. I don't > > have "too many" cats overall, but I do think I have "too many" to > > handle many chronically ill (or potentially chronically ill). I > guess > > any cat is "potentially chronically ill."  By the way, I fell even > > more in love with this doctor when he told me he had taken home 2 > FELV+ > > kittens from the clinic and they died before 10 months old. I read > > between the lines that someone wanted their FELV+ kittens euthanized > or > > did not want them when they tested pos.  > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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