One thing we all share here is the experience of loss or the potential for it... I am so sorry you lost Coco
but gratified that she had someone to love her during her little life..

thank you


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   2. Re: RIP little girl Coco (Ardy Robertson)
   3. Re: Bogey's checkup today - bad results (Sherri Godschalk)
   4. Re: Bogey's checkup today - bad results (Amani Oakley)


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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:04:22 -0400
From: Sherri Godschalk To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco
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So sorry about Coco. Sounds like it was peaceful for her. Thanks for loving
and taking care of her. Peace to you

Sherri

From:  Felvtalk  on behalf of Kelley S

Reply-To:  Date:  Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 2:49 PM
To:  felvtalk Subject:  [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco

Lost my little Coco last night. It was sudden - she was playing and running around before I went to sleep and when I woke up she was gone. Probably
better for her that way as she didn't have to suffer through a long
protracted illness.  Sure does hurt though.

Kelley
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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:47:21 -0500
From: "Ardy Robertson" To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco
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Hi Kelley,

I?m so sorry for the loss of little Coco. When my Tigger babe lost his battle at 5-1/2 years, I was devastated. Someone from this FeLV chat group sent me this poem called Lend Me A Kitten, and I still read it a lot. It give me a little solace??I hope it helps you and all the others who have given such good care and still had to go through the loss.


Lend Me a Kitten

I will lend you a kitten for awhile, God said.
For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he's dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three.
But will you, 'till I call him back, take care of him for me?

He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and should his stay be brief
You'll always have his memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught below I want this kitten to learn.

I've looked the whole world over, in search of teachers true.
And from the folks that crowd life's land, I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love, not think the labor vain?
Nor hate me when I come to take my kitten home again?

I fancied that I heard them say 'Dear Lord Thy Will Be Done'.
For all the joys this kitten brings, the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may.
And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay.

But should you call him back, much sooner than we planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.
If, by our love we've managed your wishes to achieve,
Then in memory of him whom we loved, please help us while we grieve.
When our cherished kitten departs this world of strife,
Please send yet another needing soul for us to love all his life.

Author Unknown




From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley S
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 1:49 PM
To: felvtalk Subject: [Felvtalk] RIP little girl Coco


Lost my little Coco last night. It was sudden - she was playing and running around before I went to sleep and when I woke up she was gone. Probably better for her that way as she didn't have to suffer through a long protracted illness. Sure does hurt though.


Kelley

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:33:11 -0400
From: Sherri Godschalk To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
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Armani,
I tried the KFC today, she loved it. So does her mom so that was dinner
for both of us.
The only other information on the results print out they give me is a
?smear? on the bottom. Says ?Fluorescence? under it. Mentions rbc, retics,
plt, rbc flags and wbc,in a legend of sorts. I am sure that means
something.

Bogey is actually playing with her Qtips this evening. She brought one in
to show me. So she is still having fun. Today has been a good day.

Sherri

On 10/26/16, 6:40 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"

wrote:

Sherri, half the battle is keeping her eating. As long as she is eating, you are ahead of the curve. I really don't like the low platelet count but nothing else in the bloodwork is very alarming right now. Were there clots in the sample? Did they do a slide count? See if your results have anything at the bottom about the recheck they did for the low platelets.

Keep Bogey eating, as much as possible. Use things like tuna water or
tuna juice from tuna cans, to keep her hungry. Get Kentucky Fried Chicken
for her (without the covering!).

You are doing very well for your little girl. I'm glad your vet isn't
giving up, and neither should you or Bogey.

I'm crossing my fingers for you that the Doxycycline helps. Frankly,
though, he shouldn't have waited to get bad news. At least he is willing
to try it now.

Amani
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From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-26-16 6:44 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results

Hi Amani. I did feel very happy that he agreed to the Doxy. Maybe the
fact that the current regiment was clearly becoming ineffective made him think we needed to add something. He is going to look into Interferon for her and I am going to research that this evening as I have only seen it mentioned here and there. He isn't giving up and I am awfully glad about that because I am nowhere near ready. I don't think Bogey is ready either.

Sherri

On 10/26/16, 1:59 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"

wrote:

Hi Sherri

Yes, some of the results are worse (especially the platelets) but the
retic count is actually up a bit. I hope that adding the Doxycycline
might help. The haematocrit and red cells are down, but nowhere as low
as I have seen them in cats with FeLV, so there is a lot of cushion
still there. The best piece of news is that she is eating and drinking
and gaining weight.

Amani



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From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf
Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-26-16 12:59 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results

Just a bit of information regarding Bogey?s last lab results. She had been sleeping a lot and not as active so this really didn?t surprise me.
Everything has taken a down turn.


        Range           26-Oct  30-Sep
RBC     6.54    12.2    2.54    2.9
HCT     30.3    52.3    14.8    17.9
HGB     9.8     16.2    5.2     6.2
MCV     35.9    53.1    58.3    61.7
MCH     11.8    17.3    20.5    21.4
MCHC    28.1    35.8    35.1    34.6
RDW     15      27      24.5    25.2
RETIC   3       50      89.9    82.1
WBC     2.87    17.02   13.05   12.01
NEU     1.48    1.029   3.97    3.96
LYM     0.92    6.88    7.8     6.81
MONO    0.05    0.67    1.16    1.17
EOS     0.17    1.57    0.11    0.06
BASO    0.01    0.26    0.01    0.01
PLT     151     800     28      53


The only bit of good news is the doc did start her on Doxycycline twice a day. So she is going to be on that and Prednisolone and Stanzolol. I
also give her Petinic twice a day and am going to add Lysine. I hope
that the Doxy isn?t arriving too late to help.

Bogey is not suffering. She is eating, drinking and gaining weight,
although just a little, playing once in awhile. She is hiding now which
she never did before. My heart hurts today.

Thanks for listening.

Sherri




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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 02:38:34 +0000
From: Amani Oakley To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results
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Yes - it's the smear I was asking about. If you let me know what they found when they looked at the smear, it will probably say whether or not the platelets were visually confirmed to be low or whether there was blood clotting.

I am thrilled Bogey liked the KFC. I had one cat, a few years ago, with cancer, and I kept her eating long after the vets felt she should have survived, by feeding her KFC. My husband and I certainly had our fill of KFC, since we had to eat it something like 3 times a week. Up here in Canada, we have Swiss Chalet, which also seems to work wonders on my babies.

One day at a time, Sherri. She's eating and playing. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the Doxycycline will help.

Amani

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From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-27-16 10:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results

Armani,
I tried the KFC today, she loved it. So does her mom so that was dinner for both of us. The only other information on the results print out they give me is a "smear" on the bottom. Says "Fluorescence" under it. Mentions rbc, retics, plt, rbc flags and wbc,in a legend of sorts. I am sure that means something.

Bogey is actually playing with her Qtips this evening. She brought one in to show me. So she is still having fun. Today has been a good day.

Sherri

On 10/26/16, 6:40 PM, "Felvtalk on behalf of Amani Oakley"

wrote:

Sherri, half the battle is keeping her eating. As long as she is eating, you are ahead of the curve. I really don't like the low platelet count but nothing else in the bloodwork is very alarming right now. Were there clots in the sample? Did they do a slide count? See if your results have anything at the bottom about the recheck they did for the low platelets.

Keep Bogey eating, as much as possible. Use things like tuna water or tuna juice from tuna cans, to keep her hungry. Get Kentucky Fried Chicken for her (without the covering!).

You are doing very well for your little girl. I'm glad your vet isn't giving up, and neither should you or Bogey.

I'm crossing my fingers for you that the Doxycycline helps. Frankly, though, he shouldn't have waited to get bad news. At least he is willing to try it now.

Amani

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From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Sherri Godschalk
Sent: October-26-16 6:44 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bogey's checkup today - bad results

Hi Amani. I did feel very happy that he agreed to the Doxy. Maybe the fact that the current regiment was clearly becoming ineffective made him think we needed to add something. He is going to look into Interferon for her and I am going to research that this evening as I have only seen it mentioned here and there. He isn't giving up and I am awfully glad about that because I am nowhere near ready. I don't think Bogey is ready either.

Sherri

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