Bob, I am so sorry. I had hoped for at least a little more "good" time for you both. I know how hard it is to lose them, even when you know it's best.
Each one takes a piece of our heart but leaves a part of their being to fill the empty place. Yogi isn't gone, he's just gone ahead. My Mako is probably still close by, and he has probably been lonely. I hope they find one another. In time, he'll met you at The Bridge. Thank you for loving him. Wishing you peace and healing, Margo >From: ROBERT CHAPEL <bcha...@optonline.net> >Sent: Jan 30, 2017 7:31 PM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Yogi's Passing > >Over the months some of you might recall my little guy Yogi for whom I >had asked advice ( mostly about his eyes) on several occassions and most >recently for suggestions related to making money to be able to keep >treating him.. >Well my little Yogi passed away in my arms on Sunday morning....He had >started to go downhill a few weeks ago when his HCT dropped over a few >weeks to 14.... I did manage to get my hands on some Winstrol thanks >to the efforts of others on this forum to whom I am eternally grateful >but he faded too fast for it to have adequate effect ( or he simply was >not one of the cats that was going to respond to it) >He got to pass peacefully at home on the bed that he knew so well and >with the hand of the guy that loved him and worked to keep him alive all >these months stroking him.. I had actually made arrangements to put him >down later that day after seeing the condition he was in that morning. >I'm SO glad I didn't have to keep that appointment. >It's been a tough go... The little guy never really knew more than a >few months of health. >There was , honestly, nothing really remarkable about him ...just a >ratty little skinny thing with one clouded over eye.... but he was a >sweet gentle little soul that never so much as attempted to scratch me >despite all the things I had to put him through to keep him alive.... >There was almost nothing left of him at the end ( started with him at 6 >months old and 7.5 lbs and progressively over a year lost 3 lbs ( about >40% of his body weight . I probably would have put him down on at least >3 occassions if it wasn't for all the good advice and suggestions I got >from all of you that helped me press on . >So now I go from hurting every day watching him go downhill to the one >big hurt of losing him.... it will pass in a bit of time( though >certainly not today!) and it gives me the opportunity to give a home to >another FeLV Cat that would have spent it's life in a cage...... and to >give a playmate to my still healthy guy who is still very much a Kitten >in his actions and DYING to have someone to play with...this time I will >FOSTER so that I don't go broke with cat care if the next little >guy/girl starts to go south well ahead of time... >Thanks to all of you for being there for FeLV cats... You all are the >one bit of luck the kitties who have come under your care have had.... > >Bob >Warwick NY > >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
