As much as it hurts to lose them, the joy of having them is certainly worth it!
On Sat, May 27, 2017, 12:44 AM Ardy Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, it's kind of "Better to have loved and lost, than never to have > loved at all....." > Ardy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 7:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking In... > > People around here have a name for us - "Crazy cat lady". I gladly claim > this title. > > ---- Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob, you are a true hero to these little angels. It will absolutely hurt > like hell when you lose your new boy, and you know that, but you are a kind > soul who will take the pain to help these babies. Thank you for quoting me. > It is something I have said for a long time to explain my insanity to > others, especially my mom who couldn’t understand in the middle of all my > sobbing about losing another one, why I continued to do this to myself. > > > > I took home a little girl last year, who also had a diagnosis of cancer. > The shelter where she had been staying, was closing down and she was > obviously not adoptable. Someone at the shelter had heard of my reputation > for being a sap for hard luck cases, so I was contacted out of the blue and > asked if I would take her and let her live out her days sleeping on a > comforter instead of in a shelter. I agreed. After watching her for a > while, and obtaining her previous medical records and reviewing them, I was > skeptical that she had cancer. She wasn’t deteriorating, but she had a > whole lot of serious pain from something. Happily, after much running > around and thousands of dollars, we had her in for surgery in March and a > piece of tissue was removed (a remnant it appears, from an infected uterus > which was removed) and I was so gratified to see the immediate change in > her personality. She immediately brightened up - even played a bit - and > started hanging around us instead of being in a poor mood and sleeping > alone upstairs all the time. She still has pain but it has markedly reduced. > > > > Every once in a while - something disastrous turns good. I am crossing > my fingers for your new charge. > > > > Amani > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of ROBERT CHAPEL > > Sent: May-26-17 3:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking In... > > > > So Glad to hear that no new " tragedies" have emerged of late and that > Violet loves her catnip!.. I love the image I conjur of her eating a leaf > or two and rolling in the Grass looking at you with her little head upside > down.... It's been only a few weeks since I lost my buddy Magellin and > though it's not with me on a daily basis I only have to encounter a > surprise reminder to bring tears to my eyes ( eg... needing to put some > meds for myself into a container and grabbing the nearest empty one which > turned out to be Jelly's Mirtazapine container... > > virtually in a second the whole experience came rushing back... > > attempting to get him to eat..watching him lose weight... syringe > feeding him... Friends ask me " why are you considering doing it again" > and all I can say is.... " It feels worse to NOT help than the pain of > helping"... Amani expressed a nice sentiment a few times when explaining > to folks why she continues to do what she does... > > " If the people who care about cats don't help them it's certainly not > going to be the people who _ don't_ care about them" ( yes Amani I took a > measure of literary license in quoting you... Hope it's close : ) On > Sunday I expect to take home my new Foster... and older " Miracle" > > survivor of some kind of traumatic encounter( we don't know what)... He > was traumatically brain injured and could barely walk when he first came to > us..when I drove him to the vet I was positive they would just put him > down... but he made a miraculous recovery and is now just the sweetest lap > cat you could know... but still not entirely steady on his feet.. In the > last few weeks he developed a tumor behind one of his eyes and it is the > consensus of two vets that it is a cancer that will kill him in a few > months.... ( one of the vets had a cat with the exact same situation and > used a combination of Sub Cu injectable alternative meds to keep the boy > alive for an extra nine months... I can't stand the idea of this sweet guy > living out his remaining days on the bottom level of cages just sleeping > there with little attention until he dies... He deserves to see the sun and > to have someone to pet him and know a home for at least a few months.... > I'm hoping that knowing in advance of taking him home that the only real > surprise would be his actually surviving that I won't have the same level > of sadness that my others guys engendered... Be that as it may... I'm doing > it. > > > > > > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 12:19 PM, [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.o > > > rg > > > > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > [email protected] > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Checking in... (Sheri Burbridge) > > > 2. Re: Checking in... (Armstrong-Brown, Sheila DDS Timonium) > > > 3. Re: Checking in... (Ardy Robertson) > > > 4. Re: Checking in... (Sandy) > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 01:27:25 +0000 > > > From: Sheri Burbridge To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Checking in... > > > Message-ID: > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been > > > very busy here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, > etc. > > > > > > My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm > > > struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the > > > honest kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very > > > excited to eat it. > > > I'm going to check out other options at a local pet health food > > > store this week to see if I can find something she likes. > > > > > > I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the > > > closure I was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes > > > into the ink. > > > I > > > know he is always with me now but I'm still very emotional about the > > > whole ordeal. It's been two months but still feels so raw. > > > > > > I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just > > > wanted to pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards > > > summer and back in my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so > > > cathartic. We planted catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! > > > It's so funny to watch her bliss out when she eats a leaf or two? > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Sheri > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > > scrubbed... > > > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 11:30:25 +0000 > > > From: "Armstrong-Brown, Sheila DDS Timonium" > > > > > > To: "'[email protected]'" Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking > > > in... > > > Message-ID: > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > I like that idea of the tattoo, very nice. My baby Skylar is still > > > doing well and healthy. > > > > > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Sheri Burbridge > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 9:27 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Checking in... > > > > > > Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been > > > very busy here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, > etc. > > > > > > My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm > > > struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the > > > honest kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very > > > excited to eat it. I'm going to check out other options at a local > > > pet health food store this week to see if I can find something she > likes. > > > > > > I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the > > > closure I was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes > > > into the ink. I know he is always with me now but I'm still very > > > emotional about the whole ordeal. It's been two months but still feels > so raw. > > > > > > I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just > > > wanted to pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards > > > summer and back in my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so > > > cathartic. We planted catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! > > > It's so funny to watch her bliss out when she eats a leaf or two? > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Sheri > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > > scrubbed... > > > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 3 > > > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 21:08:27 -0500 > > > From: "Ardy Robertson" To: Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking in... > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Best of luck with little Violet!! > > > > > > > > > Ardy > > > > > > > > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Sheri Burbridge > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:27 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Checking in... > > > > > > > > > Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been > > > very busy here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, > etc. > > > > > > > > > My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm > > > struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the > > > honest kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very > > > excited to eat it. I'm going to check out other options at a local > > > pet health food store this week to see if I can find something she > likes. > > > > > > I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the > > > closure I was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes > > > into the ink. I know he is always with me now but I'm still very > > > emotional about the whole ordeal. It's been two months but still feels > so raw. > > > > > > > > > I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just > > > wanted to pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards > > > summer and back in my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so > > > cathartic. We planted catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! > > > It's so funny to watch her bliss out when she eats a leaf or two? > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Sheri > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > > scrubbed... > > > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 4 > > > Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 16:19:15 +0000 (UTC) > > > From: Sandy To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking in... > > > Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Happy to hear Violet is doing well - happy tails! Hope everyone has > > > a safe weekend! Sandy W > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Ardy Robertson" To: [email protected] Sent: > > > Thursday, May 25, 2017 10:08:27 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Checking > > > in... > > > > > > > > > Best of luck with little Violet!! > > > > > > > > > Ardy > > > > > > > > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Sheri Burbridge Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:27 PM To: > > > [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] Checking in... > > > > > > > > > Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing? We've been > > > very busy here with the end of the school year, holidays, graduations, > etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My Violet is doing well, she seems happy and healthy although I'm > > > struggling to find a healthy food that she likes. She loved the > > > honest kitchen food when I first bought it but now isn't very > > > excited to eat it. I'm going to check out other options at a local > > > pet health food store this week to see if I can find something she > likes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I got a tattoo for Mo about a week ago. I felt like it was the > > > closure I was looking for and the artist even let me put his ashes > > > into the ink. I know he is always with me now but I'm still very > > > emotional about the whole ordeal. It's been two months but still feels > so raw. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope all of you and all your fur babies are doing well, I just > > > wanted to pop on and say "hey". I'm so glad to be heading towards > > > summer and back in my garden again. It keeps my mind busy and is so > > > cathartic. We planted catnip for Violet, she absolutely loves it! > > > It's so funny to watch her bliss out when she eats a leaf or two ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > Sheri > > > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing > > > list [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.o > > > rg > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > > scrubbed... > > > URL: > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.o > > > rg > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > End of Felvtalk Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2 > > > *************************************** > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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