Thanks. I've already forwarded your msg to her. It helps so much that there are so many people, thanks to this list, who know exactly what you're feeling. --- catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Susan, > I'm sorry about Schuyler. Please give my condolences > to your friend. She was fortunate to have a friend > there with her. Yes, it is agony. But any death > always is. It just comes too soon for us. But it's > still too soon when they're fifteen! It's never > easy. > tonya > Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Carla -I > know the kind of agony you went through those > last hours. I spent most of the night at the > Emergency Clinic Thursday night with a friend and > her > positive kitty, Schuyler. He made it through the > night but Friday morning had to be PTS. He, too put > up a really gallant fight. Reading what you wrote > and > watching Schuyler's fight gives me chills - I have 4 > positive 6 month old kittens and one 2 year old > adult > and I feel like I have had a glimpse of what the > future holds. Susan > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Susan, > > > > Thank you so much. > > > > Carla > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date sent: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:01:42 -0700 > > (PDT) > > From: Susan Loesch > > > > > Subject: Re: Bamama has gone to a better > > place- > > long > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Carla, I am so very sorry about Bamama. Susan > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Belinda, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please add Bamama to the Rainbow Bridge list, > I > > had > > > > to help her this > > > > Saturday. > > > > > > > > As most of you know Bamama has been struggling > > the > > > > past 12 months > > > > with various things. She has been considered > to > > have > > > > full blown aides for > > > > the past 2 and half years. She has been anemic > > > > probably since April but not > > > > diagnosed till June. Every day has become more > > and > > > > more work since she > > > > has been anemic. And a struggle to keep her > > going, I > > > > would gladly have > > > > kept this up if she wanted to keep the battle > > going. > > > > > > > > One is never prepared for the day to come to > let > > > > them go. I knew it was > > > > coming eventually but I was thrown off a > little > > due > > > > to her progress. I started > > > > in Sept the use of immunoregulin along with > some > > > > holistic things after > > > > seeing a new homeopathic vet. She felt that > > > > homeopathic methods would > > > > be too much for Bamama since her immune system > > was > > > > totally wiped out. > > > > I even tried interferon too. I found a > > specialist on > > > > Immunoregulin who told > > > > us to cut the does back since Bamama seems to > be > > > > nausea the first few > > > > hours. I really think if we had started the > > > > immunoregulin earlier she would > > > > have been better off. After her first shot she > > > > seemed interested again in life > > > > not depressed but her appetite was going down > > still. > > > > The first two weeks > > > > she ate but not much. But the 3 week and 4th I > > was > > > > syringe feeding her. She > > > > seemed to tolerate it. The last week of Sept > she > > > > started to have a little > > > > interest in food but not enough, so I had to > > still > > > > assist her eating. This past > > > > week when we cut her dose down she started to > > feel > > > > better and eat on her > > > > own. But we did a blood count after not doing > > one > > > > for 2 months and she > > > > went down to 13. I think she was even lower a > > few > > > > weeks ago because she > > > > was starting to not be as sure footed and then > > she > > > > started to get stronger > > > > and stronger as the following weeks came. She > > was > > > > able to balance and > > > > clean herself while standing on 3 legs. My > > regular > > > > vet decided it was time to > > > > try Epogen, we both had our reservations > against > > it > > > > but felt she was going > > > > down too fast now with her last count. > > > > > > > > This Thursday was her first shot and for once > my > > vet > > > > seemed to be very > > > > hopeful he felt she had improved on the > > > > immunoregulin and now he felt > > > > maybe with a boost of epogen we could get her > > back. > > > > She came home that > > > > night and ate again things looked so good till > > the > > > > next morning when she > > > > seem to be having problems jumping and lost > her > > > > balance. I really was > > > > surprised since she was climbing over the log > > pile > > > > in my yard two days ago. > > > > > > > > But she did vomit at the vets office and I > > though I > > > > just gave her maybe too > > > > much food and too many various food that > night. > > I > > > > was not sure how she > > > > would be after the Epogen since she would be > > alittle > > > > out of it after the > > > > Immunoregulin shot till her last shot when we > > > > decreased the dosage. She > > > > came home and her was looking around when she > > heard > > > > that can open of > > > > food and ate again. > > > > > > > > She seemed fine Friday morning licked some > food > > > > purring away, she was > > > > still OK at lunch but I heard her stomach > > gurgling. > > > > She has had stomach > > > > problems since Sept so I started to add some > > Prozyme > > > > into her food and > > > > gave her Pepsid A/D. I took her outside she > > seemed > > > > not as strong as the > > > > day before but did urinate. She stopped using > > her > > > > litter box as of Sept and > > > > goes outside now). > > > > > > > > > > > > I came home after work to and went to feed > her. > > I > > > > mixed a little baby beef, > > > > carrot and barley in her A/D. (she now liked > A/D > > or > > > > Felidae mixed with > === message truncated ===
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