take care
sue c.
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Subject: Time to say goodbye
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 00:51:22 EDT
Hi guys. Those of you who remember us I am sad to bring this news. Our
FeLV+, Samantha, will be going to the bridge. We've been blessed with 5
years and are very thankful to have had the honor of knowing her love. She's
almost 6 years old. We've known about her positive leukemia status for 2 1/2
years now. Boy does time fly. I really hate to send her to the bridge, but
we've known it was only a matter of time. We could try to take drastic
measures, but I surely don't want to postpone the inevitable and see her
suffer. She deserves so much more than that. She's started having seizures
- bad ones. 4 this week alone. They are getting longer and more violent,
and I fear that if we don't do something we'll see the day when she doesn't
come out of it. I don't want that to be our last memory of her. We could go
with phenobarbitol, but that wouldn't treat the cause of the seizures. The
cause is unknown, but we are pretty sure it's something caused from the
leukemia's complications. She was our first kitty. She taught us how to
love a cat and she trained us quite well. She's been a dream with Ashley,
our new daughter who is just 6 weeks old. I realize with a heavy heart that
Ashley will never get a special nose kiss from Sammie or get to know how
special she really was. Me and my husband have believed since we adopted her
that she has some kind of connection with his late mother - they were very
very close and Samantha has a very special place in his heart. I really hope
we're doing the right thing. We love her SO much. Sigh... As soon as we
can get an appointment we've decided to see her off - so she can know we're
there... Might be as early as Saturday morning...
Thanks for all of your kind words for our new baby girl. It's been very
hectic and I've had to have my email set at nomail for a little while. I've
missed everyone.
Sweet Nosekisses out to everyone,
Genie, Paul, Ashley, Samantha, Shadow, Midnight, Luke, Blackie, Amber,
Whisper, and Romeo
For those who would like to know, we never found the cause of Luke's
mysterious illness that almost took his life. We exausted all non-invasive
possibilities and let time tell. Eventually took him off the steroids - they
weren't helping enough anyway. He's doing well now - much closer to his old
self. Still not 100%, but far better than he's been in a long time. We may
never know what really happened...
Romeo, our meezer, has some serious issues that need to be addressed. He
tortures the other cats and we've tried dealing with his aggression issues
since he came here with no success. Now his aggression is directed at the
baby - he looks at her like he's going to attack her. I have no idea what to
do - we've given Romeo extra love and even pet and hold him while the baby is
in a bassinet, when she's in our lap with him there too - we've tried
everything... Sighs... It's a busy house... I can't continue to take
chances with him being near our fragile daughter...
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