Hi Gloria
I'm glad to see you got through it. I hope that Nicky repounds quickly and that his problem was just from your being gone. Years ago, when I had a diabetic cat, he used to go into diabetic crisis every time I boarded him or had someone give him his food and meds unless I left him at the vet (he loved the vet!). We think he wouldn't eat unless we were home or he was at the vet. We learned quickly to leave him at the vet or not at all!
Where there's life, there's hope.
Mitakuye oyasin. (For all my relations)
Dillon's Memorial Page
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From: "Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT - sister in NYC died - I'm back!
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:17:22 -0600
Thanks, Kathy - and everyone!!!! I'm back in Arkansas. It's been truly excrutiating, but I'm healing. Been thru my sisters sickness and death, part of it in the Bronx, 2 memorial services and a burial, and I'm very glad to be back home.
All my kitties were generously and well cared for by wonderful friends. Ahhhh. But Nicky, the 18.5 yr old one, seemed to go down hill just a bit, but is popping back, I hope. He's got some mouth problems, and since it's October and the weather is dry, he is a bit dehydrated. I am giving him aloe vera, lysine and vit C - also Baytril, and sub-q.
Any suggestions for the mouth problems? Looks like a tooth is irritating the upper gums.. Vet says it can't be removed...
Gloria
At 02:00 AM 11/1/2003, you wrote:
>Gloria,
>
>My deepest condolences on the loss of your sister. I work for the
>local hospice as a nurse's aide on the crisis care team. Last May,
>I was inspired to write a loss poem because of something a family
>member of one of my patients said and something one of my patients
>said during a visit with friends and family who had already passed
>on. I'd like to pass it along here. Sending prayers for peace,
>strength, and comfort.
>
>
>Weep and Weep Well
>
>Weep, and weep well, for our losses,
>though not for their passing.
>
>For they have gone to a place
>where blind eyes can see,
>deaf ears can hear,
>and old, weak, and broken bodies
>are young, healthy, and whole once more.
>
>Flesh and bone
>may wither and die,
>but the Consciousness
>and the Love survives.
>
>They may be gone,
>yet they're with us still.
>In our hearts and thoughts,
>and in our daily lives.
>
>Comforting us.
>
>Guiding us.
>
>And patiently waiting for the day
>when we come home to them once more,
>with Our youth and health restored
>
>Weep, and weep well, for our losses,
>for it shows the love we shared,
>and celebrates the life they lived,
>and the love we will always have.
>
>Celebrate their lives
>by living ours to the fullest,
>and telling their stories
>with Love and a Smile.
>
>Kathy Sacksteder, May 2003
>
>Where there's life, there's hope.
>Mitakuye oyasin. (For all my relations)
>
>Kathy
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Susan Campbell"
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: OT - sister in NYC died
>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:05:39 -0500
>Gloria, I am so sorry about your sister, you and your family must be
>devastated. Please take care of yourself and convey my condolences
>to your family.
>Sue c.
> >From: Gloria Lane
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: OT - sister in NYC died
> >Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 06:59:25 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Hey Guys - just wanted you to know, I'm not on the
> >list much nowadays - my sister in NYC has been very
> >ill, and she died early Wednesday morning. The
> >funeral's Saturday in NYC, then Tuesday in Arkansas.
> >It's been very very difficult. I've been her about 2
> >weeks, she's been in the hospital the whole time.
> >
> >The email I'm using mostly is [EMAIL PROTECTED], till
> >I get home and use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address.
> >
> >Don't know if Joan is still reading email, but we had
> >planned to get together sometime, and I wanted her to
> >know as she works in NYC.
> >
> >Later, Gloria
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