I know how you feel about "pretending" they're not really sick. Besides being extra careful about their lifestyle, I try to treat them as normally as I can. I think they prefer not to be looked at as fragile or different than my negatives. Quality of life is what's important to me, and I'm pretty sure my animals agree with me. I feel if I'm constantly following behind them waiting for them to become symptomatic, I'm damaging the "now" that cats live in. I wrote in another posting that when I first found out my bottle babies were positive, I went through a period of mourning, as if they had already died. I finally snapped myself out of it, dried my tears and started celebrating the time we have to share. That's not to say that I don't still find myself crying, but when I do, I calm myself as best I can and remember to "have faith, not fear". And by the way, I believe in miracles.
Much love, Nina
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I don't know what I would do if I came home and found one of my fosters had passed away.
I guess I am a bit in denial that they are sick. I guess I feel like if I treat them like they are healthy, and just take really good care of them, I can pretend that they aren't sick. Every time I think about having to deal with the issues some of you are dealing with...it makes me feel...not just sad, but distraught.
I try not to say "Life is unfair" too often, lest it make me cynical...but this is one of those instances where I feel that life is truly unfair. To give the semblance of health and then to suddenly have them taken from you, it is just not fair.
Melissa in NJ, hugging her kittens tonight a little closer
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