Of the 4 FeLV+ that I have lost, 3 have gone in about 6
hours from not eating much to gone...
One of the 3 I did get to the vet in the morning but she showed no
symtims but they kept her to watch but 2 hours later she went into a
sezure and died.....
My 4th kitty slowly became paralized starting from the back and working
forward over several months...In the end he couldn't even hold his head
up to eat but I held his head and he would eat a good meal of wet food
that he could lick up...
He always liked to snuggle with me at night right up to the end he
would cry if I didn't pull him over and he would purr when I did.....It
was very hard to let him go but the others went so very fast from being
lively to gone...
Tad
Rachel wrote:
Melissa -
Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happened.
My first FELV+ cat, Miss Cruizer, was acting a little sluggish
one monday that I was home. I figured for sure I had caught whatever
it was early. I called the vet first thing tuesday morning and had an
appointment scheduled for first thing Wednesday morning. I came home
tuesday from work and found her. She had died sometime during the day
while I was at work.
I do often think "at least it was quick" but then I hate it,
too, because I feel like they never got a chance to fight off whatever
it was that eventually took them.
I also remind myself of what their fate would have been had I
not taken them (most shelters put them right down, but my local ones
will call me first and if I can take them then their life is saved).
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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