Cherie, I'm so sorry to hear about your losing Snowball. I, and most of
us on the list, sadly, have lost a kitty to FeLV, so we really do know how
devastated you feel. I'm so glad that Snowball had you in his life, unfairly
short though it was, to care for him. I hope the good memories you have of
Snowball will comfort both you and your son, when he learns about Snowball's sad
passing. take care, Kerry
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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:49 PM
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Subject: FeLV
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FeLV
Hi there,
I have just joined you group from a posting off of Be-Mi Kitties...Cat
Chat, and I was curious about something. I had (6) furrbabies and on Jan 4th,
2005 I lost a kitten, Snowball, it was so unfair and fast but I am having a hard
time accepting what the vet told me.
Here is my story on Jan 2nd my son nd I came home from the store, and
Snowball had a little blood coming from his mouth, I was concerned so I called
my vet and she said, maybe a tooth do not worry she will come out on the 3rd at
noon....OK no problem but, throughout Sunday his bleeding was slowly getting
worse so I called the vet again, and she said it might be a needle or X-mas hook
in his throat I should feel around and check, I did nothing, so know she would
be out first hing instead of noon. In the middle of the night Sunday Snowball
was sleeping with me (as usual) and I woke up to find blood dripping from
his jowels. I do need to add he was eating, drinking and playing with the
others the whole time, no physical sign of sickness, excepting sleeping a
little more. Once again the vet was called and she came right away, he now had
purple spots in his ears, a sign that he was not clotting and bleeding
elsewhere. Still no idea of what we were dealing! with she took him iwth
her and pumped him with Vitamin K to attempt to stop the bleeding while running
coagulation tests. All the test came back fine, she then called and said she ran
a Fe-luk test and his platelets came back very low and so did his white blood
cell count, so he had the virus. Monday 7:30pm I was called by my vet and she
said the bleeding had stopped (we thought from the Vitamin K) but she was going
to bring him back to me on Tuesday Jan 4, 2005 I would just have to give him
Vitamin K tablets and Interferon, I was upset but fine with it, I just wanted my
baby back, she said it attacked his bone marrow and that is why he was bleeding
so much. Then on Tuesday my vet called first thing and said he past in the
night, I was devastated, still am. I have not even told my son yet, he still
thinks Snowball is in the hospital with the vet...I am not strong enough
yet.
That is my story...my concern is I had never heard on FeLV taking a kitty
life that fast and fierce....does anyone have any suggestions? By the way there
is one other cat that has FeLV now and she is recieving Interferon every other
week...all others and fine.
Thank you
Cherie
