Kerry, I have not posted in a very long time but I wanted you to know that I do read the posts and keep up as much as I can. I just had to post to tell you how sorry I am. This is inexcusable on the part of the shelter. Completely inexcusable and unforgiveable. They had no right to do that to Pookie without telling you first. I can't imagine how you must be feeling right now. that is so sad and it angers me to no end. I'm sorry that you did not have the option to be there for Pookie's final moments. It's not your fault, you could not have done anything because you didn't know. Is there any action that you can take against this clinic?Kerry MacKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Belinda, Can you please add mydarling negative foster kitty Pookie to the CLS. Pookiewas euthanized on Monday March 27 (read on for the way this was mishandled by the clinic, which will haunt me for the rest of my life). Pookiewas 16 or 17 and had chronic renal failure. He had also been deaf all his life--he was white with blue eyes, and apparently white cats with blue eyes are often deaf. I took him to the animal hospital associated with the shelter on Monday morning as his breathing seemed labored and he didn't seem to want to eat (he ate from my fingers in the end) or drink. I fully expected to take him home again. A terrible thing happened at the clinic. Even though Iremained in the waiting area of the clinic and had even told the intake receptionist when she asked if it was a drop-offthat I wasnot going
anywhere,the vet euthanized Pookie without telling me. He apparently had tumors and fluid on the lungs. (Obviously Inever sawthe X-rays either.) I don't have to explain to anyone on this list how that felt. That I wasn't there to hold and comfort him in his ultimate time of need--even though I was just feet away--will haunt me forever. I wrote a strong letter to the clinic owners the next day, copying the shelter CEO (PAWS), and wrote a second letter today in response to theirs, which raises more questions than it answers. Pookiewas a wonderful little guy, bearing his illness and his subQs with fortitude and dignity. He had had a hard life. His guardian, a domestic violence victim, had fled their home last summerwith Pookie. She and Pookie lived in a car for some time; it was so hot that she was buying ice bags to keep them both cool. She found her way to a women's shelter, but
as they wouldn't take pets, he was transferred to Paws. An observant volunteer noticed he was withdrawn and pushed the shelter director to get him fostered with me (apparently it wasn't straightforward--lot of bad feeling between the volunteer and the director). I am so glad that she did that. Pookie was a joy to have around. I was very concerend about my cats bullying him--he was skin and bone and must have weighed about 5 or 6 lb--but he soon ruled the roost in our house using brain, since he no longer had the benefit of brawn, and had even young thug Tiger whipped into shape within days. The last night he soent here, Sunday, he slept, for the first time,curled aroundmy head, with his little paws gripping my hair. He also had this cute little habit of licking my hands and arms. Although I had the privilege of sharing my home with Pookie for only 5 months (apart from a short break when he went back to his original guardian--it didn't
work out) he was the most physically affectionate and loving of all my cats. I loved the little fellow dearly and miss himvery much. For such a little fellow he truly has left a huge gap. Kerry - Original Message - From: "Belinda" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 2:11 AM Subject: ImportantHi All, Not sure if I've written to this group yet or not, the
days are all blurring together. My hard drive on my computer died last week and I lost all of my emails and a few other things. I don't know who had written to add a furchild to the list (I had forgotten my own password and it took my 2 days to figure it out and be able to check my email again). I need anyone with a furchild that passed last week and this week to resend it so I can add them to the service, please send dates and if they were FeLV positive or not thanks. That's 5 things in a row that have gone wrong since the year started, though it was suppose to come in 3's??!! I will try and check my email atleast once a day after I get home from the hospital, if anything is urgent please mark it as such so I will give it attention first. Ok, time to feed Bailey and get to bed, will get the service tomorrow after I get he
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