Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread LauraM
I don't think she's fine, at all. When I went into my garage, where I keep my positives and my turtles, the air was so thick in there I couldn't stand it. I started hyperventilating and I felt sick. As you all know, I've lost a few cats to FeLV and this hasn't happened before. I'm telling you,

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Debbie Bates
Laura, what a tragic turn of events!!! I am so sorry for all you have had to endure recentlyour hearts break with yours. Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:45:50 -0700 From: hingebacktorto...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead Bridget is dead. I

Re: [Felvtalk] Epogen? Interfuron?

2010-03-18 Thread Sharyl
Amy, mine had regular blood work. I did not do the specific B12 test, I used the vitamins/supplements based on their HCT nos. A cat needs the B's, folic acid and iron to produce new red blood cells. The B's and folic acid are water soluble so overdosing isn't an issue. Iron should not be

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Stray Cat Alliance
I totally understand feeling guilty - been there. Sometimes even when your head knows it isn't your fault but your heart says differently. Please do not beat yourself up over it - it is not your fault. Your love for Bridget (and your other cats) is evident in your email. She and they were very

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2010-03-18 Thread modell5
Hello.. We wold like to be taken off your mailing list..We were able to find a home for Kita. She is a very sweet lady who can afford to take care of the way he needs to be and he is going to be only animal in the house. Thank -you Mike and Donna ___

[Felvtalk] Re: Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Anna Waltman
I'm so sorry to hear about Bridget's passing and will be keeping both of you in my thoughts tonight. It's heartbreaking but at least she passed peacefully and quietly; I'm sure she's watching over you, thankful for all the love and friendship you gave her during her time in your care. I'm

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Jeff Mills
I understand your pain. I took my 17-year old into the vet last June 15th because he was very old and fragile, and refused food that morning. He had separated himself from the pride, self-exiling to the living room weeks before. The technician detected a wheeze - he had been wheezing for

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread LauraM
I never got to say goodbye. I handed her over and left her with strangers and left her to die without me. I don't know how long she'd been dead before the vet bothered calling - I left as soon as I got word it only takes 15 minutes to get there, and she was stone cold and stiff as a board.

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Cougar Clan
Wait, calm yourself, and, when the time is right, talk to Bridget. She will talk back to you when it is right. Honest. On Mar 18, 2010, at 6:31 PM, LauraM wrote: I never got to say goodbye. I handed her over and left her with strangers and left her to die without me. I don't know how long

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Belinda Sauro
Now I have to say that is odd, they should have called you when it happened, right away when it happened. When I lost my Buddie immediately after surgery. My vet called to tell me she came through surgery just fine but a few minutes later she called me back and told me she had arrested in

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Belinda Sauro
PS. I had the same guilt with Buddie, but she was so sick I knew there was a good chance she wouldn't pull through, I spent the night before telling her if she was ready to leave it was OK, it was her decision. I did ask her to let me know she was OK if she did leave ... and she did. Three

Re: [Felvtalk] Bridget is dead

2010-03-18 Thread Belinda Sauro
I agree, talk to her, Bridget will answer you in the best way she can. My Mom and Dad come around on occasion, Dad with the smell of cigarette smoke, he loved his ciggies and Mom with the smell of fried chicken, she came everyday for a month before Bailey passed, I didn't put it together

Re: [Felvtalk] Epogen? Interfuron?

2010-03-18 Thread Amy
Hi Belinda,    I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, but what exactly is she basing her information that FeLV+'s have such a bad experience with using epogen, because I have not heard of any studies that have been done on this to bear that out and if there is one I would like the