[Felvtalk] another passing
tonight we lost our queen, Lita. our very first FeLV cat, she was 18 yrs old. Lita started out as Pink at the SPCA. she was the house cat there for a few years, and was given to me after finding out that my chemo had failed and what i had would eventually kill me. This huge torte was a pissy old girl and would hiss at everything. she at her best was about 20 lbs of pure joy. she would come up to you and head butt you to get petted, and then jump in your lap and just lay there. Lita died at home surrounded by those who loved her, laying on my daughters jacket with her by her side petting her to the end Lita had been with us for 8 long years and had been treated for everything from Uri's to arthritis, to the starting of a feline form of glaucoma, but she held on and fought for all this time finally giving in to liver failure. Safe travels across the bridge Lita. you will be missed. thank you for making Second Chance possible I know i don't send a lot of things here but we here at Second Chance try to do the best we can while running a full house. Please remember that the smaller rescues and homes like us do this from our own pockets. Please help the smaller sanctuaries like ours continue to give love and hope to our furry families. http://secondchancemeows.chipin.com/second-chance-meows-xmas-fund-raiser Michael Johnson Founder/Owner Second Chance Meows A FeLV Sanctuary ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest
Thanks for your update, Stacy. Prayers continuing for both of you. L "Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you - alas, it is true of almost every one of us!"~Fyodor Dostoyevsky -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Stacy Zacher Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 8:36 PM To: cline...@yahoo.com; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest Hi Sharyl: Thanks to you and everyone on this list for your replies and purrayers. . I'm so sorry about your sweet Albert but glad you had the 1.5 years with him. It's been quite a week for us - Spanky went to his vet, then the internal med specialist/oncologist and was diagnosed with a mediastinal tumor in his chest, thus the fluids. My vets too said a few days only if I didn't do something. So I put him on prednisolone for now and may do a stronger round of something to try to kill the tumor. But I know it is dicey with his FELV + status/symptoms. I can't even think straight...but have to try to keep helping him. He made it through Thanksgiving and we are taking it one day (one hour!) at a time. Purrs, Stacy and Spanky Message: 8 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:49:46 -0800 (PST) From: Sharyl To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest Message-ID: <948524.42923...@web36904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I'm so sorry to read Spanky now has this problem. There is a Yahoo heart group that may help. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feline-heart/ Did your vet give Spanky any Lasix? It does help reduce the fluid. My sweet Albert went into CHF and was dx with severe HCM. When he went into CHF the vet gave him days/wks to live. He was lasix for 1 1/2 yrs before his little heart gave out. It is something to try. Sharyl --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Stacy Zacher wrote: > From: Stacy Zacher > Subject: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 8:58 PM > Hi: > I am crossposting this message also. > I urgently need advice on my kitty, Spanky (FELV+, early > Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy).? > I noticed over the weekend and week he started feeling > worse and that his respiration rate > ?seemed to be higher than normal (he is usually about 18 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest
Hi Sharyl: Thanks to you and everyone on this list for your replies and purrayers. . I'm so sorry about your sweet Albert but glad you had the 1.5 years with him. It's been quite a week for us - Spanky went to his vet, then the internal med specialist/oncologist and was diagnosed with a mediastinal tumor in his chest, thus the fluids. My vets too said a few days only if I didn't do something. So I put him on prednisolone for now and may do a stronger round of something to try to kill the tumor. But I know it is dicey with his FELV + status/symptoms. I can't even think straight...but have to try to keep helping him. He made it through Thanksgiving and we are taking it one day (one hour!) at a time. Purrs, Stacy and Spanky Message: 8 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:49:46 -0800 (PST) From: Sharyl To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest Message-ID: <948524.42923...@web36904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I'm so sorry to read Spanky now has this problem. There is a Yahoo heart group that may help. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feline-heart/ Did your vet give Spanky any Lasix? It does help reduce the fluid. My sweet Albert went into CHF and was dx with severe HCM. When he went into CHF the vet gave him days/wks to live. He was lasix for 1 1/2 yrs before his little heart gave out. It is something to try. Sharyl --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Stacy Zacher wrote: > From: Stacy Zacher > Subject: [Felvtalk] Spanky - fluid in chest > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 8:58 PM > Hi: > I am crossposting this message also. > I urgently need advice on my kitty, Spanky (FELV+, early > Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy).? > I noticed over the weekend and week he started feeling > worse and that his respiration rate > ?seemed to be higher than normal (he is usually about 18 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
