Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Ardy Robertson]

Are they allowing her to keep her pets in this hotel? Or are they somewhere 
else?

 

Thank you,

Ardy

 

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani 
Oakley
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 7:02 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

 

Hey folks. This is amazing! We are up to $660 in just two hours! Thanks so much 
to those of you donating.

 

Amani

 

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani 
Oakley
Sent: June-01-16 6:47 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org  ; Margo
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

 

Thanks to Margo, who got the ball rolling right away, we are already up to $560 
in donations to Sharon’s GoFundMe Campaign, in just a few hours. What a 
generous bunch we are! It would be great if we could get to $600 today. Anyone 
else able to chip in $40 or $50?

 

Amani

 

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani 
Oakley
Sent: June-01-16 5:38 PM
To: Margo; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org  
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

 

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

 

Thanks again.

 

Amani

 

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org  
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

 


Amani, 

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo
 

-Original Message- 
From: Amani Oakley 
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM 
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org  " 
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats?? 

Hi Everyone

 

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too. 

 

 

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

 

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

 

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

 

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t 

Re: [Felvtalk] FIV groups

[Ardy Robertson]

Thanks Lorrie.

Ardy


-Original Message-
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Lorrie
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 8:42 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FIV groups


It is the vaccination for FIV, not FelV, that causes a cat to test positive
for FIV, and you are certainly right about the tests for FelV being a
crapshoot.

Lorrie


On 05-31, Ardy Robertson wrote:
>That stress thing I believe is a big factor. Tigger, who apparently had
>FeLV since he was a kitten, was living a healthy life as an indoor-only
>cat, and the only other cat I had indoors with him was an old-lady cat
>named Peekers. They got along great, slept together, ate together, etc.
>I was unaware that Tigger had FeLV since I had him tested when I found
>him. Then in November of 2014 I brought in a stray female who was well
>behaved at first, but then became jealous of the attention I gave
>Tigger and she would run up behind him and bite him hard. Tigger was
>stressed out about it and was always looking over his shoulder,
>wondering when she would bite him next. I believe that is what caused
>his last FeLV crisis which began in September of 2015.
> 
> 
>I have since adopted a one year old female named Topaz, and she came
>from a shelter through a pet store. They told me she is spayed, wormed
>and has had all her shots. I asked about testing/vaccinating for FeLV,
>and they said "FeLV is a crapshoot". They said the testing is not
>reliable and the vaccination is often not effective. My vet told me
>this before that. But the manager of the pet store also said once you
>vaccinate a cat for FeLV, they will always test positivedoes anyone
>know if this is true or not?
> 
> 
>Thank you!!
> 
>Ardy

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Re: [Felvtalk] Can we help this woman.....

[Amani Oakley]

Hi Robert

I don’t think it is an option for her to check into a hospital because the 
animals would likely then be confiscated and she is very worried about them. I 
am so impressed with her refusal to hand them over to a shelter. She tried to 
do that on one occasion, but they wanted her to sign a form saying they had 
full authority to do whatever they wanted with the animals, so she refused to 
sign and went home again with her animals.

She is currently in a motel which allows animals, so yes, they are with her 
right now. Her son is also staying with her to help her out and the only income 
coming in is from his part-time employment. I guess that is what they are using 
to feed the animals and to buy some groceries. She told me that a woman had 
called her and offered to buy them some groceries, and she asked instead if the 
woman would be willing to pay for a vet visit for one of her cats, so that was 
what the donor did.

I understand completely where you’re coming from Robert, in terms of spending 
all your money on your cats. With respect to time, what I really need is 
someone to help me locate a good deal (I have done a great deal of searching on 
Kijiji and found a few excellent ones no one has responded to my emails), and 
to inspect the mobile home/small home and to finalize the deal. The longer she 
is in the motel, the more money has to go to the rental rather than the mobile 
home. Several of the ones I saw had “rent to own” options, so ideally, she 
could put any extra money towards that option rather than paying for the motel 
room.

I agree with you that she needs social assistance and I think she was getting 
assistance with her housing until she got evicted early this year. Problem is 
her Form 8 is expiring on Monday and she hasn’t found a place that will accept 
the form and which fits the criteria set out in the Form 8 form. Frankly, 
though, if I can get her into some other form of permanent housing like a 
mobile form, she should be okay.

I also agree with you Robert that we are all very gun-shy about getting 
scammed. I confess that this is why it took me so long to get going on this (in 
addition to my insane work commitments!). I wanted to speak with her, check out 
her story as much as possible, etc. I mean, there’s no way to check things out 
100% of course, but I think she is legit – especially when she does things like 
redirect donor money away from herself and to pay her vet instead.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of ROBERT 
CHAPEL
Sent: June-01-16 8:12 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we help this woman.




Having a hard time ( as usual) getting this all straight in the digest 
formie... where this woman and her cats actually stand at the 
momentbut...

I would suggest, as a possibility,  ( and I can only remember 2 instances when 
I have made this suggestion) that she have herself admitted to the local 
hospital and tell them she has NO where to go upon dischargethough should 
not admit this up front. The last 11 yrs of my life I worked as a Hospital 
ER and Inpatient Social Worker  and Hospitals ( at least in NYS) are not 
allowed to discharge patients who are homeless and in need of medical services 
post discharge  This will put a discharge planner on the case who will 
assist with finding a place for her to live.  Admittedly...   it will not 
be the perfect arrangement but might buy her some time and will definitely be 
better than nothing. I could say with assurance if she lived in NYS 
that this would BE a good answer SC could well be different If I 
could speak with her directly I would know better if this could be an answer 
for her  ( are her animals all still with her at this point??)
I have time I could devote to this but precious little extra money my own 
cats are eating up my expendable income

I cannot tell you how many times I was severely scammed by people doing this 
simply TO get housing. bout time the secret was out for someone who 
deserves the assistance ( legitimate decent people seldom DO this 
intentionally)  Just a suggestion I'm also wondering if she has 
home health services??  Health Insurance??  Likely has state Medicaid given her 
situation and the Section 8 approval.   She NEEDS state Social Services 
involved

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Re: [Felvtalk] Can we help this woman.....

[Kelley S]

The south is MUCH different from New York State.  It is much cheaper to
live here and there are correspondingly fewer services.  I could never
dream of having a lot of stuff they have in NYS.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:12 PM, ROBERT CHAPEL  wrote:

>
>
>
> Having a hard time ( as usual) getting this all straight in the digest
> formie... where this woman and her cats actually stand at the
> momentbut...
>
> I would suggest, as a possibility,  ( and I can only remember 2 instances
> when I have made this suggestion) that she have herself admitted to the
> local hospital and tell them she has NO where to go upon
> dischargethough should not admit this up front. The last 11 yrs of
> my life I worked as a Hospital ER and Inpatient Social Worker  and
> Hospitals ( at least in NYS) are not allowed to discharge patients who are
> homeless and in need of medical services post discharge  This will put
> a discharge planner on the case who will assist with finding a place for
> her to live.  Admittedly...   it will not be the perfect arrangement
> but might buy her some time and will definitely be better than
> nothing. I could say with assurance if she lived in NYS that this
> would BE a good answer SC could well be different If I could
> speak with her directly I would know better if this could be an answer for
> her  ( are her animals all still with her at this point??)
> I have time I could devote to this but precious little extra money my
> own cats are eating up my expendable income
>
> I cannot tell you how many times I was severely scammed by people doing
> this simply TO get housing. bout time the secret was out for someone
> who deserves the assistance ( legitimate decent people seldom DO this
> intentionally)  Just a suggestion I'm also wondering if she
> has home health services??  Health Insurance??  Likely has state Medicaid
> given her situation and the Section 8 approval.   She NEEDS state
> Social Services involved
>
>
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Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Amani Oakley]

By the way – I think it is one of the few places that will allow animals.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 8:07 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Maybe this one?

https://www.redroof.com/property/North-Charleston/SC/29406-4025/Hotels-close-to-Charleston-Airport-North-Charleston-Coliseum-Convention-Center-I-26-US-78/RRI142/

If it is, they're getting a deal, at least. The management must be pretty 
easy-going...:(

Margo
-Original Message-
From: swacht
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 6:46 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


can we find out for sure where this lady is – please
Sandy W

From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:37 PM
To: Margo ; 
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

Thanks again.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Amani,

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo

-Original Message-
From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??



Hi Everyone

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too.

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we help this woman.....

[ROBERT CHAPEL]

Having a hard time ( as usual) getting this all straight in the digest 
formie... where this woman and her cats actually stand at the 
momentbut...


I would suggest, as a possibility,  ( and I can only remember 2 
instances when I have made this suggestion) that she have herself 
admitted to the local hospital and tell them she has NO where to go upon 
dischargethough should not admit this up front. The last 11 yrs 
of my life I worked as a Hospital ER and Inpatient Social Worker  and 
Hospitals ( at least in NYS) are not allowed to discharge patients who 
are homeless and in need of medical services post discharge  This 
will put a discharge planner on the case who will assist with finding a 
place for her to live.  Admittedly...   it will not be the perfect 
arrangement but might buy her some time and will definitely be better 
than nothing. I could say with assurance if she lived in NYS 
that this would BE a good answer SC could well be different 
If I could speak with her directly I would know better if this could be 
an answer for her  ( are her animals all still with her at this 
point??)   
I have time I could devote to this but precious little extra money 
my own cats are eating up my expendable income



I cannot tell you how many times I was severely scammed by people doing 
this simply TO get housing. bout time the secret was out for someone 
who deserves the assistance ( legitimate decent people seldom DO this 
intentionally)  Just a suggestion I'm also wondering if 
she has home health services??  Health Insurance??  Likely has state 
Medicaid given her situation and the Section 8 approval.   She NEEDS 
state Social Services involved




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Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Amani Oakley]

Hey folks. This is amazing! We are up to $660 in just two hours! Thanks so much 
to those of you donating.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani 
Oakley
Sent: June-01-16 6:47 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org; Margo
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thanks to Margo, who got the ball rolling right away, we are already up to $560 
in donations to Sharon’s GoFundMe Campaign, in just a few hours. What a 
generous bunch we are! It would be great if we could get to $600 today. Anyone 
else able to chip in $40 or $50?

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani 
Oakley
Sent: June-01-16 5:38 PM
To: Margo; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

Thanks again.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Amani,

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo

-Original Message-
From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??
Hi Everyone

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too.

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to 
drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead 
gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find suitable housing or her 
Form 6 expires.

Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot 
leave her too often 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Margo]

Maybe this one?https://www.redroof.com/property/North-Charleston/SC/29406-4025/Hotels-close-to-Charleston-Airport-North-Charleston-Coliseum-Convention-Center-I-26-US-78/RRI142/If it is, they're getting a deal, at least. The management must be pretty easy-going...:(Margo-Original Message-
From: swacht 
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 6:46 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??









can we find out for sure where this lady is – please
Sandy W


 

From: Amani Oakley 
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:37 PM
To: Margo ; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping 
cats??
 


Thanks 
Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is in North 
Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof Inn, I 
think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.
 
Thanks 
again.
 
Amani
 


From: Felvtalk 
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of 
MargoSent: June-01-16 5:33 PMTo: 
felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help 
this woman who is helping cats??
 

Amani, 
  
I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that tell where she is. I 
know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the coast. I'm in NW SC, too 
far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone near Columbia, but that 
may not be near 
enough.  
I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some 
questions...Margo 

-Original 
Message- From: Amani Oakley Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" 
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats?? 


Hi 
Everyone

 

A while 
back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who needed 
help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years old, so 
obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The woman was 
about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so they would 
not be homeless 
too.  

 

The 
woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her five 
older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. When I 
heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was motivated 
first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to end up if 
she became homeless.

 

I spent 
quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to know if 
there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers and her 
losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a 
scam.

 

I have 
now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with her. I 
think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I initially 
imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung transplant, but 
that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing nor a car to get 
her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along with the numerous 
treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on oxygen and can barely 
move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not surprisingly, this is very 
much hampering her ability to find new housing.

 

The 
issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and not 
being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations which 
were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain standards. Her 
landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found from previous 
flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. She paid her 
part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share because of the 
condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She has a Form 8 (I 
think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate housing, the 
state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any accommodations 
which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, the place has to 
have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has been written down 
as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she is in a one-bedroom 
motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer stays) and it is $41.99 
per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until you realize that 10 days 
is over $400.

 

The 
money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to drive 
to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead gone to 
this rent. She only has until June 6th to 
find suitable housing or her Form 6 expires.

 

Her son 
is trying to help, but because of her very 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Amani Oakley]

When I looked again at your email, I am not sure if what you mean is if I have 
checked she is where I posted previously she is located. I did check because I 
spoke to the front desk when I donated towards her rent. Is that what you mean?

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of swacht
Sent: June-01-16 6:46 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

can we find out for sure where this lady is – please
Sandy W

From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:37 PM
To: Margo ; 
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

Thanks again.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Amani,

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo

-Original Message-
From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Hi Everyone

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too.

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to 
drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead 
gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find suitable housing or her 
Form 6 expires.

Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot 
leave her too often as she can’t do much for herself. He has 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Amani Oakley]

She is in North Charleston, South Carolina in the Red Roof Inn (the “coliseum” 
apparently).

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of swacht
Sent: June-01-16 6:46 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

can we find out for sure where this lady is – please
Sandy W

From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:37 PM
To: Margo ; 
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

Thanks again.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Amani,

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo

-Original Message-
From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Hi Everyone

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too.

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to 
drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead 
gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find suitable housing or her 
Form 6 expires.

Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot 
leave her too often as she can’t do much for herself. He has part time job 
which is paying for the cat and dog food and a few groceries.

I have paid for some rent for her, but I only paid until tomorrow, 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Amani Oakley]

Thanks to Margo, who got the ball rolling right away, we are already up to $560 
in donations to Sharon’s GoFundMe Campaign, in just a few hours. What a 
generous bunch we are! It would be great if we could get to $600 today. Anyone 
else able to chip in $40 or $50?

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amani 
Oakley
Sent: June-01-16 5:38 PM
To: Margo; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

Thanks again.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Amani,

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo

-Original Message-
From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Hi Everyone

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too.

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to 
drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead 
gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find suitable housing or her 
Form 6 expires.

Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot 
leave her too often as she can’t do much for herself. He has part time job 
which is paying for the cat and dog food and a few groceries.

I have paid for some rent for her, but I only paid until tomorrow, and let me 
tell you, the Canadian dollar means that I have to pay 30% more.

I have decided to continue to assist her and I have found a number of excellent 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[swacht]

can we find out for sure where this lady is – please
Sandy W

From: Amani Oakley 
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:37 PM
To: Margo ; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

 

Thanks again.

 

Amani

 

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

 


Amani, 

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo
 

-Original Message- 
From: Amani Oakley 
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM 
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" 
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats?? 




Hi Everyone

 

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too. 

 

 

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

 

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

 

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

 

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

 

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to 
drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead 
gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find suitable housing or her 
Form 6 expires.

 

Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot 
leave her too often as she can’t do much for herself. He has part time job 
which is paying for the cat and dog food and a few groceries.

 

I have paid for some rent for her, but I only paid until tomorrow, and let me 
tell you, the Canadian dollar means that I have to pay 30% more.

 

I have decided to continue to assist her and I have found a number of excellent 
options in used mobile homes. I will be hitting up my lawyer friends for 
donations, and I 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Amani Oakley]

Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she is 
in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the Red Roof 
Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.

Thanks again.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-01-16 5:33 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Amani,

  I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that 
tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the 
coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone 
near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.

  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...

Margo

-Original Message-
From: Amani Oakley
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??


Hi Everyone

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too.

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to 
drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead 
gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find suitable housing or her 
Form 6 expires.

Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot 
leave her too often as she can’t do much for herself. He has part time job 
which is paying for the cat and dog food and a few groceries.

I have paid for some rent for her, but I only paid until tomorrow, and let me 
tell you, the Canadian dollar means that I have to pay 30% more.

I have decided to continue to assist her and I have found a number of excellent 
options in used mobile homes. I will be hitting up my lawyer friends for 
donations, and I will underwrite the bulk of the purchase or rent of a motor 
home until I can get some funds from my friends, but obviously, time is of the 
essence and (a) I am run off my feet at work and (b) I could really use someone 
down there to do the legwork. It is extremely cumbersome, and fraught with 
problems, to try and do this long distance but I will do it one way or the 
other. Problem is that it will probably delay things more, and I would 

Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Margo]

Amani,   I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts that tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards the coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have someone near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.  I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some questions...Margo -Original Message-
From: Amani Oakley 
Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" 
Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??










Hi Everyone
 
A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The woman was about to lose
her own housing and was trying to place these cats so they would not be homeless too. 

 
The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the street. When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was motivated first and
foremost about concern for where her animals were going to end up if she became homeless.
 
I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn’t a scam.
 
I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung transplant, but that
is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t have stable housing nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on oxygen and can barely move around and is so
emaciated it is disturbing. Not surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.
 
The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain standards. Her landlord refused
to fix the plumbing and there was mold found from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly
after that. She has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements – for example, the
place has to have no stairs. This isn’t her intractability – it is what has been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer stays) and it is $41.99 per
night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until you realize that 10 days is over $400.
 
The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th
to find suitable housing or her Form 6 expires.
 
Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot leave her too often as she can’t do much for herself. He has part time job which is paying for the cat and dog food and a few groceries.
 
I have paid for some rent for her, but I only paid until tomorrow, and let me tell you, the Canadian dollar means that I have to pay 30% more.
 
I have decided to continue to assist her and I have found a number of excellent options in used mobile homes. I will be hitting up my lawyer friends for donations, and I will underwrite the bulk of the purchase or rent of a motor home until I can get some
funds from my friends, but obviously, time is of the essence and (a) I am run off my feet at work and (b) I could really use someone down there to do the legwork. It is extremely cumbersome, and fraught with problems, to try and do this long distance but I
will do it one way or the other. Problem is that it will probably delay things more, and I would sure prefer that the money go to the purchase or rent of a more permanent housing arrangement then daily rent at the motel.
 
I would be so very appreciative if each of you would consider donating to her GoFundMe campaign. Every little bit 

[Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

[Amani Oakley]

Hi Everyone

A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South Carolina who 
needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV positive and 9 years 
old, so obviously would be immediately put down if taken to a shelter. The 
woman was about to lose her own housing and was trying to place these cats so 
they would not be homeless too.

The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for her 
five older cats and her son's dog, before being forced to live on the street. 
When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon clearly was 
motivated first and foremost about concern for where her animals were going to 
end up if she became homeless.

I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I wanted to 
know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals with strangers 
and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it wasn't a scam.

I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth with 
her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse than I 
initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a double-lung 
transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn't have stable housing 
nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant was to take place, along 
with the numerous treatments before and after the transplant. She lives on 
oxygen and can barely move around and is so emaciated it is disturbing. Not 
surprisingly, this is very much hampering her ability to find new housing.

The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian and 
not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had accommodations 
which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to meet certain 
standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there was mold found 
from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him and he evicted her. 
She paid her part of her January rent but the state did not pay its share 
because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted shortly after that. She 
has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that if she can find appropriate 
housing, the state will cover the rent, but she has not been able to find any 
accommodations which satisfy the state and medical requirements - for example, 
the place has to have no stairs. This isn't her intractability - it is what has 
been written down as a condition of the state funding the rent. Right now, she 
is in a one-bedroom motel room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer 
stays) and it is $41.99 per night plus tax. This doesn't seem like much until 
you realize that 10 days is over $400.

The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments and to 
drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted, has instead 
gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find suitable housing or her 
Form 6 expires.

Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he cannot 
leave her too often as she can't do much for herself. He has part time job 
which is paying for the cat and dog food and a few groceries.

I have paid for some rent for her, but I only paid until tomorrow, and let me 
tell you, the Canadian dollar means that I have to pay 30% more.

I have decided to continue to assist her and I have found a number of excellent 
options in used mobile homes. I will be hitting up my lawyer friends for 
donations, and I will underwrite the bulk of the purchase or rent of a motor 
home until I can get some funds from my friends, but obviously, time is of the 
essence and (a) I am run off my feet at work and (b) I could really use someone 
down there to do the legwork. It is extremely cumbersome, and fraught with 
problems, to try and do this long distance but I will do it one way or the 
other. Problem is that it will probably delay things more, and I would sure 
prefer that the money go to the purchase or rent of a more permanent housing 
arrangement then daily rent at the motel.

I would be so very appreciative if each of you would consider donating to her 
GoFundMe campaign. Every little bit would help. She is an animal lover like all 
of us, and the fact that she is putting the welfare of her animals before her 
own needs and health, really deserves some support from us. I know that not 
everyone is in a position to donate some money, and believe me - I know what it 
is like to be strapped beyond belief - but if at all possible, I would consider 
it a personal favour if each of you would see if you are able to donate 
something to her. Even $50 will cover a night in the motel room.

https://www.gofundme.com/7rnkx4ry

Thanks for considering my request. I will keep this group posted on my efforts 
to help her and if anyone has contacts in South Carolina who can help me out, 
that would be amazing.

Amani


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Re: [Felvtalk] FIV groups

[Lorrie]

It is the vaccination for FIV, not FelV, that causes a cat to test
positive for FIV, and you are certainly right about the tests for
FelV being a crapshoot.

Lorrie


On 05-31, Ardy Robertson wrote:
>That stress thing I believe is a big factor. Tigger, who apparently had
>FeLV since he was a kitten, was living a healthy life as an indoor-only
>cat, and the only other cat I had indoors with him was an old-lady cat
>named Peekers. They got along great, slept together, ate together, etc.
>I was unaware that Tigger had FeLV since I had him tested when I found
>him. Then in November of 2014 I brought in a stray female who was well
>behaved at first, but then became jealous of the attention I gave
>Tigger and she would run up behind him and bite him hard. Tigger was
>stressed out about it and was always looking over his shoulder,
>wondering when she would bite him next. I believe that is what caused
>his last FeLV crisis which began in September of 2015.
> 
> 
>I have since adopted a one year old female named Topaz, and she came
>from a shelter through a pet store. They told me she is spayed, wormed
>and has had all her shots. I asked about testing/vaccinating for FeLV,
>and they said "FeLV is a crapshoot". They said the testing is not
>reliable and the vaccination is often not effective. My vet told me
>this before that. But the manager of the pet store also said once you
>vaccinate a cat for FeLV, they will always test positivedoes anyone
>know if this is true or not?
> 
> 
>Thank you!!
> 
>Ardy

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