Wendy
What simple, effective and $$$-saving advice--for boony or city dwellers
like myself!-- Thanks!Kerry
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Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:53 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: To Gia concerning finding a vet
Gia,
I live close to Dallas, and when Cricket got sick
recently, I was scared because I wasn't too confident
with our run-of-the-mill vet around the corner from
our neighborhood. So what I did was call around to
the various vets in our town and actually spoke to
eact VET, not the tech or other employees, and told
them Cricket's situation and listened to what each vet
had to say. They were all fairly happy to speak with
me before coming in to see them. This gave me a great
(and inexpensive) feel for each vet and their
knowledge of FeLV and bedside manner. That way I
didn't have to physically visit each one to get this
info.(not to mention pay for an office exam for each
one). I was surprised that a simple phone
conversation led me in a better direction for care for
Cricket. Hope this helps, especially since you live
in the boonies and vets are few and far between. Good
luck in your search.
:)
Wendy
--- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, Kerry::
I really appreciate your response to my letter. I
can already agree with you: Most
supportive/generous/kind-hearted/informed... To the
Nth degree!
And thank you for your 'blessing'. I took it to
heart. You know, I don't think I'm 'special' for
taking in strays. Rather, I'm always astonished
(but not surprised, anymore) that EVERYone DOESN'T.
And to fully acquaint you with how convoluted MY
thinking is, I always find OTHER 'animal people' to
be unique, and am always grateful that they're out
there. How's THAT for confusion? smile
You are obviously one of 'us'; and, true to form, I
am amazed and gratified to find another! (at least
I'm CONSISTENTLY confused!)
I appreciate your thoughtfulness in urging me to try
to stop the 'blame game.' You're right, of course,
but logic just ain't quite cuttin' it about now.
Nevertheless, your advice encouraged me.
Yes, I switched vets, but I'm not that enamored of
the new one. The sad facts are that I live in the
boonies, and the vets around here are geared toward
large-animal medicine. And geography can also be
blamed for the dearth of choices. I am looking into
vets in 'the big city' (about 11/2-2 hrs away) and
also at the OSU vets (about 3 hrs away). It would
be hard NOT to find a better-informed vet, and I'd
like to think I could find one that would also be
more caring/concerned/sympathetic...
I hear you, re: ...took...a while...to
realize...naive belief...etc. Being a nurse, I of
ALL people should know how UNinfallible medical
personnel are, just like the rest of the human race.
But I just...didn't. What reasoning!!
RE: ...there may be no point in vaccinating. I
understood your point about sufficiently strong
immune systems, but wouldn't an inoculation boost
such a system? Or, failing that, would it do any
harm? And isn't there a possibility that even in my
younger cats, some immune systems aren't all that
they could/should be?
I was amazed about your '6th'. And definitely took
your meaning about the poinlessness, a/w/a/ the
heartlessness in separation. And I can also
completely understand your paranoia re: negative
cats.
Your excerpt from the book (which I intend to find)
was also most enlightening, and lightening.
Again, I am most grateful! It really helped!
Take care,
Gia
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