Hello all,
I'm posting this here with permission from the author. It was
originally posted on the Yahoo! FeLV+ list. You can check that group
to get the original author's e-mail address. If you have trouble
finding it, feel free to e-mail me offlist. The post is from Monday,
April 17. I wish I were in a position to take Midnight in. I hope one
of you can be of help.
Thank you,
Lance
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I have a beautiful and loving female cat named Midnight.
She is probably under 1 year old. My mother found the cat and I took
it to the veterinary clinic and they have diagnosed the cat with
feline leukemia.
I would like to request any information you might have on helping me
to suspend the veterinarian's suggestion to put Midnight to sleep.
I understand that your organization specializes in recognizing the
qualities that animals poses that can add tranquility and therapeutic
regimens to patients with special needs. I believe that your
organization focuses on not giving up so easily when life seems
hopeless. She is not a sickly cat.
He said that I would never find her a home because of her diagnosis.
I will admit I find animals homes regularly and I have had to deal
with putting animals that are in a great deal of pain to sleep,
however, Midnight is so very different – she is absolutely loving and
sweet.
I will donate money to the Animal-Assisted Therapy organization to
financially take care of all expenses for a minimum of 6 months
towards Midnight's future.
Time is ticking because I need to come to an answer quickly because I
am currently boarding her at an animal clinic. I cannot take care of
her myself because I have two cats and I know that feline leukemia is
contagious amongst cats.
Please contact me at (713) 501-0499 for more information. I would
appreciate it if you could just meet her (I can take her to you) or
talk with me. She really is so special. I rarely ask people for
anything. I volunteer time and money ALL the time, please if someone
could do this one thing for me/her.
At a minimum, please contact me with contact information for health
care institutions: nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers,
psychiatric institutions who I reach for the same cause.
Thank you.
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