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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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- RE: New to FeLV (MacKenzie, Kerry N) David
