Re: Update on Sophie
Woo Hoo!!! Awesome news! Thanks for the update! =^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, and 6 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec Salome' =^..^= Furkid Photos! http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7sgqa/My FeLV Site: http://pages.ivillage.com/ruthiegirl1/MyFeLVinformationSite/My Personal Page: http://www.geocities.com/ruthiegirl1/terrispage.html?1083970447350 - Original Message - From: Del Daniels To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:18 PM Subject: Re: Update on Sophie Sophie is a pretty girl. I am amazed everytime I read about her. There was definitely perseverance and love on your part to pursue her care and sheis quite grateful. Hugs, Del - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: Update on Sophie Hi everyone, I tried to send this update yesterday but it failed, I guess because I embedded a picture in it so this time I will send it without the picture. There is a link to see her pictures on her website, if anyone is interested. Here is the update I sent out:Hi everyone,I wanted to post an update on Sophie. For those of you who are already familiar with Sophie, I would like to let you know right off that she is doing just great. She has not needed an enema in over 4 months. When she seems to be having trouble, it is not long before she figures out how to take care of it herself. I think she has regained enervation in her rear quarters. She is a happy, healthy, active, loving little girl. She pads around the house chirping and singing and talking and is interested in everything around her, it seems. She seems to love me so much and I do her, too. She is mixing with the other cats pretty well, too. For those of you who are not familiar with Sophie's story, here is a recap, if you are interested. Sophie was a sweet, peach and grey tortie kitten when the caring person who was feeding her noticed her tail looking broken. The vet determined that Sophie needed to have her tail amputated as it appeared to be "dead". While amputating her tail, the vet also destroyed Sophie's anus and surrounding tissue, in error. Sophie did well at first but soon developed scar tissue over her anal area which prevented her from passing stool well, or at all. The stool would become impacted against her scar tissue and would make her rear end bulge out with stool grotesquely. It was awful. Sophie quickly became obstructed to the point that I had to take her to the vet to have an enema under anesthesia. The vet recommended that I put her down because she would require frequent cleansing enemas under anesthesia and would be miserable between enemas when the stool would begin to build up all over again. I knew she would have to have so much anesthesia and worrying about the effect of all that on her and the cost was more than I could afford as they charged about $90 for each cleansing enema with anesthesia. I thought her quality of life would be very poor because the vet hammered home that idea.I asked if possibly Michigan State University Small Animal Clinic could do any kind of reconstructive surgery. The vet replied that he did not know but doubted it. He did give me a referral, grudgingly, and there a wonderful surgeon by the name of Bryden Stanley said she could create an anus for Sophie by using a tendon from her leg. She was also going to strengthen the rectum and do a spay, per my request.Dr. Stanley estimated the surgery to cost $2000. I had only $700 in credit from Care Credit but the rest was raised from donations from incredibly caring and generous people from the feline leukemia group and by Timothy Meeker of the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program and his group and also private donors. There were so many wonderful people who rooted for Sophie at every stage and who sent prayers and positive thoughts, too. Sophie did very well following surgery and for two months was doing wonderfully. She had did have some trouble again after two months with more bulging of stool protruding from her rear, just like before surgery, but that was mostly taken care of at home with home enemas. Gradually, these enemas were needed further and further apart and Dr. Stanley believes that Sophie regained enervation to her hind end over time, which is allowing her to manage her own stool passing now. I am going to try to embed a recent photo of Sophie into this email but if that doesn't work, I did post some new pictures on her webpage. Here is the address, if anyone would like to see them. I hope to
Re: Update on Sophie
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Re: Update on Sophie
Sophie is a pretty girl. I am amazed everytime I read about her. There was definitely perseverance and love on your part to pursue her care and sheis quite grateful. Hugs, Del - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: Update on Sophie Hi everyone, I tried to send this update yesterday but it failed, I guess because I embedded a picture in it so this time I will send it without the picture. There is a link to see her pictures on her website, if anyone is interested. Here is the update I sent out:Hi everyone,I wanted to post an update on Sophie. For those of you who are already familiar with Sophie, I would like to let you know right off that she is doing just great. She has not needed an enema in over 4 months. When she seems to be having trouble, it is not long before she figures out how to take care of it herself. I think she has regained enervation in her rear quarters. She is a happy, healthy, active, loving little girl. She pads around the house chirping and singing and talking and is interested in everything around her, it seems. She seems to love me so much and I do her, too. She is mixing with the other cats pretty well, too. For those of you who are not familiar with Sophie's story, here is a recap, if you are interested. Sophie was a sweet, peach and grey tortie kitten when the caring person who was feeding her noticed her tail looking broken. The vet determined that Sophie needed to have her tail amputated as it appeared to be "dead". While amputating her tail, the vet also destroyed Sophie's anus and surrounding tissue, in error. Sophie did well at first but soon developed scar tissue over her anal area which prevented her from passing stool well, or at all. The stool would become impacted against her scar tissue and would make her rear end bulge out with stool grotesquely. It was awful. Sophie quickly became obstructed to the point that I had to take her to the vet to have an enema under anesthesia. The vet recommended that I put her down because she would require frequent cleansing enemas under anesthesia and would be miserable between enemas when the stool would begin to build up all over again. I knew she would have to have so much anesthesia and worrying about the effect of all that on her and the cost was more than I could afford as they charged about $90 for each cleansing enema with anesthesia. I thought her quality of life would be very poor because the vet hammered home that idea.I asked if possibly Michigan State University Small Animal Clinic could do any kind of reconstructive surgery. The vet replied that he did not know but doubted it. He did give me a referral, grudgingly, and there a wonderful surgeon by the name of Bryden Stanley said she could create an anus for Sophie by using a tendon from her leg. She was also going to strengthen the rectum and do a spay, per my request.Dr. Stanley estimated the surgery to cost $2000. I had only $700 in credit from Care Credit but the rest was raised from donations from incredibly caring and generous people from the feline leukemia group and by Timothy Meeker of the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program and his group and also private donors. There were so many wonderful people who rooted for Sophie at every stage and who sent prayers and positive thoughts, too. Sophie did very well following surgery and for two months was doing wonderfully. She had did have some trouble again after two months with more bulging of stool protruding from her rear, just like before surgery, but that was mostly taken care of at home with home enemas. Gradually, these enemas were needed further and further apart and Dr. Stanley believes that Sophie regained enervation to her hind end over time, which is allowing her to manage her own stool passing now. I am going to try to embed a recent photo of Sophie into this email but if that doesn't work, I did post some new pictures on her webpage. Here is the address, if anyone would like to see them. I hope to get better pictures soon. http://annlmla.tripod.com/id1.htmlBye for now,With much gratitude and purrs and hugs,Anne and Sophie
Update on Sophie
Hi everyone, I tried to send this update yesterday but it failed, I guess because I embedded a picture in it so this time I will send it without the picture. There is a link to see her pictures on her website, if anyone is interested. Here is the update I sent out: Hi everyone, I wanted to post an update on Sophie. For those of you who are already familiar with Sophie, I would like to let you know right off that she is doing just great. She has not needed an enema in over 4 months. When she seems to be having trouble, it is not long before she figures out how to take care of it herself. I think she has regained enervation in her rear quarters. She is a happy, healthy, active, loving little girl. She pads around the house chirping and singing and talking and is interested in everything around her, it seems. She seems to love me so much and I do her, too. She is mixing with the other cats pretty well, too. For those of you who are not familiar with Sophie's story, here is a recap, if you are interested. Sophie was a sweet, peach and grey tortie kitten when the caring person who was feeding her noticed her tail looking broken. The vet determined that Sophie needed to have her tail amputated as it appeared to be "dead". While amputating her tail, the vet also destroyed Sophie's anus and surrounding tissue, in error. Sophie did well at first but soon developed scar tissue over her anal area which prevented her from passing stool well, or at all. The stool would become impacted against her scar tissue and would make her rear end bulge out with stool grotesquely. It was awful. Sophie quickly became obstructed to the point that I had to take her to the vet to have an enema under anesthesia. The vet recommended that I put her down because she would require frequent cleansing enemas under anesthesia and would be miserable between enemas when the stool would begin to build up all over again. I knew she would have to have so much anesthesia and worrying about the effect of all that on her and the cost was more than I could afford as they charged about $90 for each cleansing enema with anesthesia. I thought her quality of life would be very poor because the vet hammered home that idea. I asked if possibly Michigan State University Small Animal Clinic could do any kind of reconstructive surgery. The vet replied that he did not know but doubted it. He did give me a referral, grudgingly, and there a wonderful surgeon by the name of Bryden Stanley said she could create an anus for Sophie by using a tendon from her leg. She was also going to strengthen the rectum and do a spay, per my request. Dr. Stanley estimated the surgery to cost $2000. I had only $700 in credit from Care Credit but the rest was raised from donations from incredibly caring and generous people from the feline leukemia group and by Timothy Meeker of the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program and his group and also private donors. There were so many wonderful people who rooted for Sophie at every stage and who sent prayers and positive thoughts, too. Sophie did very well following surgery and for two months was doing wonderfully. She had did have some trouble again after two months with more bulging of stool protruding from her rear, just like before surgery, but that was mostly taken care of at home with home enemas. Gradually, these enemas were needed further and further apart and Dr. Stanley believes that Sophie regained enervation to her hind end over time, which is allowing her to manage her own stool passing now. I am going to try to embed a recent photo of Sophie into this email but if that doesn't work, I did post some new pictures on her webpage. Here is the address, if anyone would like to see them. I hope to get better pictures soon. http://annlmla.tripod.com/id1.html Bye for now, With much gratitude and purrs and hugs, Anne and Sophie
Re: Update on Sophie
Dear Anne It's so good to hear that sweet Sophie is doing so well--you and she went throughsuch a lot together. To know that she's thoroughly enjoying life nowis just wonderful! Unfortunately I can't see the pix of her on this (old) computer right now but I'll look forward to seeing themtomorrow on my work computer. Thanks so much for updating us---as you know we always can use good news! hugs to you both, Kerry - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: Update on Sophie Hi everyone, I tried to send this update yesterday but it failed, I guess because I embedded a picture in it so this time I will send it without the picture. There is a link to see her pictures on her website, if anyone is interested. Here is the update I sent out:Hi everyone,I wanted to post an update on Sophie. For those of you who are already familiar with Sophie, I would like to let you know right off that she is doing just great. She has not needed an enema in over 4 months. When she seems to be having trouble, it is not long before she figures out how to take care of it herself. I think she has regained enervation in her rear quarters. She is a happy, healthy, active, loving little girl. She pads around the house chirping and singing and talking and is interested in everything around her, it seems. She seems to love me so much and I do her, too. She is mixing with the other cats pretty well, too. For those of you who are not familiar with Sophie's story, here is a recap, if you are interested. Sophie was a sweet, peach and grey tortie kitten when the caring person who was feeding her noticed her tail looking broken. The vet determined that Sophie needed to have her tail amputated as it appeared to be "dead". While amputating her tail, the vet also destroyed Sophie's anus and surrounding tissue, in error. Sophie did well at first but soon developed scar tissue over her anal area which prevented her from passing stool well, or at all. The stool would become impacted against her scar tissue and would make her rear end bulge out with stool grotesquely. It was awful. Sophie quickly became obstructed to the point that I had to take her to the vet to have an enema under anesthesia. The vet recommended that I put her down because she would require frequent cleansing enemas under anesthesia and would be miserable between enemas when the stool would begin to build up all over again. I knew she would have to have so much anesthesia and worrying about the effect of all that on her and the cost was more than I could afford as they charged about $90 for each cleansing enema with anesthesia. I thought her quality of life would be very poor because the vet hammered home that idea.I asked if possibly Michigan State University Small Animal Clinic could do any kind of reconstructive surgery. The vet replied that he did not know but doubted it. He did give me a referral, grudgingly, and there a wonderful surgeon by the name of Bryden Stanley said she could create an anus for Sophie by using a tendon from her leg. She was also going to strengthen the rectum and do a spay, per my request.Dr. Stanley estimated the surgery to cost $2000. I had only $700 in credit from Care Credit but the rest was raised from donations from incredibly caring and generous people from the feline leukemia group and by Timothy Meeker of the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program and his group and also private donors. There were so many wonderful people who rooted for Sophie at every stage and who sent prayers and positive thoughts, too. Sophie did very well following surgery and for two months was doing wonderfully. She had did have some trouble again after two months with more bulging of stool protruding from her rear, just like before surgery, but that was mostly taken care of at home with home enemas. Gradually, these enemas were needed further and further apart and Dr. Stanley believes that Sophie regained enervation to her hind end over time, which is allowing her to manage her own stool passing now. I am going to try to embed a recent photo of Sophie into this email but if that doesn't work, I did post some new pictures on her webpage. Here is the address, if anyone would like to see them. I hope to get better pictures soon. http://annlmla.tripod.com/id1.htmlBye for now,With much gratitude and purrs and hugs,Anne and Sophie
