Re: Please add Snowball to CLS Belinda

[catatonya]

Kerry,

 

I can't believe you lost Snowball as well.  What a terrible day for you.  I can't imagine your stress and grief with your losses and impending trip.  I hope your trip is restful and peaceful for you.  You certainly have earned some 'down' time, and I hope that's what the trip will give you once you get there.  I'm a day late on my post, so I hope you weren't anywhere in the vicinity of the explosions.  Where are you traveling?  If you can get online please be sure to let us know that you and your friends and family are safe.

 

God Bless,

tonya

Kerry MacKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

It's been a painful day. I lost my gentle giant Snowball this afternoon. I never expected that.

He was breathing rapidly when I got home from the clinic. I thought at first he was stressed because of losing his girlfriend Flavia. I couldn't take the risk, tho, so I rushed him to the clinic. His lungs were full of fluid. Only 25 per cent was not full and even that was compromised. I discussed it with the same vet I saw this morning. I couldn't risk him dying while I was gone, and that seemed a very real possibility.

Snowball was the biggest cat, a flamepoint, but he wouldn't hurt a soul. He was terribly timid. He stopped playing a couple of months ago, but I thought it was a lazy phase, because he had been pretty lazy before.

The other little ones would enjoy batting him when he was below them on the tree. He never batted them back. he was too gentle. He knew he could squash them if he wanted too, but he didn't want to hurt them.

I'm in shock for Snowball, and I guess Flavia, tho she has been so ill, and I need to process it.

Please send prayers for my remaining Mickey and Momcat. They are going to be feeling very down and scared, and I'm scared they'll stop eating.

I haven't read your replies yet because I just got back, and I have to leave in 30 mins, and I haven't finished packing.

But there were lots--I'm so grateful. I'll read them when I get back.

love and hugs to all

Kerry

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:37 PM

Subject: Re: Please add Flavia to CLS Belinda

I'm sorry, Kerry.  If her PCV plummeted that fast, she probably either had a bleed somewhere or was killing off her own red blood cells (hemolytic anemia).  That is what they told me with Simon when he went from 16 to 8 overnight. 

Michelle