Many good thoughts and prayers coming for you and your girls, Julie -
Gloria
At 09:47 AM 10/17/2005, you wrote:
Dear Friends,
I had some time off from work over the last couple of weeks and it's been
terribly bittersweet. Eduardo finally came home; thinner and 'talking' a
mile a minute. He was VERY happy to see me (he was gone over 2 weeks) but
spooked about going into the house. I finally did get him into the garage
after about the 4th day of our 9 day rainfest in the northeast, and I'm
obviously thrilled to have him home.
Mandy is starting to go downhill; she is going in tonight for another depo
shot. I'd been giving her Cat's Claw and Pau D'arco with some aloe juice
in her purees. She has lost a good bit of weight and is having more and
more trouble swallowing. She follows me everywhere and cries to be petted
and is still working out on the scratching post.
Wink's biopsy came back and she has cancer in the glands of her ear. Her
balance is becoming affected and she needs a very specialized kind of
surgery, if the cancer has not spread. She's going in tonight as well for
evaluation.
I am trying to get them a referral to New England Veterinary Oncologists
this week, but I'm afraid it could be too late for Mandy. I was told her
prognosis was very poor and the surgical options I was given just didn't
seem that they would give her a quality life. I want Wink see an
oncologist and let an expert determine the extent of the cancer before we
make a decision about whether we should subject her to this surgery, so I
want to take Mandy, too, just in case....
Last night, Mandy sat on the bed with her paws on my shoulder while I
read, and Wink sat on my chest. My precious little girls; I can't
believe that I will be without them. I feel broken.
I'm trying to catch up on mail and I send hugs to everyone.
Think a good thought for my girls.
Love, Julie
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man. "
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Paws Come WITH Claws!!!
If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your
decision to acquire a pet.
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