Oh Tad, I'm so sorry. Big hugs to you. It's obvious how much
you loved her.
Goodnight, sweet Annie.......
=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, and 6
furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec & Salome'
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:27
PM
Subject: Annie is gone
Sadly I have to report another FeLV+ has passed on
today... Annie was a beautiful calico with a white milk mustache... She
came to live with me about a year and a half ago... She was a stray who was
brought into a shelter in NJ... She had a huge gash in her side probably
from a car but she was healing well from that but she tested pos and had
to live in a cage with the dogs at the vets... The dogs didn't seem to
bother her and she was friendly with people and she was friendly with me
until I brought her in the room with my other FeLV+ cats...She
established her own corner with a window of her own and kept
everyone else out...I gave her her own food and box there and she would
let me pat her if no one else was around.... About a month ago
she stopped eating and we found she had become anemic ...I put her in my
isolation cage and put her on vitamins the vet gave us and got her eating
AD.. After a few days she seemed to be getting better and badly wanted
out of the cage so I let her out... For a few days she was impossible to
catch and didn't always get her vitamins but soon she started to slide
again and she was easy to catch and medicate and we started seringe
feeding... She took that easily and we had her gaining weight
again... In the process she was spending more and more time on
my bed where the rest of the cats all hang out and soon my feral cat who
won't let me pat her but was very quick to make friends with the other cats
was able to snuggle with Annie.... The best thing of this is now the feral
cat has suddenly decided it is OK to be touched by humans and she even let
me pick her up for a minute without struggling.... I have been
following Wendy and Cricket as it has been so close to Annie...Yesterday
she was too weak to make it to her litter box even though I had placed it
up level with the bed for her...This was her first accident....I was
struggling with the same thought of if I should PTS but she seemed to rest
comfortably and took the seringe feedings fairly well...We had gone to
smaller feedings more often....I was so happy when Wendy decided to try the
feeding tube yesterday as I was looking to Wendy for guidance ...But then
it was so very sad to here this morning that Cricket had passed
during the night....Annie ate well for a bit but then stopped swallowing
and then again the next feeding she didn't want to take
anything.... Shortly after that she was resting on my stomach as I patted
her and she let out a cry and then I noticed that she had stopped
breathing... It was over...I believe she was comfortable and new she was
loved right up to the end... Some are very close all their
life and others. like Anie its just at the end but it doesn't make it any
easier to say good buy..... Michelle said it all.." But it does not get
easier, as far as I can tell. Just less surprising." I
will miss you sweet Annie and I hope we do get to meet
again.... Tad
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